# Halfstraddle, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish An Leathchlár Srathra. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 326,589 m² (32.66 ha, 80.7 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,179 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential Existing, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tuam, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/tuam.md - Barony: Dunmore - Electoral division: Tuam Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,556 people lived in 2,346 households in the Tuam Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22021 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 62412 - Centre: latitude 53.52043, longitude -8.865937 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Halfstraddle, from 114 m² to 93,616 m² (9.36 ha, 23.13 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4782174: 93,616 m² (9.36 ha, 23.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4782174.md - Parcel 5341695: 75,991 m² (7.6 ha, 18.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5341695.md - Parcel 5341679: 16,756 m² (1.68 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5341679.md - Parcel 4996810: 14,526 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996810.md - Parcel 4996706: 8,213 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996706.md - Parcel 2034333: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034333.md - Parcel 3626520: 1,620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626520.md - Parcel 2082487: 1,306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082487.md - Parcel 5176626: 1,287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5176626.md - Parcel 2082484: 1,273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082484.md - Parcel 2082480: 1,260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082480.md - Parcel 2034332: 1,247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034332.md - Parcel 2082486: 1,228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082486.md - Parcel 2082485: 1,195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082485.md - Parcel 2082481: 1,179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082481.md - Parcel 2034335: 1,161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034335.md - Parcel 4990147: 1,159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990147.md - Parcel 2114087: 1,132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2114087.md - Parcel 2735789: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2735789.md - Parcel 2034334: 922 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2034334.md - Parcel 3626528: 769 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626528.md - Parcel 5295917: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295917.md - Parcel 2735756: 654 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2735756.md - Parcel 5554622: 610 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5554622.md - Parcel 2082489: 559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082489.md - Parcel 2735762: 518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2735762.md - Parcel 2082482: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2082482.md - Parcel 2735809: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2735809.md - Parcel 4670908: 114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4670908.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Residential Existing (Existing residential): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 30 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - G1 Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - R1 Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - C2.1 Business and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - R4 Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 - N2.1 Water/Rivers/Streams (Water): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 10 Jun 2026, Galway County Council 2660934: Conditional. Retention. of two number storage structures/sheds on the site incl. external finishes to both and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660934/0 - 23 Jan 2026, Galway County Council 2660076: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of two single storey extensions to the west and south and conversion of the existing garage to the north. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660076/0 - 13 Nov 2025, Galway County Council 2561660: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for construction of two single storey extensions to the west and south and conversion of the existing garage to the north. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561660/0 - 4 Apr 2024, Galway County Council 2460369: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of the existing single storey house and the construction of a new part two storey, part single storey house with covered parking area to the side along with the relocation of the site entrance and associated hard and soft landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 294.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 134.00 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460369/0 - 20 Dec 2022, Galway County Council 221249: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for 1. Demolition of existing garage. 2. Demolition of rear sunroom. 3. Retention of existing dwelling house on existing site boudaries. 4. To construct extension to side of existing house. 5. To convert existing attic space to a bedroom, bathroom and to allow access to new first floor bedroom over new side extension. Gross floor space of proposed works: New extension & First floor: 161.9sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/221249/0 - 9 Mar 2022, Galway County Council 22316: Refused. Outline permission. for the construction of 18 residential units and ancillary site services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/22316/0 - 13 May 2020, Galway County Council 20591: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to a) extension by converting attached garage and roof space to habitable accommodation by altering roof structure , remodeling existing plan, alterations to elevations and porch canopy; b) relocating front entrance and closing up existing entrance and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works, 60sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained 102sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/20591/0 - 12 Sept 2019, Galway County Council 191415: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a change of house plan and garage plan on 'site number 1' from those previously approved under planning references 19/48 and 14/100. The garage is also to be relocated within site number 1. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 257.6 sqm, Garage - 40 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191415/0 - 16 Jan 2019, Galway County Council 1948: Unconditional. Permission, 1 home. for three dwellings and associated domestic garages on serviced residentially zoned lands. The development is to have an access road and public footpath which is to be connected to the access junction permitted under planning reference 12/480 (dwelling and junction currently under construction). (Gross floor area 656.75sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 14/100. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/1948/0 - 31 Mar 2017, Galway County Council 17429: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the demolition of the existing single storey house and the construction of a new part two storey, part single storey house with covered parking area to the side along with the relocation of the site entrance and associated hard and soft landscaping. (Gross floor space for demolition: 134 sqm; Gross floor space of proposed works: 294 sqm.). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/17429/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Halfstraddle. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Halfstraddle. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Halfstraddle. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Halfstraddle, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_706, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_706.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfstraddle.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfstraddle.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfstraddle.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Halfstraddle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Airgloony: https://everytownland.com/galway/airgloony.md - Garracloon: https://everytownland.com/galway/garracloon.md - Killaloonty: https://everytownland.com/galway/killaloonty.md - Townparks (1st Division): https://everytownland.com/galway/townparks-1st-division.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/halfstraddle - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/halfstraddle