Monksland

170 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monksland, from 3 m² to 28,064 m² (2.81 ha, 6.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 129 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  ATLAP 2014-2020, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 May 2025N/a

  Retention, Permission to: (a) retain construction of five timber show house cabins and to retain two of the five for temporary accommodation (b) retain importation of minimal fill to level site (c) retain block built outbuilding (d) retain 5 no steel storage containers and all associated site services

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2519

• 7 Mar 2025Refused

  development which will consist of: (i) demolition of existing two storey detached 4-bedroom dwelling, sheds and boundary wall (ii) the Construction of a residential development of 29 no. houses (including 18 no. semi-detached, three-bedroom houses, 5 no. terraced, three-bedroom houses, and 6 no. terraced, two-bedroom houses each served by private amenity space and 2 no. vehicular parking spaces; (iii) the upgrade and widening of the existing residential entrance to serve the new development, the upgrade of an existing vehicular/pedestrian entrance off Ardbrae Park road to serve the development, a new vehicular/pedestrian entrance off Ardbrae Park to serve the development, new pedestrian public footpaths along Galway road/ Arbrae Park Road, provision for direct vehicular pedestrian access for 4 no. dwelling onto Ardbrae Park Road, an internal access road/footpaths to serve the proposed dwelling houses and, (iv) all ancillary site and infrastructural works including landscaped public open space (1622.45 sq.m), general hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS, and foul/surface water drainage works including connection to existing services necessary to facilitate proposed development

  Permission, 29 homes · Westmeath County Council, 2560091

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  change of use of part (16 sqm) of existing convenience shop/service station from retail use to off-licence use to allow for the expansion of the existing off-licence, with no change to the footprint of the existing service station building

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22300

• 29 Jan 2020Refused

  Permission for use of the existing premises as End of Life Vehicle Recycling Unit to include dismantling, de-polluting, storage of End of Life vehicles and sale of recovered materials and spare parts; permission is also sought for boundary treatments, concrete surfacing, drainage works, provision of car racking and spare parts racking, and all associated site works. The development proposed under this planning application is for the purposes of an activity requiring an EPA Waste Licence.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207012

• 11 Sept 2019Conditional

  Retention Permission for single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197190

• 24 Jul 2019N/a

  Retention of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling house

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 197152

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 Monksland.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monksland.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monksland.

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 Monksland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Monksland · Fearann na Manach

Area

257,288 m² (25.73 ha, 63.58 acres)

Civil parish

St. Peter'S, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Athlone West Urban, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Bellaugh (Co. Roscommon), Bellaugh, Bogganfin, Bogganfin (Co. Roscommon), Monksland (Co. Roscommon)

Placenames

Monksland 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.