Cloonreleagh (Bellew)
Townland in the civil parish of Ballynakill (Mount Bellew Ra), barony of Killian, Co. Galway; in Irish Cluain Roilíoch (Bellew)
- Area
- 145.8 ha
- 360 acres
- Land parcels
- 89
- registered freehold, median 2,259 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonreleagh (Bellew), from 141 m² to 138,023 m² (13.8 ha, 34.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cloonreleagh (Bellew) 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Aug 2026N/a
for the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence, and associated works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2661420
7 Jul 2026Refused
is sought to construct a new entrance and garden shed
Permission · Galway County Council, 2661142
22 Sept 2025N/a
for the construction of a 2-storey extension to an existing dwelling house, changes to existing bay window and entrance porch, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561365
17 Sept 2025N/a
for the construction of a 2-storey extension to an existing dwelling house, changes to existing bay window and entrance porch, together with all associated site works
Permission · Galway County Council, 2561340
6 Aug 2024Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associates site works. Gross floor space of proposed work: (House) 247.9 sqm & (Garage) 22.72 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460992
6 Aug 2024Conditional
of; 1. pedestrian gate entrance, 2. utility/store room to side of dwelling house, 3. covered patio area to rear of dwelling house and all associated site works. Previous Pl. Ref. - 97/3254. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 118.97 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460994
14 Jun 2024N/a
& completion of domestic general purpose storage garage and planning retention of 1. Pedestrian gate entrance 2. Utility store room to side of dwelling house 3. Covered patio area to rear of dwelling house and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 118.97 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 2460726
10 Mar 2022Conditional
construction of a proposed single storey extension including Dining Area & Lounge Area to North-Northeast side of existing dwelling house and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works 22.30 sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260209
8 Jul 2021Conditional
to demolish existing kennels and shop unit, and to construct a new shop unit (193m2), 9 No. car parking spaces and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works is 193 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 211233
20 Apr 2021N/a
to demolish existing kennels and shop unit, and to construct a new shop unit (193 sqm), 9 No. car parking spaces and all associated site works. 193 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 108 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 400 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 21632
22 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house. domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 296.39sqm + garage 59.9sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201361
13 Aug 2020Refused
to remove existing kennels and shop unit and construct a new shop unit with car parking and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 363.30 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201126
21 Apr 2017Conditional
for completion of minor alterations to elevations of new garden centre granted under planning reference 16/378 at Cloonrelagh, (Bellew). (Gross floor space of existing buildings: 374 sqm. + 137 sqm.
Retention · Galway County Council, 17556
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 Cloonreleagh (Bellew).
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cloonreleagh (Bellew).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonreleagh (Bellew).
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonreleagh (Bellew).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cloonreleagh (Bellew) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonreleagh (Bellew) · Cluain Roilíoch (Bellew)
- Area
- 1,457,983 m² (145.8 ha, 360.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballynakill (Mount Bellew Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Killian
- Electoral division
- Mount Bellew, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Mount Bellew electoral division: 1,972 people in 701 households; 80% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymageraghty, Barnwellsgrove, Clooncallaga, Cloonreleagh East, Cloonreleagh West, Gorteen, Marlay, Mountbellew Demesne, Shankill, Springlawn
- Placenames
- Cloonreleagh (Bellew) on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.