Torque

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Torque, from 285 m² to 339,303 m² (33.93 ha, 83.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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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.

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

• 28 May 2026N/a

  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.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660283

• 11 May 2026N/a

  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.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660239

• 14 Apr 2026N/a

  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.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660176

• 19 Dec 2018Refused

  retention of existing boundary wall and entrance onto the public roadway and all associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 186384

• 18 Apr 2017Conditional

  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.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176115

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 Torque.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Torque.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Name

Torque

Area

642,628 m² (64.26 ha, 158.8 acres)

Civil parish

Newtown, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Newtown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cloncullen, Cornaher, Killavally, Rahinashane And Spittaltown, Rahinashurock

Placenames

Torque 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.