Lippa
Townland in the civil parish of Moycullen, barony of Moycullen, Co. Galway; in Irish An Lipe
- Area
- 157 ha
- 388 acres
- Land parcels
- 129
- registered freehold, median 2,861 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lippa, from 4 m² to 1,078,570 m² (107.86 ha, 266.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 80 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 Lippa 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
8 Oct 2025Conditional
chun teach cónaithe, córas séarachais, garáiste, agus gach obair láithreáin ag teastáil, a thógáil
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25269
25 Sept 2025Conditional
chun Teach ónaithe, Córas Séarachais, Garáiste, agus gachobair láithreáin ag teastáil, a thógáil
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25252
3 Mar 2025Conditional
of the change of use of an existing domestic garage to a self-contained residential unit at an existing community dwellinghouse and for all associated alterations and site development works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 64.00 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560219
5 Sept 2024Conditional
for the demolition of existing shed, and construction of new single storey extension and shed with new wastewater treatment system and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 106.00 sqm (extension) & 30.00 sqm (shed). Gross floor space of any demolition: 30.00 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461168
8 Feb 2024Conditional
for the replacement of thatch roof with slate, raising of the wall plate, installation of rooflights, construction of front porch plus alterations to elevations and associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 113.4 sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460125
12 Oct 2023N/a
for the demolition of existing shed & construction of new single storey extension & shed with new wastewater treatment system & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361229
21 Dec 2022Refused
for the widening and setting back of an existing agricultural entrance and full planning permission for the construction of an agricultural shed for storing hay and straw and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 951.00sqm.
Retention · Galway County Council, 2261283
24 Nov 2022Conditional
chun teach cónaithe, córas séarachais, garáiste, agus gach obair láithreáin ag teastail. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: Teach: 247sqm, Garaiste: 60sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221188
2 Sept 2022Conditional
Tá iarratas á dhéanamh thar ceann, Oisín Ó Goill le haghaidh céad iomlán chun Seid (61.56 m²) a thógail agus don obair agus Seirbhisí eile atá bainteach leis an suíomh ag An Lipe, An Spidéal, Co. Na Gaillimhe. Gross floor space of proposed works 61.56 sq m.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260891
9 Sept 2021Conditional
chun Teach Cónaithe, Córas Séarachais, Garáiste agus gach obair láithreáin a thógáil.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211645
8 Sept 2021Conditional
for a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 201.98 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211630
26 Aug 2021Conditional
chun Teach nua cónaithe dha stor a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste nua, agus le órás searachais nua ag an seoladh thuas. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 237.42 sqm & 54 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211549
19 Mar 2021Unconditional
retention of existing dwelling house and shed as constructed on reduced site(previous ref 16/280)
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 21413
5 Nov 2020Conditional
chun Teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste nua agus le Córás searachais nua. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 199.8 sqm (teach), 54 sqm (garáiste)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201653
5 Nov 2020N/a
chun Teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste nua agus le Córás searachais nua. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 220 sqm
Outline permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201654
30 Jul 2020Conditional
chun teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le garáiste nua agus le córás searachais nua. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe : 256 msq & 54 msq
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201050
9 Jul 2020Conditional
chun Teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste nua agus le Córás searachais nua. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 242 sqm (teach), 54 sqm (garáiste)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20905
8 Apr 2020Conditional
Retention of existing dwellinghouse and external boiler house on revised site boundaries, previously granted under Pl. 97/3360 & 63379 & all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained 124.5sqm
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20446
31 Oct 2019Conditional
chun teach cónaithe, córás searachais agus garáiste. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha: 269 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191691
20 Sept 2019Conditional
séard a bheidh/atá sa bhforbairt seo ná teach aon stór le ceithre sheomra leapa, cóireáil fuíolluisce tí le limistear síothlaithe agus an obair suíomh a théann leis. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 305 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191462
1 Nov 2018Refused
for extension and alteration to existing dwelling house to include all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 82.99 sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 181557
10 May 2018Conditional
chun teach conaithe, garáiste agus seirbhis searachais le aon oibreacha riachtanach agus seirbhisí coimhdeacha eile a thógail. Gross floor area 302m2
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18598
11 Aug 2017Conditional
chun teach conaithe, garáiste agus seirbhís searachais le aon oibreacha riachtanach agus seirbhísí coimhdeacha eile a thógáil. Gross floor space of proposed works House 295.7sqm, Garage 42.5sqm.
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171218
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lippa.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lippa.
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 moderately low, 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 Lippa.
- 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 Lippa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Lippa · An Lipe
- Area
- 1,570,459 m² (157.05 ha, 388.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moycullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycullen
- Electoral division
- Spiddle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Spiddle electoral division: 1,842 people in 622 households; 74% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derryloughaun East, Derryloughaun West, Killough, Knock, Park
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Lippa 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.