Meeniska

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meeniska, from 2,269 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 44,530 m² (4.45 ha, 11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Kilbeggan, Westmeath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Kilbeggan, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Expanded Settlement Centre (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Kilbeggan, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Kilbeggan, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  development which will consist of: 1. Proposed new standalone Battery Processing Building (total floor area = 765 sq.m, maximum height = 6.8m); 2. Proposed change of plans for proposed canopy to west side of existing building, granted planning permission under Ref. 17/6372 and 22/494). Permitted area = 2,715sq.m, permitted height = 11.15m; Proposed area = 1,652sq.m, proposed height = 11.15m; 3. Proposed new lean-to canopy to east side of existing building (total floor area = 490sq.m, maximum height = 9.0m); 4. Retention of partly constructed 11 No. new carparking spaces to southern end of site, and permission for their completion; And associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2560606

• 26 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct an extension at the side of our existing dwelling to include a kitchen, dining, living area and pantry and to change arch windows to straight windows at the front of the dwelling with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560477

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  EXTENTION OF DURATION for intensification of use at this site from 10,000 tonnes of WEEE and metal waste per annu to 50,000 tonnes of WEEE and metal waste per annum and installation of a second external air handling unit, (2) construct a new canopy roof (2,715m) covering to existing open yard to west side of the existing building with open sides to front (south) and rear (north) and part-open side to west side with minor modifications to feature cladding of existing building to accommodate the proposed new canopy roof (3) Weighbridge Station building (35m) to western side of the existing building with 2 No. Weighbridges (4) MV Substation Building (14m) to eastern side of and adjoining the existing building (5) New vehicular and pedestrian entrance to site from R446, including modifications to existing boundary fence and new gates and rearrangement of existing vehicle parking on the site (6) Proposed new signage including 4.0m high totem sign adjacent to main road and new plinth signage at new entrance (7) two 10,000L overground rainwater harvesting tanks to rear of site (8) Proposed minor modifications to existing underground services and all associated underground and overground site works. An Environmental Impact Statement Assessment has been prepared and will be submitted with this application. This development will also require an Industrial Emissions Licence from the Environmental Protection Agency

  Extension of duration · Westmeath County Council, 22494

• 18 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, entrance onto public road, proprietary effluent treatment system and a tertiary sand filter with a gravel infiltration bed and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206250

• 2 Sept 2020N/a

  private dwellinghouse proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206227

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  Intensification of use at this site from 10,000 tonnes of WEEE and metal waste per annu to 50,000 tonnes of WEEE and metal waste per annum and installation of a second external air handling unit, (2) construct a new canopy roof (2,715m) covering to existing open yard to west side of the existing building with open sides to front (south) and rear (north) and part-open side to west side with minor modifications to feature cladding of existing building to accommodate the proposed new canopy roof (3) Weighbridge Station building (35m) to western side of the existing building with 2 No. Weighbridges (4) MV Substation Building (14m) to eastern side of and adjoining the existing building (5) New vehicular and pedestrian entrance to site from R446, including modifications to existing boundary fence and new gates and rearrangement of existing vehicle parking on the site (6) Proposed new signage including 4.0m high totem sign adjacent to main road and new plinth signage at new entrance (7) two 10,000L overground rainwater harvesting tanks to rear of site (8) Proposed minor modifications to existing underground services and all associated underground and overground site works. An Environmental Impact Statement Assessment has been prepared and will be submitted with this application. This development will also require an Industrial Emissions Licence from the Environmental Protection Agency

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176372

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Meeniska.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Meeniska.

Architectural heritage

• Gates/railings/walls, 1870–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of rubble limestone gate posts (on circular plan) with wrought-iron flat bar gate, erected c.1900. Brick corbel course and cement domed capping to gate posts. Gate gives access to field on Streamstown Road to the north of Kilbeggan

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

No address of the register names Meeniska with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Meeniska

Area

236,916 m² (23.69 ha, 58.54 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeggan, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Kilbeggan, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore, Camagh, Grangegibbon, Kilbeggan, Meadowpark, Shureen And Ballynasuddery

Placenames

Meeniska on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.