Laghtgeorge
Townland in the civil parish of Claregalway, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Leacht Seoirse
- Area
- 12.9 ha
- 32 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 1,994 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtgeorge, from 36 m² to 27,156 m² (2.72 ha, 6.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 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 Laghtgeorge 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
1 Feb 2021Conditional
the construction of a new stairs and ancillary first floor storage, associated elevational changes and all associated external works, all being amendments to previously granted file (Pl. Ref. 19/1119). Gross floor space of proposed works: 87 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 2192
19 Jul 2019Conditional
for a) the retention of a retaining structural wall and a rear carpark, b) the construction of single storey extensions (156 M2) at north, south and south east following minor demolitions, c) the construction of a stairs at rear of old building to access the first floor existing accommodation, d) construction of a new shop front and minor elevation changes, e) associated external landscaping including a sheltered terrace, f) refurbishment of existing carparking including the south end carpark, g) vehicular access rationalization and associated external works of low boundary wall, piers, lighting, promotional signage and flag poles at former Central Tavern. Gross floor space of proposed works: 156 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 768 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 119 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191119
21 Dec 2018N/a
to retain and complete new wall, car park and access and to construct an extension to existing pub, restaurant and function room to create new entrance and lobby, new stairs and extended toilets, elevational changes including signage and for internal alterations to create new kitchen, office, staff facilities and restaurant. Gross floor space of proposed works; 139 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Siteworks
Retention · Galway County Council, 181867
8 Mar 2018N/a
of existing wall and boundary, car park and other works, and to construct single storey extensions to include a new front entrance, toilet extension, stairs and other elevational changes, internal alterations to include new kitchen, staff facility and office to existing licensed premises. Gross floor space of proposed works 139 sqm.
Retention · Galway County Council, 18268
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 Laghtgeorge.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Laghtgeorge.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laghtgeorge.
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_619 (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 Laghtgeorge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Laghtgeorge · Leacht Seoirse
- Area
- 128,657 m² (12.87 ha, 31.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Claregalway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Claregalway, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Claregalway electoral division: 2,388 people in 778 households; 74% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Claregalway, Peak, Rooaunmore
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Laghtgeorge 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.