Moyveela

283 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyveela, from 12 m² to 513,243 m² (51.32 ha, 126.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 82 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Moyveela 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.

• 15 Apr 2026Conditional

  for the change of house plans & domestic garage plans from those granted under Pl. Ref. No. 22/60085

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660572

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  a 10-year for development consisting of: construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with an operational lifespan of c.35-years and an export capacity of c. 36MW. The works will comprise of: (1) Ground-mounted PV panels arranged in rows; ancillary electrical works including cabling, string inverters, transformer stations, ducting, and underground connections; internal access tracks; storage containers; site lighting; pole-mounted CCTV cameras; perimeter fencing; and a temporary construction compound. (2) Access arrangements to the solar PV farm via the existing agricultural entrance on the R446, which will be upgraded as part of this application. (3) Relocation and reinstatement of stonewalls and selective removal of hedgerows to facilitate the development and provide appropriate site access / egress, with works minimised and accompanied by replacement planting and conservation measures for stone walls. (4) Creation of a biodiversity area in the southwest of the site to enhance ecological value. (5) Hard and soft landscaping works, including internal access roads, drainage features, a berm in the southwest of the site, boundary treatments, and planting. (6) Installation of an underground cable route, including joint bays, along the R446,access roads, and through agricultural lands, to connect the proposed solar PV farm to the previously permitted 110 kV substation under An Coimisiún Pleanála Case No. 310141-21,which will also be connected to the solar PV farm permitted under Galway County Council Reg. Ref. 17/1544. (7) All associated site development works, including above and below ground services, across a total site area of 39.52ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. The planning application has included an NIS

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660398

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  to retain a domestic shed & associated services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561771

• 6 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and a garage with treatment plant and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561455

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  of a garage to the side of the dwelling house, an extension to the rear of the dwelling house, changes to the dwelling house, and septic tank and percolation area as constructed (previous planning granted 22300)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561183

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  for the consruction of a single dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 206 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461632

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  of shed over existing slatted tank area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 98.00 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2460593

• 3 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct (i) cubicle shed with slatted feeding area (ii) milking parlour building with office, storage, crush, flow channel, slatted tank and all associated site works. Demolition of existing silage slab is also required. Gross floor space of proposed works 563 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360198

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  to construct a slatted/cubicle shed and a loose housing shed to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Slatted: 499.84sqm, Loose: 373.55sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221229

• 28 Sept 2022Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment/percolation and all associated services.Gross floor space of proposed works 300sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260973

• 20 Jun 2022Refused

  to (a) construct rear residential extension (34sq.m) to existing dwelling, (b) to link into and integrate existing approved out-office/garage and (c) change of use of existing approved out-office/garage to private residential, recreational and plant room use, and all associated modification works .

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260627

• 28 Apr 2022Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 247.00 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260412

• 10 Feb 2022Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 193.60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260085

• 7 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct cubicle shed with slatted feeding area and crush and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 221 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22127

• 2 Feb 2022Refused

  To demolish a derelict building and shed and the construction of a new dwelling, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works..

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260054

• 27 Jan 2022Conditional

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 243.75 sqm, Garage: 50.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2271

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area, manure pit and all associated ancillary concrete on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works 316.80sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211804

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space proposed works is 219.8 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211181

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  for the provision of (i) a single-storey side extension to the existing dwelling and (ii) The provision of a roof window to the side elevation of the existing dwelling roof in the townland of Shantallow, Oranmore, Co Galway. Gross floor space of proposed works for Dwelling Extension 60.70sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21980

• 6 May 2021Refused

  for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. House: 229 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21752

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  for external site alterations and a partial change of use at the former Mother Hubbard's Restaurant site in Moyvilla, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1) Planning permission for an extended private commercial bus/small HGV parking compound providing capacity for 21 no. bus spaces, 14 no. small HGV spaces, and ancillary staff car parking spaces. 2) permission for a small car sales area comprising 20 car sales spaces and ancillary visitor/customer car spaces. 3) Change of use of part of the existing pub/restaurant to ancillary office and administration use. 4) Installation of a new underground Wastewater Treatment Plant with associated soil polishing filter and the provision of a new petrol interceptor to existing storm water drainage system. 5) Revised internal road layout and all associated and ancillary site and development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 110 (COU)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21390

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  to change of site boundaries and permission for new site entrance.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201671

• 22 Oct 2020Conditional

  to retain alterations to a domestic garage, as built at the above address. Planning Permission for this domestic garage was granted on 14th November 1994- under planning reference 71224 at the above address. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 68.6msq

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201570

• 15 May 2020Conditional

  for a new on-site sewage treatment plant and percolation area along with all associated works. Previous pl. Ref. no. 05/2125, 14/602 and 15/907.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20597

• 30 Mar 2020Conditional

  for change of house plan/design, domestic garage plan/design together with associated site services and works to previously granted planning permissions 09/1989 & 15/893. Gross floor space of proposed works, 260sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20415

The 25 most recent of 41 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moyveela.

Recorded monuments

• GA095-088 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.

• GA095-089 Castle - tower house
  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.

• GA095-089001 Bawn
  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.

• GA095-090 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.

• GA095-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m); on the 1920 edition a NE-SW running field boundary cut across it. Apart from very slight traces of a low bank at W, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019

• GA095-092 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a slight rise in low-lying pastureland. This well-preserved circular ring-barrow (overall diam. 19.5m) consists of a central flat-topped mound of earth and stone (diam. 8m; H 0.9m) encircled by a fosse and external bank. There is a gap in the bank at E. The area to the N of the monument has been quarried. (McCaffrey 1952, 28, no. 50b; 1955, 224) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 August 2017

• GA095-093 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating mixed farmland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 137, no. 50a) as a ruinous ‘Stone fort(?)’ which was defined by a wall consisting of ‘rocky spill’. On inspection in December 1982, apart from some irregularities in the ground in S end of the field, no visible surface trace survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019

• GA095-094 Mound
  Description

  In level pastureland. Poorly preserved roughly circular mound of earth and stone (diam. 18m; H 0.8m), densely overgrown with trees and bushes. Some large outcropping rocks are visible protruding from it and immediately to its N and NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 30 July 2019

• GA095-095 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

• GA095-096 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in undulating pastureland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as roughly circular enclosure planted with trees/bushes (diam. c. 30m). On inspection in February 1983 all that survived was a low mound (H c. 0.2m) at N and E. Traces of wall revetment (Wth 1.7m) survived. The interior was planted with bushes and strewn with boulders. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 April 2019

• GA095-097 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low recently levelled ridge. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 137, no. 56a) as a circular ‘Stone fort’ (diam. c. 33m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 February 2018

• GA095-152 Cist
  Description

  On a hillock in gently undulating pastureland. A rectangular short cist was discovered within a ‘small mound’ in 1928 (Shea 1935, 182-5). It contained the contracted skeleton of a young person, probably female, and a decorated a vase; these were subsequently sent to the National Museum of Ireland. No visible surface trace of the mound survives. (Mahr 1930, 74; Waddell 1990, 94) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 November 2019

• GA095-177 Enclosure
  Description

  An inspection report, dated 12 December 1974, records that the monument then consisted of a very large enclosure bounded by remains of a stone rampart which had stone slabs set vertically to form the inner and outer facings with the space between filled by a rubble core. A modern townland boundary (stone wall) had been built along the top of the rampart from WSW – SW – S – SSE. The interior was subdivided by a complex of grass-covered banks of stone which probably were collapsed walls. The remains of a possible ‘house’ structure were recorded beside a gap in the rampart at the NNW. It was unclear if this was an entrance feature or the result of stones having been robbed from the rampart to build the structure. A modern wall extended roughly E-W outside the rampart at the N. To the N of this was an extensive complex of grass and stone banks, probably collapsed walls, representing a field system (GA095-177001-) connected with the enclosure. Two roughly parallel banks were interpreted as possibly forming part of a roadway or avenue. Remains of the field system were also visible to the S of the enclosure part of which had been cut away in the course of constructing the railway (SMR file). This monument was listed under section 8(1) of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1954 and published in Iris Oifigiúil on April 30, 1976, where it is named as ‘Monastic Site and Old Field System.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 2 March 2015

• GA095-177001 Field system
  Description

  An inspection report, dated 12 December 1974, records that the monument then consisted of a very large enclosure bounded by remains of a stone rampart which had stone slabs set vertically to form the inner and outer facings with the space between filled by a rubble core. A modern townland boundary (stone wall) had been built along the top of the rampart from WSW – SW – S – SSE. The interior was subdivided by a complex of grass-covered banks of stone which probably were collapsed walls. The remains of a possible ‘house’ structure were recorded beside a gap in the rampart at the NNW. It was unclear if this was an entrance feature or the result of stones having been robbed from the rampart to build the structure. A modern wall extended roughly E-W outside the rampart at the N. To the N of this was an extensive complex of grass and stone banks, probably collapsed walls, representing a field system (GA095-177001-) connected with the enclosure. Two roughly parallel banks were interpreted as possibly forming part of a roadway or avenue. Remains of the field system were also visible to the S of the enclosure part of which had been cut away in the course of constructing the railway (SMR file). This monument was listed under section 8(1) of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1954 and published in Iris Oifigiúil on April 30, 1976, where it is named as ‘Monastic Site and Old Field System.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 2 March 2015

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moyveela.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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_756 (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.

No address of the register names Moyveela with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Moyveela · Maigh Mhaola

Area

5,648,614 m² (564.86 ha, 1,395.8 acres)

Civil parish

Monivea, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Stradbally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stradbally electoral division: 1,186 people in 387 households; 89% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinillaun, Coldwood or Foorkill, Coolsrahra, Derrydonnell Beg, Derrydonnell More, Derrydonnell North, Moneymore East, Palmerstown, Shantallow, Tarramud, Toberroe

Placenames

Moyveela 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.