# Blean, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Monivea, barony of Athenry, Co. Galway; in Irish An Bhléan.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 909,046 m² (90.9 ha, 224.63 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,680 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Monivea, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/monivea.md
- Barony: Athenry
- Electoral division: Athenry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Athenry electoral division: 5,765 people in 2,069 households; 67% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19605
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60578
- Centre: latitude 53.293491, longitude -8.709242 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blean, from 37 m² to 94,251 m² (9.43 ha, 23.29 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2003188: 94,251 m² (9.43 ha, 23.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003188.md
- Parcel 1948318: 75,434 m² (7.54 ha, 18.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948318.md
- Parcel 1948317: 62,128 m² (6.21 ha, 15.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948317.md
- Parcel 1948322: 43,608 m² (4.36 ha, 10.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948322.md
- Parcel 2003290: 42,414 m² (4.24 ha, 10.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003290.md
- Parcel 2112617: 39,973 m² (4 ha, 9.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2112617.md
- Parcel 1948331: 37,538 m² (3.75 ha, 9.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948331.md
- Parcel 2003195: 36,689 m² (3.67 ha, 9.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003195.md
- Parcel 1948328: 34,950 m² (3.5 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948328.md
- Parcel 2003199: 34,640 m² (3.46 ha, 8.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003199.md
- Parcel 1948416: 34,011 m² (3.4 ha, 8.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948416.md
- Parcel 2003192: 29,727 m² (2.97 ha, 7.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003192.md
- Parcel 1948419: 24,962 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948419.md
- Parcel 1948326: 19,615 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948326.md
- Parcel 1948323: 19,175 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948323.md
- Parcel 1948319: 16,777 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948319.md
- Parcel 2003194: 14,568 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003194.md
- Parcel 1948316: 14,280 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948316.md
- Parcel 2003198: 13,640 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003198.md
- Parcel 2003291: 13,407 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003291.md
- Parcel 1948412: 12,635 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948412.md
- Parcel 1948420: 12,320 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948420.md
- Parcel 2003191: 11,233 m² (1.12 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003191.md
- Parcel 2003288: 10,323 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003288.md
- Parcel 2003193: 9,027 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003193.md
- Parcel 1948414: 8,833 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948414.md
- Parcel 1948324: 7,686 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948324.md
- Parcel 1948314: 7,627 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948314.md
- Parcel 1948315: 7,426 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948315.md
- Parcel 2003296: 7,049 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003296.md
- Parcel 1948313: 6,462 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948313.md
- Parcel 1948312: 6,408 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948312.md
- Parcel 1948311: 6,164 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948311.md
- Parcel 1948320: 5,629 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948320.md
- Parcel 2003295: 5,150 m² (0.52 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003295.md
- Parcel 2559219: 4,468 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559219.md
- Parcel 1948321: 4,216 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948321.md
- Parcel 4653574: 3,795 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4653574.md
- Parcel 2003197: 3,680 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003197.md
- Parcel 2955272: 3,560 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2955272.md
- Parcel 4650912: 3,500 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650912.md
- Parcel 1948413: 3,198 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948413.md
- Parcel 2955472: 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2955472.md
- Parcel 2953824: 3,159 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2953824.md
- Parcel 5419636: 3,134 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5419636.md
- Parcel 2953827: 3,133 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2953827.md
- Parcel 4665738: 2,952 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665738.md
- Parcel 4618358: 2,711 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618358.md
- Parcel 1948415: 2,617 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948415.md
- Parcel 4653957: 2,491 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4653957.md
- Parcel 5115410: 2,481 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5115410.md
- Parcel 4679628: 2,423 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4679628.md
- Parcel 4821167: 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4821167.md
- Parcel 4660930: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660930.md
- Parcel 2003289: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003289.md
- Parcel 4660923: 1,989 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4660923.md
- Parcel 2003294: 1,940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003294.md
- Parcel 1948330: 1,736 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948330.md
- Parcel 2003293: 1,703 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003293.md
- Parcel 2003292: 1,700 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003292.md
- Parcel 1948329: 1,664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948329.md
- Parcel 4960121: 1,626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960121.md
- Parcel 2003189: 1,082 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003189.md
- Parcel 1948417: 1,065 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948417.md
- Parcel 5771470: 1,033 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5771470.md
- Parcel 2955369: 820 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2955369.md
- Parcel 4635436: 784 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635436.md
- Parcel 1948325: 783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948325.md
- Parcel 1948327: 771 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948327.md
- Parcel 2003286: 748 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003286.md
- Parcel 4960122: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4960122.md
- Parcel 2003287: 465 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003287.md
- Parcel 1948418: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948418.md
- Parcel 4635439: 200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635439.md
- Parcel 2003196: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003196.md
- Parcel 2559217: 92 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559217.md
- Parcel 2003190: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003190.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Blean in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 29 Nov 2021, Galway County Council 212230: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for extension to existing shed, change of use of shed to a dwelling house and to install treatment plant with percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 43.6 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/212230/0
- 31 Oct 2019, Galway County Council 191695: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the following: (1) Permission to demolish the existing single storey porch extension to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house and replace it with a new porch structure. (2) Permission to construct a 2-Storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling house. (3) Permission to replace the existing septic tank system with a new effluent treatment system and percolation area. (4) Retention of a new site entrance and driveway to existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 159.65 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 4.0 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191695/0
- 3 Oct 2019, Galway County Council 191531: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to replace the original roadside boundary wall/ditch with a new boundary wall including for the provision of a roadside set-back/layby. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 116 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191531/0
- 11 Apr 2019, Galway County Council 19539: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the following: (1) Permission to demolish the existing single storey extensions to the front and rear elevations of the existing dwelling house (2) Permission to construct a 2-Storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwelling house with additional windows to the existing dwelling. (3) Permission to replace the existing septic tank system with a new effluent treatment system & percolation area. (4) Retention of a new site entrance and driveway to existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed work: Dwelling - 163.65 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 21 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/19539/0
- 24 Aug 2018, Galway County Council 181200: Refused. Retention. of agriculture storage shed, rainwater storage tank, and hardcore area and all associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained shed 115sqm, hardcore area 643sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/181200/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Blean.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA084-026: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA084-026----. On the E face of a ridge in undulating pastureland. This subrectangular children's burial ground (8.9m NW-SE; 5.4m NE-SW) is defined by a low drystone wall. The only headstone visible is at W. Three yew trees are growing in the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 August 2019

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_899, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_899.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/blean.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/blean.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/blean.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Blean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Backpark: https://everytownland.com/galway/backpark.md
- Gloves Middle: https://everytownland.com/galway/gloves-middle.md
- Gloves West: https://everytownland.com/galway/gloves-west.md
- Killascaul: https://everytownland.com/galway/killascaul.md
- Kingsland South: https://everytownland.com/galway/kingsland-south.md
- Rahard: https://everytownland.com/galway/rahard.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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