Slane More
Townland in Co. Westmeath, in Irish Sleamhain Mhór
- Area
- 170.5 ha
- 421 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 3,925 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slane More, from 123 m² to 339,087 m² (33.91 ha, 83.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Slane More 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
23 Feb 2024Conditional
development which will consist/consists of: a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 140 hectares consisting of the following: 781,578sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 17 hardstanding locations for the installation of electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L-5802, R-393, L-5913, L-1811 and the L-5808 public roads; a new access point and an upgrade to an existing access point along the R-393 public road and a new access point along the L-5808 public road; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460050
18 Nov 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, detached garage with septic tank & percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360394
17 Sept 2023Refused
development which will consist of amending the existing granted application (Planning Reference 18/6215) at this site. The amendment application will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 18/6215) which comprises consent for a Battery Storage Facility. Proposed amendments include; (1) re-location of 3No. Battery Containers, 3No. HVAC units and 3No. Combined Power Conversion Systems and Transformers and (2) the project lifetime is proposed to be extended from 5 to 10 years
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360306
4 Jul 2023Conditional
an amendment planning application previously granted permission under references PL/17/6028 & PL/17/6224 in the townland of Slanemore, Mullingar, Co Westmeath. The proposed amendments to the previously consented solar farm will include the following: • Provision of a new 38kV on-site substation control building & compound • Reconfiguration of consented solar array to optimise layout • Reconfiguration of internal maintenance/access roads • Provision of a new access from the R393 Regional Road • Adjustments to the red line boundary to cater for the new access and access track
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360200
3 Mar 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house & detached garage with septic tank & percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360049
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
19 Oct 2020Conditional
Permission to construct one number detached bungalow, one number detached garage, to construct new access lane and new entrance to public road (Access and laneway currently granted permission under planning ref 17/6239 & 20/6132) to install a septic tank and percolation area, to connect to public watermain and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206287
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
13 Feb 2020Refused
to construct one number detached bungalow, one number detached garage, to construct new entrance to public road, to install a septic tank and percolation area, to connect to existing public watermain and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206023
14 Dec 2018Refused
to construct one number detached two storey dwelling, one number detached single storey garage, to install septic tank and percolation area, to connect to public watermain, to construct new entrance to public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186374
11 Jul 2018Conditional
5 year permission for the construction of an Energy Storage Facility comprising battery containers and associated infrastructure including combined power conversion systems, grid connection compound, electrical substation, transformers and grid compliance equipment, temporary construction compound, ducting and electrical cabling, fencing, CCTV cameras, landscaping and access tracks.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186215
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
11 Aug 2017Conditional
10 year permission, the development will consist of a proposed 4.392MW extension to a planning approval solar farm (ref 17/6028). The proposed extension will comprise of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames with associated infrastructure including 2 no invertor cabins, temporary construction compound, ducting and electrical cabling, perimeter agricultural fencing, mounted CCTV cameras and internal access tracks.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176224
3 Feb 2017Conditional
10 year permission which will consist of a solar farm with an export capacity of 12.458mw comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames with associated infrastructure including 7 no. invertor cabins, 1 no. control building, 1 no. customer cabin, 1 no. DNO substation, temporary construction compound, ducting and electrical cabling, perimeter agricultural fencing, mounted CCTV cameras and internal access tracks.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176028
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Slane More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Slane More · Sleamhain Mhór
- Area
- 1,705,440 m² (170.54 ha, 421.42 acres)
- Placenames
- Slane More on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, 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.