Cushatrough

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cushatrough, from 8 m² to 1,174,965 m² (117.5 ha, 290.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cushatrough 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.

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  for development consisting of: the retention of the existing dwelling house and separate annex on an increased site boundary and also alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house including; 1. a new single storey side extension to the west to replace the existing porch, 2. a new two storey side extension to the east, 3. a new garage and carport, 4. modifications to the existing internal layout and fenestration including the provision of new roof windows and 5. the relocation of the existing driveway along with all the associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561601

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  for waste water treatment tank at revised location to that permitted under Pl. Ref 22/61029

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560357

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  of dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 101.80 sqm(house), 30.00 sqm(garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2529

• 1 Jul 2024Unconditional

  to (1) demolish part of rear elevation of existing house and construct new rear elevation extension (2) proposed external and internal alterations to existing dwelling house (3) construct new domestic garage (4) alterations to existing site entrance as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 61.00 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 56.81 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 14.19 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24180

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For 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

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 13 Oct 2022Conditional

  to replace existing septic tank and percolation area with new effluent wastewater treatment system and polishing filter

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261029

• 27 Jun 2019Conditional

  to (1) demolish part of rear elevation of existing house and construct new rear elevation extension (2) proposed external and internal alterations to existing dwelling house (3) construct new domestic garage (4) alterations to existing site entrance as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 61.00 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 56.81 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 14.19 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19968

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Cloon And Laghtanabba Bog NHA 002374

Recorded monuments

• GA022-031 Mass-rock
  Description

  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.

• GA022-118 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Cushatrough, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Cushatrough.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Cushatrough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Cushatrough · Cois an tSrutha

Area

2,021,070 m² (202.11 ha, 499.42 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Sillerna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

466 people lived in 191 households in the Sillerna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doon, Glen, Leagaun, Maw

Placenames

Cushatrough 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.