Williamstown

153 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Williamstown, from 74 m² to 163,431 m² (16.34 ha, 40.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Williamstown 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.

• 8 Jul 2025Conditional

  the reinstatement of worked out quarry at Williamstown, Finnea, Co. Westmeath. The development will consist of the importation of inert soil and stone of approximately 45,000 cubic metres within an area of circa 1.79 hectares over a five-year period and includes all ancillary site works and services including installation of a temporary weighbridge

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560343

• 5 Mar 2025Conditional

  (1) renovation of existing cottage (2) retention for the existing porch, hot-press and bathroom, (3) replacement of existing flat roof on the porch with a new pitch roof, (4) demolition of existing domestic shed and store to the side of dwelling, (5) construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling (6) decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with a treatment system and specified polishing filter (7) relocation & upgrade of existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560085

• 17 Jun 2024Conditional

  development which will consist of: renovation and extension of existing single storey derelict dwelling. Works to include (1) erection of single storey extension to rear of dwelling, (2) alterations to existing dwelling layout and elevations, (3) decommission existing septic tank and install new wastewater treatment system, Ecoflo Coco Filter & Gavel Distribution Bed, and (4) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460207

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  a private dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460106

• 27 Oct 2021Refused

  Construct an extension to dwelling at rear, to include on the ground floor, a kitchen, dining area, stairs, bedroom with en-suite and a velux in the existing living room and on the first floor, a study with two velux windows and to retain existing shed at side and to construct a detached garage and to decommission existing septic tank and to install a treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21573

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Moneybeg and Clareisland Bogs SAC 002340
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Sheelin 000987

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Williamstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Name

Williamstown

Area

1,999,519 m² (199.95 ha, 494.09 acres)

Civil parish

Foyran, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Finnea, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Clareisland Or Derrymacegan, Cornacreevy, Derrycrave, Finnea, Togher

Placenames

Williamstown 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.