Wattstown
Townland in Co. Westmeath
- Area
- 114.3 ha
- 282 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 9,797 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wattstown, from 140 m² to 174,625 m² (17.46 ha, 43.15 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 Wattstown 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
21 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct a storey & half dwelling (238.5sqm), a domestic garage (60.4sqm) and domestic entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought to install a secondary treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560415
11 Jul 2025Conditional
to renovate & extend existing cottage, alter existing entrance onto road, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560353
17 Apr 2025Conditional
permission to construct a storey & half dwelling (291.8sqm), a domestic garage (36sqm) and upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to facilitate a shared agricultural and domestic entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560186
25 Nov 2022Conditional
to renovate & extend existing cottage, alter existing entrance onto road, new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2260020
18 Nov 2022Conditional
permission to construct a two-storey dwelling (267.9 sq m) and domestic garage (50 sq m). Permission is also sought for the installation of a domestic well, a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, together with converting the existing agricultural entrance to a domestic entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2260011
22 Jan 2018Conditional
construction of new water treatment facilities on the site adjacent to and within the existing Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at Portloman. These works will operate in conjunction with the existing WTP and are considered an upgrade of the existing treatment facilities. The development will comprise of the following: 2 Nr Inlet Contact Tanks less than or equal to 4.5m h (h=height); Main Treatment Building less than or equal to 9.03m (h); 2 Nr Chemical Storage Tanks equal to 5m (h); 2 Nr Chemical Storage Tanks equal to 3.5m (h); 4 Nr Filters equal to 5m (h); Pipework Gallery equal to 6.86m (h); Backwash Tank (underground) equal to 5m (deep); Contact Tank (underground) equal to 5m (deep); 2 Nr Used Washwater Tanks (partially below ground) equal to 5 m (deep); Washwater Clarifier equal to 7m (h); Thickened Sludge Tank equal to 3.8m (h). The development will also include on-site roadways, parking and hardstanding areas, landscaping, external lighting, security fencing, drainage and all associated ancillary works and other enabling civil works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been furnished for the proposed development given its proximity to designated Lough Owel SAC (Site code 000688) and SPA (Site code 004047) and the potential for significant effects.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186013
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 Wattstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Wattstown
- Area
- 1,142,698 m² (114.27 ha, 282.37 acres)
- Placenames
- Wattstown 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.