Gortroe

134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortroe, from 9 m² to 199,109 m² (19.91 ha, 49.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gortroe 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.

• 13 Apr 2026Refused

  for single story private dwelling house , domestic garage and on site waste water treatment system with all other site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660557

• 21 Nov 2025Conditional

  for construction of a machinery shed, manure pit, equine shed with stables, feed store and underground effluent storage tank along with all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561719

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 81 and 161; the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 3no. locations, with similar structures; the painting of a tower at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 54no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 40no. structures), with 13no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 109 will increase in height by 3.0 m; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 81 to 160; the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 3no. locations; the replacement of crossarms at 59no. locations; the installation of fibre wrap on phase conductor between structure no. 1 and structure no. 161; all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including the removal and reinstatement of 220m of hedgerow / field boundary (estimated using Táilte Éireann data), vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and a temporary watercourse crossing to access structure no. 160. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., national roads, rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561471

• 22 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey dwelling house and detached garage, with a domestic wastewater treatment system, and all associated site services Incl. connections

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561176

• 13 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single dwelling house, domestic garage, a proprietary wastewater effluent treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561104

• 30 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single dwelling house, domestic garage, a Ter 3 Tertiary Effluent Treatment System & associated percolation area and all associated site services, including for the demolition of existing farm shed structures

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561046

• 26 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, with a domestic store/garage, and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: (H) 172 sqm & (G) 61 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25151

• 12 May 2025N/a

  and completion of private store/gym to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 63.25 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 25105

• 21 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the retention of existing structures built under previously granted planning reference number 17/940 and permission to construct a dwelling house, garage, treatment system, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 272.90 sqm(house) & 82 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461803

• 12 Aug 2024Conditional

  for (1). the extensive renovation of the existing dwelling house (2) the construction of a single storey and a two-storey extension to the existing dwelling & (3) to replace the existing sub-standard septic tank effluent treatment system with a Ter 3 Tertiary Effluent Treatment System & associated Percolation Area. Gross floor space of proposed works: 127.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461030

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  for a dwellinghouse, proprietary effluent treatment system & all ancillary siteworks & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360985

• 2 Mar 2023Unconditional

  for a new dwelling house, garage/shed, wastewater treatment system and associated site access and services. Gross floor space of proposed works dwelling 197.68sqm, Garage/shed 37.77sqm.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 2373

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  sought to a) build a front porch, b) retain elevation alterations, c) retain new sign at the front elevation and d) alter the opening hours to commence at 7:30am each morning Monday to Friday inclusive and (e) all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 247 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2260943

• 29 Jun 2022Refused

  for (i) retention of existing structures built under previously granted planning reference number 07/3397 and (ii) retention of revised site boundaries and (iii) permission to construct a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment and all associated site works (gross floor space proposed 272.90sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22822

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  To retain a serviced dwelling house on revised site boundaries.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260240

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  for the construction of new dwelling along with garage, treatment septic tank system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 205 sqm, Garage: 40.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21344

• 6 Nov 2020Conditional

  to (1) demolish existing rear extension, (2) demolish existing front porch, (3) refurbish existing house, (4) construct new rear extension, (5) remove existing septic tank and replace with a new effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 124.2 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 46.6 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201657

• 10 Jul 2018Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 219 sqm. (garage) 37.50 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18959

• 10 Jul 2018Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house, install a waste water treatment unit with soil polishing filter and to construct ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 233.8 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18961

• 12 Jan 2018Conditional

  to construct a 5 Bay Slatted Shed and silage slab along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 961.8sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1817

• 28 Sept 2017Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, garage/shed, wastewater treatment system and associated site access and services. Gross floor space of proposed works dwelling 197.68sqm, Garage/shed 37.77sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171430

• 27 Jun 2017Conditional

  for (i) retention of existing structures built under previously granted planning reference number 07/3397 and (ii) retention of revised site boundaries and (iii) permission to construct a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment and all associated site works (gross floor space proposed 272.90sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17940

• 10 Apr 2017Unconditional

  for dwellinghouse and associated services (gross floor space 415sqm) Previous planning application reference: 12/278.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 17468

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 Gortroe.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortroe.

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 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 Gortroe.

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.

• Gortroe, Corrandulla8 sales

Name

Gortroe · An Gort Rua

Area

1,273,035 m² (127.3 ha, 314.57 acres)

Civil parish

Annaghdown, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Liscananaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Liscananaun electoral division: 1,601 people in 521 households; 83% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aucloggeen, Caherlea, Carrowbeg North, Carrowbeg South, Drumgriffin, Mullaghadrum, Tomnahulla, Tonagarraun, Turloughgarve

Placenames

Gortroe 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.