Tromra

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tromra, from 2,078 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 392,880 m² (39.29 ha, 97.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Castlepollard, Westmeath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  development which will consist of renovation and alterations of existing dwelling with construction of two storey extension to the rear, construction of domestic garage, road side boundary and site entrance, decommissioning of existing septic tank and replace with new waste water treatment system & polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660367

• 14 Feb 2025Conditional

  development and retention of the change of use from a former single dwelling house, domestic garage and garden area to a community facility. Permission is sought to extend the existing pedestrian footpath link to connect the property to the established pedestrian network, provide for 6 no. car parking spaces (of which 1 no. accessible space, 1 no. community car EV charging point) and 10 no. covered and secure cycle parking spaces and any other associated boundary, landscaping and associated above and below ground works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2560044

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  development and retention of the change of use from a former single dwelling house to a community facility. The proposed retention of the change of use also proposes to extend the existing pedestrian footpath link to connect the property to the established pedestrian network, provide for 6 no. car parking spaces (of which 1 no. accessible space, 1 no. community car EV charging point) and 10 no. covered and secure cycle parking spaces and any other associated boundary, landscaping and associated above and below ground works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2460484

• 13 Dec 2024Conditional

  construction of a two storey house, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460478

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  development which will consist of the following: (1) To demolish the ruins of an existing building on the site. (2) To construct a new two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage. (3) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (4) To make a new entrance onto the road along with wing walls gates and piers.(5) All associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460462

• 22 Jan 2024Refused

  development which will consist of/ consists of (a) permission for refurbishment of and extension to retained former house & garage for the social, recreational, environmental, enterprise & educational use by inhabitants of Castlepollard and visiting communities, with gardens, water features, greenhouses, roads, paths, car & bicycle parking, hard & soft landscaping, planting, lighting, site entrance boundaries & all associated ancillary utilities, facilities & site works. Retention permission for (b) Change of Use of retained lands and structures on site N91 NP40 from Use as a House to Class 9: Use as a social centre/ community centre

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460011

• 5 Jul 2023N/a

  RETENTION permission for development consisting of change of use of lands and structures at the site from use as a house to use as a community centre

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 23101

• 9 Jun 2023N/a

  RETENTION permission for development consisting of change of use of lands and structures at the site from a house to use as a community centre

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2389

• 16 Dec 2021Refused

  the construction of one 4.2MW wind turbine with an overall tip height of up to 150m, the construction of the wind turbine foundation, hardstanding and assembly area, provision of a site entrance and an access track within the site. Construction of an on site 20kV substation and underground electrical cable and all associated site development and ancillary works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21666

• 5 Mar 2021Conditional

  Retention permission to retain the modifications to the single storey extension (North facing) consisting of a 36.6 sq.m presently constructed to the side of the existing dwelling house from that previously granted permission under planning ref 18/6147 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21108

• 21 Nov 2019Conditional

  for a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196321

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  construction of a semi-detached domestic garage together with all associated site works also permission to retain additional height of front boundary stone wall as per constructed on site.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186147

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  construction of single storey extension to existing dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176313

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 Tromra.

Recorded monuments

• WM003-071 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a small hillock in grassland, with extensive views in all directions. Tower house type castle belonging to George Fay, an Irish papist is depicted in the townland of 'Tromore' on the 1657 Down Survey map of Rathgarve parish (NLI, MS 723-4). Two rectangular structures or field boundaries are depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. One of which is annotated ‘Castle’, with a tree-covered sub-rectangular shaped walled garden or orchard (approx. dims. 40m N-S x 70m E-W) depicted to the W which has since been levelled. Only the grass-covered wall footings of this levelled castle which was enclosed by low grass-covered earthen banks forming an irregular shaped enclosure or possible bawn area. No surface remains visible of this levelled 'Castle' or earthworks belonging to a possible bawn on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 May 2017

Architectural heritage

• Tromra House, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, with projecting single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the main elevation (south). Two-storey extension to the east. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to either end. Roughcast rendered walls to main building, ruled-and-line rendered finish to projecting porch. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorcase to east face of porch having cut stone block-and start-surround with lintel over and a timber panelled door. Set back from road (facing away from road) with extensive collection of outbuildings to the rear (north and the northeast). Located to the north of Castlepollard. Main entrance gates to the east (15400311).

• Tromra House, gates/railings/walls, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Troma House, erected c.1830, comprising pair of cut limestone gate piers on octagonal plan with associated decorative wrought-iron double-gates. Located to the east of Troma House, in the rural countryside to the north of Castlepollard.

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

Name

Tromra

Area

2,487,207 m² (248.72 ha, 614.6 acres)

Civil parish

Rathgarve, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Coolure, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynagall, Ballynagall Little, Carn, Freaghmore, Knockroe, Loughanstown, Mullanakill, Pakenhamhall Or Tullynally, Rathcreevagh, Townparks

Placenames

Tromra 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.