Gortcam
Townland in the civil parish of Bullaun, barony of Loughrea, Co. Galway; in Irish An Gort Cam
- Area
- 51.3 ha
- 127 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 3,488 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortcam, from 103 m² to 117,821 m² (11.78 ha, 29.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Gortcam 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
13 Aug 2026N/a
for the (1) renovation and extension of existing vacant dwelling house, (2) on-site wastewater treatment system along with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661386
26 May 2026Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660830
14 Jul 2025Conditional
for amendments to planning permission previously granted under 20/2065. Proposed amendments comprise of (1) amendments to proposed dwelling house plans, (2) addition of a detached domestic garage & (3) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 251.00 sqm(H), 35.60 sqm(G), 67.69 sqm(G)
Permission · Galway County Council, 2560944
20 Jun 2025N/a
for amendments to planning permission previously granted under 20/2065. Proposed amendments comprise of (1) amendments to proposed dwelling house plans, (2) addition of a detached domestic garage (3) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 286.60sqm(H), 67.69 sqm(G)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560809
14 Oct 2024Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant polishing filter domestic garage and all associated site works. Previous Pl Ref. 24/60737. Gross floor space of proposed works: 115.46 sqm (House) & 37.56 sqm (Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461354
31 Dec 2020Conditional
for construction of a Dwelling house with integrated domestic garage, along with an on-site treatment system and all other associated works: Gross floor space of proposed works: H: 184 sqm G: 35.6 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 202065
4 Nov 2020Conditional
for demolition of existing derelict dwelling and for the construction of a new dwelling house on an alternative location on site along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works; 258sqm (house) and 40.5sqm (garage); Gross floor space of any demolition; 97sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201636
5 Sept 2019Conditional
for construction of a prefabricated structure to rear of Bullaun Parochial Hall for the purpose of providing afterschool and preschool services, upgrade the existing sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 74.6 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 191384
18 Apr 2019Conditional
for a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store with wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 166.81 sqm (Dwelling - 121.81 sqm, Garage - 45.00 sqm)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19584
5 Sept 2018Conditional
to construct a slatted shed with calf creep area, handling facilities and ancillary concrete. Gross floor space of proposed works, 181.152sqm and Gross floor space of work to be retained, 357.28sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 181253
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 Gortcam.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortcam.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortcam.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortcam.
- 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 Gortcam with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Gortcam · An Gort Cam
- Area
- 513,300 m² (51.33 ha, 126.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bullaun, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughrea
- Electoral division
- Bullaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bullaun electoral division: 340 people in 112 households; 91% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymurry, Bellayarha North, Bellayarha South, Brackloonbeg, Bullaun, Galboley, Turoe
- Placenames
- Gortcam 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.