Pollkeen

248 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollkeen, from 9 m² to 116,905 m² (11.69 ha, 28.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business & Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2Enterprise Industry and Related Uses (General industry)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential R2 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  for the construction of a new single storey Electrical Building compromising of an ESB Medium Voltage MV Sub station, MV Switch room and Switchover panel room, at Building 1; a new Low Voltage Switch room, at Building 1; a new Transformers and two new Back-up Generators and associated fuel tanks at Building 1, and a new transformer at Building 2, including all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661545

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct an extension to an existing workshop building including all associated works and services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661442

• 23 Jun 2026Refused

  for a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661046

• 20 Feb 2026Conditional

  for; a) changes & extension to existing parking areas, b) extension to existing bar/restaurant areas, c) changes to northern elevation, d) newly raised roof to southern dining room annex, e) provision of covered beer garden to rear plus permission for; f) first floor extension to existing bar/restaurant to provide staff accommodation ancillary to existing usage

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660276

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  for change of design of previously granted warehouse facility under planning reference no. 22/61255 including interior and exterior alterations, provision of first floor (1,448m2 ) and second floor (3,242m2 ) mezzanine’s, change of use from warehouse facility and ancillary packaging area to light industry with ancillary office and storage areas, (Total Gross Floor Area 8676m2 ), alterations to site layout approved under planning reference no. 22/61255 including alterations to the proposed site entrances and all associated site work

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660200

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the retention of an existing single storey building and also the installation of a newsingle-storey building. The modular building will consist of 2no. classrooms and associated facilities

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561581

• 8 Sept 2025Refused

  for the construction of 1) New dwelling, 2) domestic garage, 3) installation of a new wastewater treatment and disposal system, 4) access provided by proposed vehicular access point to incorporate an associated drop kerb at the edge of the existing footpath, and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561277

• 27 Aug 2025N/a

  of an existing single storey modular building and also the installation of a new single-storey modular building. The modular building will consist of 2 no. classrooms and associated facilities

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561195

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  of existing dwelling, permission for proposed changes to existing front elevation, proposed extension to existing dwelling & changes to layout of existing dwelling, all on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 69.00 sqm(extension). Retention: 182 sqm(H)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560935

• 23 Jun 2025Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223 sqm(H), 30.00 sqm(G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560822

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of existing single storey locker and shower area and replaced by the construction of a new two storey extension comprising of toilets, showers and locker rooms at ground floor and first floor plantroom area, and the demolition of an existing single storey canteen store and replaced by the construction of new single storey extension for a canteen store and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 500.00 sqm. Gross floor space of demolition: 182.60 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560786

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  for: 1. Construct a new medical research and development facility associated with existing facilities on the site. 2. Omit 31 No. car parking spaces from the existing site, and 3. connection to existing services alone with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 592.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560668

• 27 Mar 2025Conditional

  for 1300sqm bus-turning facility area, comprised of: "A hardstanding area for bus turning movements: "3 no. bus parking bays: "A welfare unit for bus driver use: and "Site lighting, localised drainage, landscaping, provision of CCTV and an automated access barrier, and all ancillary site development and enabling works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560325

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the proposed development within County Galway will comprise: •the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; •Replace tower in situ at 1no. location;•Retain towers at 3no. locations including foundation strengthening with bar member replacement at 2 locations;•Replace polesets at 15no. locations;•the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures;•all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and •other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e. guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g. busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560052

• 31 Oct 2024Conditional

  for; ground floor raw material/warehouse extension (754sqm), ground floor fabrication extension (269sqm), office area extension (170sqm on ground and first floor) and associated site works and services, and the retention of extended first floor area (254sqm) to that granted under planning reference number 20/1826 and retention of minor elevation alterations to that granted under planning reference number 20/1826 to existing industrial building

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461468

• 3 Oct 2024Refused

  of: a) Light Industrial/Commercial usage of units occupied by FSG Design Products units: 346.8m2. b) Portable Structure (Transport Container) for office/storage for FSG Design: 18m2. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 364.80 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2461293

• 7 Mar 2024Refused

  chun teach cónaithe, córas séarachais agus garáiste príomháideach a thogáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 121.25 sqm & 40sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2476

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system & a garage/shed

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360905

• 24 Jul 2023Conditional

  to: 1) erect an additional standalone prefabricated building to provide ancillary facilities associated with the existing building (area 81.20sqm), 2) change location of bin store approved under pl. ref. 22/61299, 3) modify layout of palisade security fence around proposed structures & to the southwest & northwest of the site for secure access, & 4) all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360832

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  to, 1. Erect a standalone prefabricated building to provide ancillary facilities associated with the existing building (area 64sqm), 2. Omit 14 No. car parking spaces from the existing site, 3. Erect new palisade security fence around proposed structure and to the southwest and northwest of the site for secure access, 4. Erect a new bin store to the rear of the site (area 4.73sqm), and 5. All associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261299

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a high bay warehouse facility with ancillary packaging area, loading docks, offices, staff facilities, external plant areas, vehicular access, on site car parking and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 4,384.00sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2261255

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  to install a freestanding 6x3m Portakabin to the North side of site. Gross floor area of proposed works:18 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260701

• 1 Jul 2022Conditional

  to retain dwelling house on revised site boundaries, and permission is also sought to upgrade the existing foulwater treatment system. Gross floor space of works ro be retained 111.00sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260675

• 12 May 2022Refused

  chun Teach Cónaithe, Córas Séarachais agus Garáiste Príomháideach. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 141.75 sqm (Dwelling) & 40 sqm (garage)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22612

• 19 Apr 2022Refused

  consisting of showroom and office space, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 88.4sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22516

The 25 most recent of 62 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 Pollkeen.

Recorded monuments

• GA082-075 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a small wood close to N boundary of td. and c. 70m N of a byroad. This well, correctly Tobar Mac Duach, is completely overgrown but appears to consist of a natural spring enclosed by a small rectangular drystone enclosure (L 2m, Wth 1.7m). No evidence of veneration noted. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 326) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA082-076 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_495 (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 Pollkeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Pollkeen · An Poll Caoin

Area

2,437,512 m² (243.75 ha, 602.32 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballintemple electoral division: 1,609 people in 566 households; 78% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygarraun, Brockagh, Cappanabornia, Carrowbrowne, Cloonacauneen, Killeen

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Pollkeen 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.