Blackacre
Townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An tAcra Dubh
Parcel 1939300
- Area
- 318 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 214 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Residential Existing (Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029) The objective
N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029) The objective - Townland
- Blackacre
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 25.6 ha
- 63 acres
- Land parcels
- 226
- registered freehold, median 342 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
226 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackacre, from 2 m² to 59,034 m² (5.9 ha, 14.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 221 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Commercial / Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Mar 2026Refused
to erect a 21 metre high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes, and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed in security fencing
Permission · Galway County Council, 2660396
1 Oct 2025Conditional
for the change of use of the garage to living quarters and the alterations to the façade of the dwelling house.(Installation of front window). Full planning permission also sought to construct a first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling house. Permission also sought to retain the existing storage shed to the rear of the dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561423
4 May 2023Conditional
to construct 2 No. additional bedrooms, one on ground floor and one on first floor, extend existing function room at first floor level, provide additional car parking spaces to rear of hotel incl. all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23176
30 Sept 2022Conditional
for additional carpark spaces on a site with revised boundaries from that previously granted under planning ref. no 01/728. To retain minor alteration to parking layout to front of hotel from that previously granted under planning ref. no 01/728. To provide additional car parking spaces to side of existing hotel. To provide 4 no electric car charging points. To incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 3185 sqm of carparking spaces
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221087
24 May 2022Refused
to construct 2 No additional bedrooms, one on ground floor and one on first floor, extend existing function room at the first floor level incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 140sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 22667
22 Oct 2021N/a
of an existing creche, Montessori/preschool service at the above address from that previously granted under planning Ref. No's 98/3239, 003870 and 01/1288 to include all ancillary site development works and services.
Retention · Galway County Council, 211982
24 Aug 2021Conditional
to replace the existing flat roof on the side of the house with a new hipped roof and erect a new canopy roof to the front of the dwelling house and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211531
5 Feb 2019Conditional
to construct serviced extension to dwelling house and for retention of attic conversion. Gross floor space of proposed works: 28.25 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 27.73 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19150
23 Jul 2018Conditional
to construct extension to form satellite kitchen, making minor alterations to existing restaurant incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 47.30sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181041
19 Jun 2018N/a
to construct an agricultural machinery shed/store. Gross floor space of proposed works 272sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 18831
28 May 2018N/a
of 2 no. I.D. signs at their current location incl. all ancillary site development works which form part of previous Planning Ref. No's. 13/822
Retention · Galway County Council, 18695
30 Nov 2017Conditional
for change of use of Creche/Montessori school to residential dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works 144sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171712
18 Sept 2017Conditional
of a domestic garage/fuel store with a change of design from that submitted in planning application 0072195 (gross floor space 53.94sqm)
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171388
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Blackacre.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blackacre.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blackacre.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Blackacre, Tuam15 sales
The townland
- Name
- Blackacre · An tAcra Dubh
- Area
- 256,051 m² (25.61 ha, 63.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Tuam Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Demesne, Garracloon, Kilcloghans, Townparks (1st Division)
- Placenames
- Blackacre 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.