Gorteenapheebera

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteenapheebera, from 213 m² to 313,567 m² (31.36 ha, 77.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business & Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Business & Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 Nov 2025Refused

  for the construction of (a) two number, 3 bedroom dwelling houses, (b) proposed landscaping and car parking, (c) connection to existing services and (d) all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561658

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the completion of minor alterations to a dwelling house and garage on revised site boundaries, previous planning permission 23/60444. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 286.00 sqm(H), 36.20 sqm(G)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560278

• 11 Oct 2023Unconditional

  for demolition of existing dwelling & derelict farm buildings, & the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage & sewage treatment system & all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 229.7 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 219.78 sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 23412

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  for the change of house design from that previously granted under planning reference number 21/1353 (b) the construction of a domestic garage and all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360444

• 22 Nov 2022Conditional

  for alterations carried out to veterinary practice and animal health retail building granted under planning 21-808.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 221186

• 26 Jul 2022Conditional

  to erect signage at the veterinary practice granted under planning permission 21/808.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22913

• 7 Jun 2022N/a

  to erect signage at the veterinary practice granted under planning permission 21/808.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22738

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house , vehicular and pedestrian access from Dublin road, connection to existing services, landscaping and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 285.28 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211353

• 13 May 2021Conditional

  for material change of use of an existing residential dwelling house to a veterinary practice and animal health retail, planning permission for the extension and alteration to the existing building, decommissioning of existing septic tank, connection to the public sewer and all associated site works externally including provision of staff and customer parking. Gross floor space of proposed works: 392 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21808

• 27 Aug 2020Refused

  to construct 3 no. Terraced Dwellings units at Farranalynch Dublin Road Loughrea. Permission to include connection to services and a new vehicular road access and all associated site services and landscaping including boundary walls. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3x 85 =255 msq.

  Permission, 3 homes · Galway County Council, 201194

• 26 Jul 2018Conditional

  for demolition of existing dwelling and derelict farm buildings, and the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works 229.7 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 219.78 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181055

• 4 Jul 2018Conditional

  for alterations to approved warehouse extension granted under PL. Ref. No. 17/1639 (loading dock, minor yard extension and roller shutter doors).Gross floor space of existing building 5956 sq. approx.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18923

• 18 Jun 2018Conditional

  to construct a factory including associated offices, warehouse, site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 2094 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18828

• 16 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing warehouse including associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 1047sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171639

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gorteenapheebera.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pastureland. Poorly preserved oval rath (35.5m WSW-ENE) defined by a bank from ESE through W to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field wall overlies the enclosing element from SW to NW and another cuts across the monument at NW and NE. There is a souterrain (GA105-099001-) in the W sector of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 January 2018

• GA105-099001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the W sector of a rath (GA105-099----). This drystone-built rectangular passage (L >9m; Wth 1.6m) runs E-W. Access is gained via a gap in the roof. To W of the gap the passage is accessible for a distance of 3.4m; to E of it, it is inaccessible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 January 2018

• GA105-102 School
  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.

• GA105-103 Field system
  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 Gorteenapheebera.

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

About 1 in 10 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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1014 (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.

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

Name

Gorteenapheebera · Goirtín an Phíobaire

Area

627,897 m² (62.79 ha, 155.16 acres)

Civil parish

Loughrea, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Loughrea Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughrea Rural electoral division: 898 people in 307 households; 92% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baunoge, Caherwalter, Carn, Fairfield, Farranalynch, Greeneenagh, Knockadikeen, Tonaroasty

Placenames

Gorteenapheebera 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.