Pollagh

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollagh, from 8 m² to 213,647 m² (21.36 ha, 52.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Pollagh 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.

• 27 Oct 2022Unconditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 279.25sqm.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 221141

• 20 Mar 2022Conditional

  Change of house and garage type granted under planning Ref. 17/1164 including all ancillary site works and services at Pollagh, Woodstock, Co. Galway.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260251

• 23 Feb 2022Conditional

  for alterations and an extension to existing dwelling house; including alterations existing façade, replacement of existing septic tank with a new wastewater treatment system, and all associated works and ancillary services. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Gross floor space of proposed works: 160 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22236

• 21 Dec 2021N/a

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 279.25sqm.

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 212475

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house with alterations to elevations, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works. Retention permission is sought for the single storey extension to existing kitchen. Gross floor space of proposed works: 72 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 11 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 212243

• 16 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct a greenhouse to the front of dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201935

• 1 Mar 2019Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 211.1 sqm, Garage - 48 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19289

• 29 Mar 2018N/a

  for dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 211.1 sqm. (garage) 48 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18382

• 1 Aug 2017Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, associated siteworks and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 279.25sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171164

• 25 May 2017Conditional

  of an existing 24m high telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under reference 11/1057 which was a temporary permission for a period of 5 years which has expired) carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment units and security fencing.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17741

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Pollagh.

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, 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 Pollagh.

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 Pollagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Pollagh · An Pollach

Area

840,579 m² (84.06 ha, 207.71 acres)

Civil parish

Rahoon, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Barna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Barna electoral division: 3,866 people in 1,287 households; 84% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attyshonock, Aubwee, Aubwee, Clooniff, Corcullen, Drum West, Lisheenakeeran, Pollagh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Pollagh 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.