Rahincuill
Townland in the civil parish of Newtown, barony of Fartullagh, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 129410
- Area
- 8,366 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Rahincuill
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Jul 2025Conditional
the development of a Data Centre Facility and Decentralised Energy Resource within an overall development boundary area of 243 hectares comprising: • 1 No. Security control building (floor area 23.5m2). • 6 No. new data buildings including administration blocks (each 228m x 62m x 18m high), 6 No. MV switch room buildings, within a secure campus having an area of 39 hectares, 1 No. fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3), pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • 6 No. fuel cell towers (each 89m x 29m x 20m high), 2 No. chilled water tanks (Volume: 1000m3 each), pump house, ancillary water tank (Volume: 2000m3), carbon dioxide process building (30.7m x 15.7m x 11.3m high) and 16 No. carbon dioxide storage tanks (100 tonnes each). • Ancillary equipment compound including a storage building (30.7m x 10.7m x 9.7m high), 2 No. diesel generators, fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3) and pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • Above ground gas installation (AGI) compound including a boiler/instrument kiosk, regulator/metal skid kiosk and connection to the existing gas network within the site. • 33kV IPP building (60.9m x 18.4m x 16.8m high), 1 No. telecoms tower 36m high and compound. • Fuel cell IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Solar farm IPP building (30m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Battery compound including 138 No. battery enclosures & 138 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and fire water tank (Volume: 500m3). • Proprietary modular water treatment plant serving the solar farm IPP building and battery compound IPP building. • Solar farm (168 hectares) to the east of the data campus facility including solar arrays measuring (10.2m x 6.9m), (20.4m x 6.9m) & (30.6 x 6.9m), 45 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), 5 No. weather stations, river crossings, internal gravel access roads, security fencing and gates, 3 No. temporary construction compounds, cable crossings in the R446, L11272 & L51251 public roads, and cable crossing under the M6 using horizontal directional drilling. • Connection to public sewer under the R446 public road. • New emergency only access/egress from the R446 public road. • Access/egress to the data centre campus facility through the existing Castlelost Flexgen and GIS substation access to the R446. • Demolition of the existing derelict dwelling and agricultural sheds. • All associated site works including
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560344
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 196.2 ha
- 485 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahincuill, from 22 m² to 588,000 m² (58.8 ha, 145.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rahincuill in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Apr 2025Conditional
Construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling & internal modifications to create a multi-generational home, demolition of existing shed, decommissioning of existing septic tank, installation of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site services.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560171
3 Apr 2025Conditional
(a) renovate & extend to rear of existing single storey dwelling, (b) demolish existing rear extension & attached garage (c) decommission existing septic tank & install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560155
25 Mar 2025N/a
a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling & internal modifications to create a multi-generational home, demolition of existing shed, an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site services
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560130
12 Mar 2024Refused
construction of a single storey dwelling, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460075
30 Nov 2023Refused
construction of a single storey dwelling, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360416
2 Jul 2018Conditional
alterations to front elevation of existing house by adding dormer type windows to first floor rooms, new front porch at ground floor level and carry out all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186209
11 May 2018Conditional
new two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary site services.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186146
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rahincuill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rahincuill.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rahincuill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Rahincuill
- Area
- 1,961,837 m² (196.18 ha, 484.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Newtown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Electoral division
- Ballykilmore, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bunsallagh (Co. Offaly), Derryarkin (Co. Offaly), Garrane, Gneevebane, Kiltotan And Collinstown, Rathgarrett
- Placenames
- Rahincuill 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.