Gortaroe
Townland in the civil parish of Oughaval, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Na Gorta Rua
- Area
- 46.5 ha
- 115 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 10,724 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaroe, from 417 m² to 101,578 m² (10.16 ha, 25.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- P1Agriculture
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Apr 2024Conditional
1) The construction a new Firewater Retention (FWR) facility; 2) The construction a new FWR lifting station and dedicated FWR diversion pipe; 3) The construction of new single storey FWR Utilities Building c. 9.5m x c. 7.0m x c. 5.0m high; 4) The alteration/modification to the existing surface water (SW) and process water (PW) drainage networks to facilitate the diversion of the FWR run-off and interconnection with the new FWR diversion pipe; 5) The alterations/modifications to the existing surface finishes and gradients to facilitate the division of the site into the smaller nominated catchment areas; 6) The demolition of the existing derelict furniture store on the Lodge Road; 7) The construction of a new 152 no. bay car park located to the east of the site in replacement of the existing derelict furniture store on the Lodge Road to be demolished; 8) The construction of a new 119 no. bay car park located to the west of the site adjacent to the existing entrance to the B2 Building; 9) The alterations/extension of the existing permanent contractor’s construction compound north of the Innovation Centre Building, including the construction of a new overflow car park (that currently accommodates 78 no. car parking bays for contractors only) located to the north side of the Campus; and 10) The construction of all associated works including alterations and additions to the existing external tanks, vessels, plant, equipment, external pipe bridge, underground services, external site works such as internal access roads, footpaths, lay down areas, hardstanding areas, external lighting, etc.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460206
25 Sept 2023Conditional
Retention permission of B1 building - existing one storey modular office to the east of the B1 building. Existing one storey modular ERT building to the east of the waste building. Existing Abbvie road sign on stone/blockwork structure 2.9m high in front of the B2 building 7sqm area with associated landscaping. Permission for API/Pharma Building - plantroom extension to roof level 2, 1,270 sqm, area one storey high 12.5m high. Ocular implants building backlit signage to the east elevation proposed size 13.76sqm area to a two storey 11.2m high building. Gate 1 - main entrance on the Carrowbeg road - alterations to roads, kerbs, footpaths, fences and boundary walls and associated landscaping. Two Abbvie signs 4.4x0.5 high x two number signs - 4.4 sqm area to boundary walls/ fences. Gate 2 - Building B1 on the Carrowbeg road, pedestrian entrance turnstile with alterations to roads, kerbs, footpaths, fences and boundary walls and associated landscaping at Abbvie Gate 2 on the Carrowbeg Road. B2 building backlit signage to the east elevation proposed size 13.76sqm area to a two storey 13.7m high building. The development will involve ancillary works including change of colour scheme to existing facades. The site activity is subject of an integrated pollution prevention and control licence
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23545
11 Mar 2021Conditional
EXTENSION AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING CAR PARK INCLUDING RETENTION OF ENABLING WORKS HARDSTANDING AREA FOR WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (PLANNING REFERENCE P16/603) AND CONVERSION TO CAR PARK AREA
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21212
7 Dec 2020Conditional
1. Construction of a site security fencing around the perimeter of the Allergan Carrowbeg facility site boundaries. The new security fence will include vehicular access gates, pedestrian turn stiles, pedestrian swing gates, changes to stone walls and railings, CCTV camera & lighting poles & associated landscaping. 2. Construction of a car park extension, new visitor exit gate onto the Carrowbeg estate road, with traffic barrier, new mesh fence area & associated landscaping. 3. Construction of new commercial vehicle entrance and single storey building (no. 2) at gate no. 7 with road layout, gates, fencing & associated landscaping. Removal of 31 existing car spaces in the area. The site activity is subject to an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licence.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20954
28 Feb 2020Conditional
PROVISION OF PREFABRICATED OFFICE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISING A TWO STOREY STRUCTURE (C. 7.0.M HEIGHT) WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 1024SQM LOCATED WITIHIN THE EXISTING ALLERGAN CAMPUS, ALONG WITH SERVICES CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND UTILIITES ALSO COMPRISING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND THE PROVISOIN OF APPROX 105 CAR PARKING SPACES.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20145
23 Aug 2019Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSES 10-13 INCLUSIVE FROM 3 BEDROOM TYPE TO 4 BEDROOM TYPE, CHANGE HOUSE NO. 9 FROM 4 BEDROOM DETACHED TO 2 NO. 4 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES (INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL HOUSE) CHANGE THE SITE NUMBERING SYSTEM FROM SITE 09 TO SITE 16A, WITH MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO HOUSES ON SITES 01 TO 08 AND 14 TO 24 INCLUSIVE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER P18/250
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19659
21 May 2019Conditional
EXPANSION TO EXISTING CAR PARKING FACILITIES, TOTALLING 4,396SQM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND SERVICES WORKS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A CULVERT, ALONG WITH RECONFIGURING 7 NO. EXISTING CAR PARKING SPACES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF 130 NO. NEW CAR PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THE EXISTING PHARMACEUTICAL CAMPUS. ADDITIONAL WORKS TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING AND GROUND WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH SAME
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19375
7 Nov 2018Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT ABOVE. RETENTION APPLIES TO PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISING A SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE (C.3.5 M IN HEIGHT) WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 475 SQM LOCATED WITHIN THE EXISTING ALLERGAN CAMPUS, TOGETHER WITH SERVICES CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND UTILITIES, ALSO COMPRISING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. PERMISSION RELATES TO THE PROVISION OF FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ABOVE THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A TWO STOREY STRUCTURE ENCLOSING AN ESCAPE STAIR TO THE NORTH OF AND CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AND EXTERNAL STAIR TO THE SOUTH. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 7.0M WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 522.7SQM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PROVISION OF 42 PARKING SPACES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 18876
13 Apr 2018Conditional
REVISIONS TO LAYOUT GRANTED UNDER P15/442 TO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND INTERNAL LAYOUTS OF 3 BEDROOM SEMI DETACHED TYPE AND 4 BEDROOM SEMI DETACHED TYPE. REVISE PARKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOUSES 1-40 INCLUSIVE. CHANGE HOUSE NO'S 5-8 INCLUSIVE FROM 3 BEDROOM TO 4 BEDROOM HOUSES. REPLACE 9 AND 10 WITH A 2 STOREY DETACHED 4 BEDROOM HOUSE. CHANGE 15 AND 16 FROM 3 BED TYPE TO 4 BED TYPE. REPLACE 17 AND 18 WITH A 2 STOREY DETACHED 4 BEDROOM HOUSE. REVISIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT OF HOUSE 19 TO PROVIDE SIDE ENTRANCE. CHANGE HOUSE NO'S 33-36 INCLUSIVE FROM 4 BEDROOM TO 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, CARRY OUT REVISIONS TO CUL DE SAC NO'S 33-40. REVISE BOUNDARY TO REAR OF UNITS 34-40. PROVIDE DETACHED 2 STOREY HOUSE ON SITE 49
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18250
22 Dec 2017N/a
REVISIONS TO PARKING ARRANGEMENT AND SITE LAYOUT FOR HOUSES NOS. 1 TO 40 INCLUSIVE. IN ADDITION PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO MODIFY THE ELEVATIONS AND INTERNAL LAYOUTS OF 3 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED AND 4 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES PERMITTED UNDER P15/442
Permission · Mayo County Council, 171058
12 Dec 2017Conditional
3 STOREY EXTENSION OF TOTAL AREA 50SQM TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EXISTING B2 MANUFACTURING FACILITY OF CIRCA 16.0M HIGH TO MATCH ADJACENT MAIN BUILDING PARAPET LEVEL, AND WILL COMPRISE A SERVICE LIFT WITH A LOBBY ENTRANCE AT GROUND FLOOR AND STORAGE ROOMS AT 1ST & 2ND FLOORS. NEW EXTERNAL FINISHES WILL MATCH EXISTING METAL CLADDING PANELS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17981
23 Oct 2017Conditional
PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISING A SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE (C.3.5M IN HEIGHT) WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 475 SQM LOCATED WITHIN THE EXISTING ALLERGAN CAMPUS, TOGETHER WITH SERVICES CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND UTILITIES ALSO COMPRISING ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND THE PROVISION OF 40 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17837
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortaroe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortaroe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortaroe.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_243 (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 Gortaroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Gortaroe · Na Gorta Rua
- Area
- 465,337 m² (46.53 ha, 114.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oughaval, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Westport Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Westport Rural electoral division: 1,739 people in 619 households; 88% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Attireesh, Carrowbeg, Corratowick, Monamore, Slaugar
- Placenames
- Gortaroe 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.