# Torque, Co. Westmeath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Newtown, barony of Moycashel, Co. Westmeath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 642,628 m² (64.26 ha, 158.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,700 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Newtown, https://everytownland.com/westmeath/parish/newtown.md
- Barony: Moycashel
- Electoral division: Newtown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 262 people lived in 82 households in the Newtown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Westmeath, https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/51943
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 231283
- Centre: latitude 53.377452, longitude -7.411859 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Torque, from 285 m² to 339,303 m² (33.93 ha, 83.84 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 127234: 339,303 m² (33.93 ha, 83.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127234.md
- Parcel 101376: 100,745 m² (10.07 ha, 24.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/101376.md
- Parcel 126683: 76,292 m² (7.63 ha, 18.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/126683.md
- Parcel 127240: 34,169 m² (3.42 ha, 8.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127240.md
- Parcel 126681: 20,935 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/126681.md
- Parcel 127231: 20,891 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127231.md
- Parcel 102294: 18,639 m² (1.86 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102294.md
- Parcel 102274: 7,505 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102274.md
- Parcel 127251: 5,174 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127251.md
- Parcel 127245: 4,661 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127245.md
- Parcel 100156: 2,801 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/100156.md
- Parcel 127247: 2,598 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/127247.md
- Parcel 102295: 2,017 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/102295.md
- Parcel 126507: 1,387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/126507.md
- Parcel 126489: 1,227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/126489.md
- Parcel 127244: 927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/127244.md
- Parcel 126699: 682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/126699.md
- Parcel 125096: 682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/125096.md
- Parcel 5674658: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5674658.md
- Parcel 102296: 594 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/102296.md
- Parcel 5674661: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5674661.md
- Parcel 101855: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/101855.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Torque in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 28 May 2026, Westmeath County Council 2660283: N/a. Retention. RETENTION permission is sought for extensions (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works to an existing dwelling. The development comprises extensions of varying height, including both single-storey and two-storey elements, and includes the retention of the conversion of attic/roof space to habitable accommodation. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, the development comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is also sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660283/0
- 11 May 2026, Westmeath County Council 2660239: N/a. Retention. Retention permission which is sought for an extension (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works to an existing dwelling. The development comprises an extension of varying height, including both single-storey and two-storey elements, and includes the retention of the conversion of attic/roof space to habitable accommodation. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, the development comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is also sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660239/0
- 14 Apr 2026, Westmeath County Council 2660176: N/a. Retention. Retention permission is sought for a two-storey extension (total area 261.7 sqm) and associated retrofit works on the existing dwelling. At ground floor level, the extension comprises a granny flat (55.2 sqm), sauna (12.5 sqm), ensuite (7.5 sqm), walk-in wardrobe and laundry (28 sqm). The development also includes extensions to existing bedrooms as follows: Bedroom 02 increased from 15 sqm to 27 sqm; Bedroom 03 increased from 14.3 sqm to 17.8 sqm; and Bedroom 04 increased from 10.07 sqm to 14.9 sqm, including the addition of an ensuite (1.9 sqm). The former Bedroom 03 has been converted to a gym. Retention permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing garage into habitable space, consisting of Storage 01 (17.5 sqm), bathroom (4.6 sqm), sitting room (18.3 sqm), Storage 02 (10.1 sqm), and a bedroom with ensuite (18.2 sqm). At first floor level, at the existing extension comprises the enlargement of the existing entertainment room from 25 sqm to 36.7 sqm, including the addition of a balcony (34.8 sqm), and the extension of the existing office from 16.5 sqm to 27.7 sqm, with the inclusion of a bathroom (4.3 sqm), a snug (19.8 sqm), bedroom (18.3 sqm), and playroom (10.4 sqm). In addition, retention permission is sought for alterations to the existing dwelling, including the change of façade materiality from brick to metal cladding, the modification of the existing curved window openings to a squared profile at the front elevation, and the introduction of new window openings to the previously existing garage, which has been converted to habitable accommodation. Retention permission is sought for an existing single-storey garage (46 sqm) located to the east of the site, together with all associated site development works on the above address.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660176/0
- 19 Dec 2018, Westmeath County Council 186384: Refused. Retention. retention of existing boundary wall and entrance onto the public roadway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/186384/0
- 18 Apr 2017, Westmeath County Council 176115: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of existing single storey detached house and construction of new detached 5 bedroom single storey detached house with separate attached domestic garage/store, together with associated waste water treatment plant and percolation system, existing vehicular access is to remodelled with new sweeped entrance walls and gated entrance set back from the position of the existing vehicular entrance with a new driveway to the proposed house.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/176115/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Torque.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Torque, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Torque.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/torque.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/torque.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/torque.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Torque with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath: https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cloncullen: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/cloncullen-230393.md
- Cornaher: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/cornaher.md
- Killavally: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/killavally.md
- Rahinashane and Spittaltown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/rahinashane-and-spittaltown.md
- Rahinashurock: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/rahinashurock.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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