Lealetter
Townland in the civil parish of Moycullen, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish Liathleitir
- Area
- 222.2 ha
- 549 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 5,681 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lealetter, from 80 m² to 857,109 m² (85.71 ha, 211.8 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lealetter 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
6 Sept 2024Conditional
for an extension and alterations to dwelling house, to replace existing septic tank with a new wastewater treatment system, and for garage/shed and retention permission for existing annexe building to form part of the proposed extension to the dwelling house, existing extension to dwelling house and for the installation of a mobile home for temporary use until the existing dwelling house is habitable with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40.00 sqm (garage) & 43.00 sqm (extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38.00 sqm (temp. mobile home) & 45.20 sqm (garage/annex)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461181
15 May 2023Conditional
for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360511
16 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage/shed private wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 211.25 sqm, Shed: 21.76 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21612
5 Oct 2020Conditional
for a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 266.8 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201441
26 Apr 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage/shed, private wastewater treatment system and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 132.120sqm, Garage 10.56sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19628
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364
Recorded monuments
- GA081-040 Ringfort - rath
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 Lealetter.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lealetter.
- 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 Lealetter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Lealetter · Liathleitir
- Area
- 2,221,647 m² (222.16 ha, 548.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moycullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Slieveaneena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Slieveaneena electoral division: 797 people in 280 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drimmavohaun, Drummaveg, Finisklin, Gortyloughlin, Keeagh, Laughil, Polleha, Slieveaneena
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Lealetter 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.