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

Townland in the civil parish of Moyrus, barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Ceannúir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,179,195 m² (117.92 ha, 291.39 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 27,124 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moyrus, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/moyrus.md
- Barony: Ballynahinch
- Electoral division: Moyrus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 334 people lived in 139 households in the Moyrus electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18284
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 60819
- Centre: latitude 53.404459, longitude -9.852295 (WGS 84)

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

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Canower, from 328 m² to 455,178 m² (45.52 ha, 112.48 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1947430: 455,178 m² (45.52 ha, 112.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947430.md
- Parcel 2004310: 117,017 m² (11.7 ha, 28.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004310.md
- Parcel 2004315: 103,691 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004315.md
- Parcel 2004316: 60,297 m² (6.03 ha, 14.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004316.md
- Parcel 2004309: 54,310 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004309.md
- Parcel 2004307: 50,674 m² (5.07 ha, 12.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004307.md
- Parcel 2004306: 49,081 m² (4.91 ha, 12.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004306.md
- Parcel 2004308: 35,884 m² (3.59 ha, 8.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004308.md
- Parcel 1947425: 33,125 m² (3.31 ha, 8.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947425.md
- Parcel 2004311: 27,984 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004311.md
- Parcel 1947424: 26,265 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947424.md
- Parcel 2004313: 18,462 m² (1.85 ha, 4.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004313.md
- Parcel 1947423: 9,450 m² (0.94 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947423.md
- Parcel 1947422: 7,260 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947422.md
- Parcel 1947429: 7,073 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947429.md
- Parcel 1947428: 4,805 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947428.md
- Parcel 2004314: 2,123 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004314.md
- Parcel 2004312: 1,321 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2004312.md
- Parcel 1947426: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947426.md
- Parcel 1947427: 328 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1947427.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Canower 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.

- 15 May 2023, Galway County Council 2360512: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360512/0
- 12 Oct 2022, Galway County Council 2261019: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a)partial demolition of existing house; b)single story extension to existing house; c)a new shed and d)all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works in 96.00sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2261019/0
- 30 Mar 2021, Galway County Council 21490: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a) demolition of existing porch, b) a single storey side extension to existing house c) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 77 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 2.5 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21490/0
- 23 Nov 2020, Galway County Council 201768: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a) a new wastewater treatment system and b) all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201768/0
- 24 May 2017, Galway County Council 17733: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a) a single storey extension to the rear of existing cottage, b) new proprietary waste water treatment system and filtration area, and c) all associated demolition and site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 75 sqm., gross floor space of works for demolition: 6 sqm.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17733/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Rosroe Bog SAC, site code 000324, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000324
- Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA, site code 004159, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004159
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rosroe Bog, site code 000324

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Canower.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Canower, about 1 in 20 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Canower.
- 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/canower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/canower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/canower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Canower 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)

- Lettercaumus: https://everytownland.com/galway/lettercaumus.md
- Rosroe: https://everytownland.com/galway/rosroe-63739.md
- Tawnaghbaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/tawnaghbaun-63978.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/canower
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/canower