Millplot
Townland in the civil parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway; in Irish Preabán an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 1.8 ha
- 5 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 304 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Millplot, from 153 m² to 540 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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
- R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Nov 2025Conditional
of a granny flat and all associated services, including a pedestrian access. Previous Planning Reference Number 23/60684 refers
Retention · Galway County Council, 2561710
6 Jul 2023Conditional
for the development will consist of; (a) the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling & associated sheds, (b) the construction of 12 no. residential units, comprising of 2 no. 2 bed ground floor apartments, 4 no. 1 bed ground floor apartments & 6 no. 3 bed duplex units over, within a 3 storey block, (c) upgrade works to the existing shared vehicular entrance, (d) provision of on-site storm drainage attenuation unit, connection to existing public mains water supply & public sewer network, (e) connection to all existing services, (f) provision of public & private open spaces, bin storage, bicycle parking & site landscaping, (g) supporting development works including associated car parking (including provision for EV spaces), footpath connections, site signage, revised boundary treatments, together with all associated site works & services. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with this application
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360752
22 Jun 2023Conditional
for the construction of a granny flat adjacent to his dwellinghouse & all services associated with same
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360684
13 Dec 2022Refused
for a) the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling & associated sheds, b) the construction of 14 no. residential units, comprising of 4 no. 2 bed ground floor apartments, 3 no. 1 bed ground floor apartments & 7no. 3 bed duplex units over, c) bin storage facility, d) upgrade works to the existing shared vehicular entrance, e) new attenuation unit & connection into the existing public sewers, f) connection to all existing services, g) temporary development advertising board, h) supporting development works including associated car parking, site signage, new boundaries together with all associated site works & services, i) the application will be supported by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).Gross floor space of proposed works 1,172.00sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 2261240
7 Dec 2018Conditional
to amalgamate Unit 7 (retail) and Unit 11 (supermarket) including all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1405.67 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 181768
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 Millplot.
Recorded monuments
- GA095-081 Well
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 Millplot.
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 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_623 (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 Millplot with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Millplot · Preabán an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 18,440 m² (1.84 ha, 4.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oranmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Oranmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Oranmore electoral division: 4,721 people in 1,706 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowmoneash, Frenchfort, Innplot
- Placenames
- Millplot 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.