Cushatrower

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cushatrower, from 220 m² to 2,922,037 m² (292.2 ha, 722.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Cushatrower 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.

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  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

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360512

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a new dwellinghouse, storage shed & a new effluent treatment system including associated site works. There is a Natura Impact Statement included in this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 105.94 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360401

• 8 Sept 2020N/a

  of elevational changes to dwelling house on revised site boundaries and removal of enurement clause. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 84 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 201264

• 7 Nov 2019Conditional

  to (1) demolish existing dwelling house and permission for a replacement dwelling house on revised site boundaries (2) replace existing septic tank and percolation area with a new effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works and site services. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended). Gross floor space of proposed works: 229.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 112.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191745

• 12 Jun 2019Refused

  and Planning Permission for the following development consisting of: 1. To retain an agricultural shed (212m2); 2. To retain an access drive to the public road & 3. Planning Permission to construct a single storey dwelling (230m2) using that access and to construct a waste water treatment system and ancillary site works. Gross Floor space of proposed works: House - 230 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Shed - 212 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19887

• 19 Oct 2017Refused

  to retain an agricultural shed, an access to a public road, and to construct a dwelling house using the said access, to construct a wastewater system, and services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 212sqm. proposed 268sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171505

• 17 May 2017Refused

  to retain an access to a public road, to construct a dwelling house using the said access and construct a wastewater system and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 268sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17693

• 23 Feb 2017N/a

  for dwelling house, waste water system, and services. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 268 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17235

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Connemara Bog Complex SAC 002034
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Bog Complex SPA 004181
• Special Protection Area: Connemara Islands SPA 004159
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Connemara Bog Complex 002034

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cushatrower.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cushatrower, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_41 (ZIP).

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 Cushatrower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Cushatrower · Cois Treabhair

Area

4,169,593 m² (416.96 ha, 1,030.33 acres)

Civil parish

Moyrus, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Derrycunlagh, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aillenacally, Arkeen Beg, Arkeen More, Derryadd West, Derrycunlagh, Derryvickrune, Letterdife, Toombeola

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Cushatrower 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.