Turloughmartin
Townland in the civil parish of Cummer, barony of Clare, Co. Galway; in Irish Turlach Mháirtín
- Area
- 52.6 ha
- 130 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 6,152 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turloughmartin, from 227 m² to 59,665 m² (5.97 ha, 14.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 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
No zone of a development plan covers Turloughmartin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Nov 2023Conditional
for: (i) a proposed extension to an existing retail shop, increasing from 262.5 to 455.36 SqM, (ii) the relocation and alteration of the existing Post Office within the proposed Retail Shop, (iii) relocation and reconfiguration of the existing approved Off-Licence area within the proposed Retail Shop, and (iv) alterations to the existing elevations, all as previously approved in expired planning permission ref.no. 21/314
Permission · Galway County Council, 23445
17 Jul 2023Conditional
for a new 488sq.m. clubhouse, including meeting rooms, multipurpose hall, kitchenette, office, toilets & all associated works, including relocation of site entrance & upgrading of wastewater treatment system
Permission · Galway County Council, 2360799
17 Feb 2022Refused
for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new replacement dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed
Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2260121
3 Feb 2022N/a
for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new replacement dwelling with and effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 566 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 89.60 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22117
6 Dec 2021Conditional
for a change of use, from part of pub (83.06sqm) and part of offices (85.49sqm), to shop units, including signage to side elevation. Gross floor space of proposed works: 168.55 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 168.55 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 212299
8 Mar 2021Conditional
amendments to previously approved proposed extension to an existing retail shop, Pl. Ref. No. 12/1090, further extended by Pl. Ref. No. 17/1716. The amendments will consist of; (I) further extending the previously approved extension by 16.86 sqm to the rear, while reducing the overall footprint area of the proposed extension from 232.08 sqm to 193.46 sqm, (ii) a change of use of part of the previously granted Hairdressers Unit to Retail Use, (iii) the relocation and alteration of the previously granted Post Office within the proposed Retail Shop, (iv) relocation and reconfiguration of the existing approved Off-Licence area within the proposed Retail Shop, and (v) alterations to the elevations. Gross floor space of proposed works: 455.9 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 262.9 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 21314
12 Jun 2020Conditional
for change of plan and elevations to clubhouse granted permission under planning reference 17/1690 and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 488 sqm
Permission · Galway County Council, 20724
13 Jun 2019Unconditional
for alterations to an approved planning permission for mixed use development under pl. ref. 12/1090. The proposed alterations consist of (i) relocation and reconfiguration of the proposed community playground within the overall site, (ii) reduction of the footprint size and floor area of the proposed Community Centre, (iii) addition of a gym, changing rooms and toilets, in lieu of reduced Community Centre, at sub-basement level under community playground (iv) changing GAA training pitch to community playing field with surrounding walk, and (v) reconfiguration of proposed access road and car parking (gross floor space 1,144.7sqm). Previous Planning Reference No: 14/367
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 19898
24 Nov 2017Conditional
for a new 453.4sqm club house, incl. changing facilities, gym, associated club rooms and associated site works, incl. relocation of site entrance and upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works 453.4sqm.
Permission · Galway County Council, 171690
10 Nov 2017Unconditional
for a mixed use development consisting of (a) a community centre and GAA changing rooms (b) a community playground (c) GAA training pitch with associated flood lighting (d) supermarket extension (to include hairdressing unit and extension to existing post office) and (e) all associated ancillary site and servicing works (gross floor space 1,421sqm). Previous Planning Reference No. 12/1090.
Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 171617
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Turloughmartin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Turloughmartin.
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 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_711 (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 Turloughmartin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Turloughmartin · Turlach Mháirtín
- Area
- 526,292 m² (52.63 ha, 130.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cummer, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clare
- Electoral division
- Kilmoylan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmoylan electoral division: 1,171 people in 372 households; 92% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anbally, Ballybanagher, Ballynacreg South, Corrofin, Tonamace, Turloughcartron
- Placenames
- Turloughmartin 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.