# Cloonbenes, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Grange, barony of Kilconnell, Co. Galway; in Irish Cluain Béinéis. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,676,208 m² (167.62 ha, 414.2 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,005 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Grange, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/grange.md - Barony: Kilconnell - Electoral division: Grange, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 805 people lived in 256 households in the Grange electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/19853 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 61230 - Centre: latitude 53.307545, longitude -8.5146 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonbenes, from 116 m² to 216,628 m² (21.66 ha, 53.53 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1948580: 216,628 m² (21.66 ha, 53.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948580.md - Parcel 2003070: 171,324 m² (17.13 ha, 42.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003070.md - Parcel 1948480: 126,227 m² (12.62 ha, 31.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948480.md - Parcel 2003074: 92,384 m² (9.24 ha, 22.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003074.md - Parcel 1948476: 84,362 m² (8.44 ha, 20.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948476.md - Parcel 1948582: 78,761 m² (7.88 ha, 19.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948582.md - Parcel 1948574: 71,469 m² (7.15 ha, 17.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948574.md - Parcel 2002975: 65,389 m² (6.54 ha, 16.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2002975.md - Parcel 2003066: 56,933 m² (5.69 ha, 14.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003066.md - Parcel 1948579: 51,789 m² (5.18 ha, 12.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948579.md - Parcel 2002974: 40,479 m² (4.05 ha, 10 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2002974.md - Parcel 2003065: 39,204 m² (3.92 ha, 9.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003065.md - Parcel 1948577: 33,114 m² (3.31 ha, 8.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948577.md - Parcel 1948581: 29,322 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948581.md - Parcel 2003069: 29,256 m² (2.93 ha, 7.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003069.md - Parcel 1948475: 25,922 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948475.md - Parcel 1948477: 21,729 m² (2.17 ha, 5.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948477.md - Parcel 1948474: 18,411 m² (1.84 ha, 4.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948474.md - Parcel 2002976: 16,369 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2002976.md - Parcel 2003060: 16,099 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003060.md - Parcel 1948583: 11,470 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948583.md - Parcel 2002977: 11,216 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2002977.md - Parcel 2003071: 10,543 m² (1.05 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003071.md - Parcel 2003072: 10,540 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003072.md - Parcel 1948570: 9,470 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948570.md - Parcel 2003061: 8,928 m² (0.89 ha, 2.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003061.md - Parcel 1948578: 8,902 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948578.md - Parcel 2003062: 8,564 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003062.md - Parcel 1948573: 8,417 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948573.md - Parcel 1948571: 8,362 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948571.md - Parcel 2003063: 8,055 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003063.md - Parcel 2003064: 7,332 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003064.md - Parcel 2003067: 7,284 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003067.md - Parcel 1948572: 7,092 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948572.md - Parcel 1948575: 7,064 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948575.md - Parcel 2003073: 6,504 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003073.md - Parcel 1948569: 6,407 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948569.md - Parcel 1948576: 5,758 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948576.md - Parcel 2003068: 4,760 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2003068.md - Parcel 1948478: 3,866 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948478.md - Parcel 1948479: 3,780 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1948479.md - Parcel 5769656: 3,572 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5769656.md - Parcel 2002973: 3,013 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2002973.md - Parcel 4459439: 2,129 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4459439.md - Parcel 6102192: 1,679 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6102192.md - Parcel 6102199: 225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6102199.md - Parcel 6102197: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6102197.md - Parcel 6102195: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6102195.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cloonbenes 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 13 Oct 2025, Galway County Council 2561492: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561492/0 - 15 Apr 2021, Galway County Council 21605: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant system. Permission is also sought to carry out some engineering work on the site in the form of field drains. Permission is also sought to relocate relevant front boundaries walls so that the required sight lines can be obtained. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 192 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/21605/0 - 18 Dec 2020, Galway County Council 201982: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and a treatment plant system. Permission is also sought to relocate relevant front boundaries walls so that the required sight lines can be obtained. Gross floor space of proposed works: 192 sqm - House, 60 sqm - Garage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201982/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Natural Heritage Area: Raford River Bog NHA, site code 000321, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/000321 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA085-028: Boundary mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA085-028----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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) - Beech Hill Bridge, bridge, 1740–1780, Regional interest, registry number 30408509, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA®no=30408509. Triple-arch rubble limestone bridge, built c.1760, with dressed limestone voussoirs to arches, and V-cutwaters to piers. Rubble stone parapet walls with rubble coping stones. ## 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 Cloonbenes, 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 low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonbenes. - 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/cloonbenes.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonbenes.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloonbenes.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cloonbenes 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) - Beech Hill: https://everytownland.com/galway/beech-hill.md - Castlebin North: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlebin-north.md - Castlebin South: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlebin-south.md - Crossmacrin: https://everytownland.com/galway/crossmacrin.md - Derrynamanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/derrynamanagh.md - Gortnaboha: https://everytownland.com/galway/gortnaboha.md - Grange: https://everytownland.com/galway/grange-62386.md - Lecarrowntruhaun: https://everytownland.com/galway/lecarrowntruhaun.md - Skehanagh South: https://everytownland.com/galway/skehanagh-south.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. --- 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/cloonbenes - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/cloonbenes