Portnick

235 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portnick, from 9 m² to 100,947 m² (10.09 ha, 24.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing) (Existing residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 195 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space / Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Ballinasloe Local Area Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Ballinasloe Local Area 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.

• 5 Sept 2026N/a

  for the installation of outdoor sauna facility, to include sauna, dressing rooms, toilets, showers, ice baths and a hot tub. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661515

• 3 Jun 2025Conditional

  for temporary structure modular building, floor area of 208m2, consisting of two classrooms and all associated site works, within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2560700

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  of existing granny flat & construction of link corridor to existing house

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2560073

• 30 Oct 2024Refused

  to erect 10 No Glamping Pods together with ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 152.25 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461459

• 1 Oct 2024Conditional

  of dwelling house on revised boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 250.00 sqm (only being retained to revise boundaries)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461280

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house, a domestic garage and to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same. Gross floor space of proposed works: 249.76 sqm (house) & 41 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460054

• 12 Jan 2024Conditional

  & completion of 4 no. semi-detached two-storey dwelling houses with entrance on a site with revised site boundaries. Permission is also sought for the retention & completion of the public amenity spaces, hard & soft landscaping, parking areas, access road and for all ancillary services and site works to those previously approved under Planning ref no. 19/30 & 13/9017. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 516 sqm

  Retention, 4 homes · Galway County Council, 2460029

• 13 Jul 2023Refused

  to erect a dwellinghouse, domestic garage & to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360790

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  of a dwellinghouse on a site with revised site boundaries to those previously granted permission under Pl. Ref. No. 18/116, 12/9013, 07/9032 & for all ancillary services and site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360620

• 8 Jun 2023Conditional

  of a dwellinghouse on a site with revised site boundaries to those previously granted permission under pl. ref. no. 19/381, 13/9023 & for all ancillary services & site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360622

• 26 Apr 2022Refused

  to erect a dwelling house and construct all ancillary works to facilitate same. Gross floor space of proposed works 407 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260397

• 21 Jan 2022N/a

  for demolition of existing utility area and construction of new two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear including internal alterations to existing layout. Gross floor space of proposed works: 51.5 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2244

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  of existing granny flat, permission to extend my dwelling house and construct ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 42 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 37.5 sqm

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 212197

• 23 Jun 2021Refused

  to retain existing granny flat, extend dwelling house and construct ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed work 37.58sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211110

• 16 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a new 2 storey dwelling with connection to existing road and services at Moycarn estate and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed development: 230 msq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20965

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  for a domestic garage as constructed to the rear of dwelling. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 36 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 20896

• 11 Jun 2020N/a

  to construct a new 2 storey dwelling with connection to existing road and services at Moycarn Estate and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed development: 230 msq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20720

• 10 Jan 2020Conditional

  to erect new boundary fencing to the front and side (Southern and Eastern) boundaries of Scoil Mhuire gan Smal National School together with ancillary site works. Scoil Mhuire gan Smal is a protected structure.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2017

• 26 Sept 2019Refused

  to construct a new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 202 sqm, Garage - 50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191483

• 4 Jul 2019N/a

  to construct a new single storey dwelling, new entrance and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 202 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191028

• 19 Mar 2019Unconditional

  for permission to demolish existing house and construct a detached two-storey house and all associated services at Portnick, Ballinasloe. Previous Planning Reference No. 13/9023

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19381

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  Permission for extension of duration for 16 no. detached two storey dwellings and 10 no. semi-detached two storey dwellings (Total residential units - 26 no. ) including ancillary site services at Portnick, Creagh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway (previous Planning Ref 08/9028 refers). Previous Planning Ref. 149001

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19214

• 5 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct a serviced 2 storey detached dwellinghouse. Gross floor space of proposed works 137.36sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19148

• 14 Jan 2019Unconditional

  Permission to construct 4 semi-detached two-storey houses with entrance to Olde Meadows Estate and all associated services at Olde Meadows, Portnick, Ballinasloe. Previous Planning Ref No. 139017

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 1930

• 14 Nov 2018Conditional

  for a dwelling house on a revised site boundary which was previously granted permission under planning reference PD 14/606

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181619

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments

• GA088-027 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In level grassland 300m N of the River Suck. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W c. 23m, N-S c. 20m) defined by a bank and external fosse. A number of field boundaries cut the enclosing elements. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• College House, college, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan two-storey over basement house with attic storey, dated 1855, and formerly Church of Ireland seminary. Faces north, having four-bay front elevation with projecting bay to east end, gabled entrance porch to re-entrant corner with dormer level, remaining two bays being slightly recessed, and with two-bay block recessed deeply back from front elevation. Rear elevation is six-bay, having western two bays recessed, remainder of façade having gabled roofs to next two bays. Basement raised to sides and rear. Now converted and in use as apartments. Pitched slate roofs with brick chimneystacks, gabled dormers to front with decoratively carved timber bargeboards. Cut-stone cross finial to gable of entrance bay. Snecked limestone walls having cut-stone quoins, rendered wall to upper floors of west gable. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered surrounds and cut-stone sills to front elevation, that to entrance bay being cusped double-light, and square-headed openings to other elevations, all with replacement uPVC windows. Trefoil opening with timber louvres to projection to front elevation. Pointed arch opening to entrance porch, with cut-stone surround, with pointed arch inner door opening, having replacement door and Y-tracery overlight. Cut-stone steps with cut-stone retaining walls. Elliptical-headed door opening to recessed bay to west end of front elevation, having timber panelled door, approached by cut limestone steps and retaining walls. Site entrance comprising cut, tooled and chamfered limestone piers with vegetal detail to stops, with flanking square-headed pedestrian entrances having lintels, with cast-iron vehicular and matching pedestrian gates, all with hinges in form of human hand, and flanked by rubble walls with edge-set coping stones.

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1378 (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 Portnick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Portnick · Port Nig

Area

495,531 m² (49.55 ha, 122.45 acres)

Civil parish

Creagh, and its townlands

Barony

Moycarn

Electoral division

Ballinasloe Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballinasloe Urban electoral division: 7,361 people in 2,616 households; 55% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Kilgarve, Pollboy, Suckfield (Co. Roscommon), Townparks

Placenames

Portnick 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.