Deerpark
Townland in the civil parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish Páirc na bhFianna
- Area
- 27 ha
- 67 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 8,177 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.2
- Industrial
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Deerpark, from 19 m² to 44,837 m² (4.48 ha, 11.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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
- C2.2Industrial (General industry)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Nov 2024Refused
for the provision of a Warehouse Unit to include for ancillary office space, ancillary customer collection area and associated signage. The overall development to include for car parking, service yard, a new access roadway from the existing Deerpark Estate Roadway (L81081) and connection to all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3761.71 sqm
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 24322
28 Sept 2022N/a
for a development consisting of 822.1kWp (c.3865sqm) of roof mounted Solar PV Panels and all associated works.
Permission · Galway County Council, 221074
21 Dec 2021Conditional
to construct an extension (889 sqm) to the side of our existing light industrial unit (5250 sqm) and to carry out all ancillary site works.
Permission · Galway County Council, 212470
18 Oct 2019Conditional
for existing signage will include 1 No. internally illuminated wall sign, 1 No. non-illuminated wall sign, 1 No. non-illuminated freestanding sign and 1 No. internally illuminated freestanding sign.
Retention · Galway County Council, 191614
15 Aug 2019Conditional
for the provision of a Warehouse Unit to include for ancillary office space, ancillary customer collection area and associated signage. The overall development to include for car parking, service yard, a new access roadway from the existing Deerpark Estate Roadway (L81081) and connection to all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3761.71 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191278
2 Aug 2019N/a
for new signage to replace existing at Block B, Galway Business Park, Deerpark Industrial Estate, Oranmore. New signs will include 2 No. wall signs and 2 No. free-standing signs
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191214
9 Nov 2018Conditional
for a period of 10 years for the erection of a Portakabin site office of 83.68 sqm. gross floor area and use of the land as open storage of Portakabin buildings placed up to two units high on the northern half of the site only and extending up to 7.48 m above ground level together with all ancillary development. Access is to be by way of a new access from the estate road serving Deerpark Industrial Estate. Utilities and Services to be brought to the site office in the south eastern corner of the site. The compound will be secured by way of a 2.4 m high galvanized paladin fence. Gross floor space of proposed works: 83.68 sqm
Temporary permission · Galway County Council, 181598
19 Dec 2017Refused
consisting of alterations and additions to an existing materials Recovery Facility (register references 13/1350 and 16/412 to accept increased tonnage of waste from previously permitted limit of 22,000 tonnes per annum to 50,000 tonnes per annum. The development will also include the introduction of liquid waste treatment onto the site. The development will include the construction of four liquid waste, bunded storage tanks and on-site liquid waste treatment plant. Permission is also sought for all associated works and services. Gross floor space 3033sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171830
27 Sept 2017N/a
consisting of alterations and additions to an existing Materials Recovery Facility (register references 13/1350 and 16/412) to accept increased tonnage of waste from previously permitted limit of 22,000 tonnes per annum to 50,000 tonnes per annum. The development will include the construction of four liquid waste, bunded storage tanks and on-site liquid waste treatment plant. Gross floor space 3033sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171422
13 Feb 2017Conditional
of an existing single-storey site office and staff facilities building, previously planning reference 14/562 refers. Retention permission is also sought for the continuance of use of the site for the storage of Titan storage containers and all ancillary works. Gross floor space for retention 54.8m2
Retention · Galway County Council, 17164
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 Deerpark.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Deerpark.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Deerpark.
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 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_570 (ZIP).
- 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 Deerpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Deerpark · Páirc na bhFianna
- Area
- 269,735 m² (26.97 ha, 66.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oranmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Oranmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Oranmore electoral division: 4,721 people in 1,706 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowkeel, Carrowmoneash, Garraun North, Glennascaul
- Placenames
- Deerpark 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.