Shanonagh
Townland in the civil parish of Templeoran, barony of Moygoish, Co. Westmeath; in Irish Seandomhnach
Parcel 91133
- Area
- 136,026 m² (13.6 ha, 33.61 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 2,265 m² on the ground
- 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
- Shanonagh
Planning applications on this parcel
2 Jun 2020Conditional
Amendment of the design of the approved development (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 17/6239 & An Bord Pleanala Reg, Ref. PL25M.301116) which comprises consent for the development of a ground mounted solar photvoltaic (PV) farm consisting of the following; up to an area of 139,520 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames within a site area of 46.3 hectares; a fenced electricity substation compound to include 1 no. electricity control building and hardstands for ancillary electrical equipment; 12 no. inverter/transformer stations; underground cable and ducts; internal access tracks and hardstanding areas; boundary security fence; CCTV and all associated site services and works, 2 no. new site access points from the public road, one for construction / decommissioning traffic purposes only, and one for operational traffic. Amendments proposed are optimised Solar PV Panel configuration located within the same areas of the site as previously permitted with the exception of a reduced buffer distance under the existing 110Kv lines from c.56m to c.46 m to comprise up to 252000 square meters of solar panels to allow for solar panel array height increase from up to 2.8m to 3.2m. Modifications and enlargement to the onsite substation and substation compound. The substation will increase in size from c.55 m2 as permitted to c.150 m2 and the substation compound will increase in size from c.700 m2 as permitted to c.1081 m2. Omission of 2 no. inverter/transformer hard standing areas and minor changes of position of hardstanding from the permitted solar development to allow for a total of 10 hardstanding areas which will provide the base for 20 no. inverter and transformer units housed in sound pression containers, Permission is also sought to amend the life span of the consented development from 25 years to 30 years.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206132
27 Jun 2019Conditional
for the existing slurry storage tank and all ancillary site services
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 196173
29 Aug 2017Conditional
The development will consist of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm consisting of the following; up to an area of 139,520 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames within a site area of 46.3 hectares; a fenced electricity substation compound to include 1 no. electricity control building and hardstands for ancillary electrical equipment; 12 no. inverter/transformer stations; underground cable and ducts; internal access tracks and hardstanding areas; boundary security fence; CCTV and all associated site services and works, 2 no. new site access points from the public road, one for construction/decommissioning traffic purposes only, and one for operational traffic. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176239
27 Jun 2017N/a
(1) Pig finishing unit to accommodate 1920 pigs (2) 4 no feed silos, (3) upgrade existing farm entrance onto public road and (4) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176188
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).
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
- 216 ha
- 534 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,583 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanonagh, from 277 m² to 676,269 m² (67.63 ha, 167.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Shanonagh 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
25 Apr 2025Conditional
Amendments to the design of an approved solar farm development on lands within the townlands of Parcellstown, Shanonagh, Clondardis, Co. Westmeath (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 22/113). The proposed amendments include an extension of the red line boundary to provide for access from the approved Clondardis solar farm to the east (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 20/6132); Minor revisions to access tracks throughout the site; Revised perimeter fencing; Inclusion of a new perimeter gate; A new bridge crossing an existing arterial drain within the site; Underground power and communication cables and ducts; An optimised Solar PV Panel configuration within the same areas of the site as the previously permitted solar farm to comprise 238,362 square meters of solar panels; Solar panel array height increase from 3m to 3.2m; Rerouting of the permitted access track within the northern parcel; Revised hardstanding and electrical skid provision; Removal of on-site substation; Removal of storage container; Minor red line boundary revisions and all other associated ancillary development. Permission is also sought to extend the life span of the consented development from 35 years to 40 years.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560201
14 Mar 2022Conditional
The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 42.06 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, inverter substations, modules, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, a temporary construction compound, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm will be operational for 35-years.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22113
11 Feb 2022N/a
The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 42.06 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, inverter substations, modules, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, a temporary construction compound, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm will be operational for 35 years
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2258
23 Sept 2021Conditional
The development consists of the construction of a two-storey dwelling and detached garage with wastewater treatment system with polishing filter including site entrance from existing road, boundary treatments and all associated site works above and below ground
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21519
9 Nov 2020Refused
Permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with treatment system and percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206316
27 Jun 2019Conditional
for the existing slurry storage tank and all ancillary site services
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 196173
27 Jun 2017N/a
(1) Pig finishing unit to accommodate 1920 pigs (2) 4 no feed silos, (3) upgrade existing farm entrance onto public road and (4) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176188
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
Recorded monuments
- WM018-156 Castle - unclassified
Description
A house annotated as 'Shandona' on the current ed. OS 6-inch map may have been built on the site of the medieval castle of 'Sendonagh' described as a 'ruinous castle' in a land grant of 1609. In this year Sir Robert Nugent of Walshestown Castle (WM018-155----) was granted 'in Sendonagh [Shanonagh] otherwise Old-Sonday, a ruinous castle, 40 messuages, 40 gardens, and a plowland containing 140a arable great measure, 40a pasture, 40a moor, 40a bog, 40a meadow, 40a marsh' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 196). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 November 2017
- WM018-172 Enclosure
Description
Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 36m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/08/2021. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photograph taken 24/08/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 9 November 2021
- WM018-173 Enclosure
Description
Circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 18m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 22/07/2021. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photograph taken 22/07/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 9 November 2021
- WM018-174 Earthwork
Description
Roughly rectangular-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 58m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 22/07/2021. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photograph taken 22/07/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 9 November 2021
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 Shanonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Shanonagh · Seandomhnach
- Area
- 2,159,858 m² (215.99 ha, 533.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeoran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Electoral division
- Greenpark, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynaclin, Ballyote, Clondardis, Coolnahay, Drumloose, Parcellstown, Tuitestown
- Placenames
- Shanonagh 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.