Gortskeddia
Townland in the civil parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Gort Sceide
- Area
- 93.2 ha
- 230 acres
- Land parcels
- 135
- registered freehold, median 745 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
135 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortskeddia, from 19 m² to 100,134 m² (10.01 ha, 24.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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
- M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 86 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
1 Aug 2026N/a
Retention of existing dwelling house previous planning granted under P80/43. Including retention of garage, existing access, boundaries, all other associated works & services.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660619
31 Jul 2026N/a
The development will consist of permission to develop 6no. serviced sites with connection to public services including all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660616
30 Jun 2026N/a
Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd., intend to apply for permission for proposed minor temporary and permanent works to facilitate the delivery of turbine components to the permitted Oweninny Wind Farm Phase 3 (Ref. PA16.316178). The Turbine Delivery Route (TDR) will originate at the port of entry at Killybegs Harbour, Co. Donegal, runs through Co. Sligo, Co. Leitrim and terminate at the consented Oweninny Wind Farm Phase 3 site, Co. Mayo. The total length of the TDR is c.188km of which c.65km is within Co. Donegal, c.57km in Co. Sligo, and c.36km in Co. Mayo. Minor temporary and permanent works are not proposed along this entire route but only at select locations. The total area of the works proposed in Co. Mayo is 5.87 Hectares (Ha). The proposed development within Co. County Mayo comprises both temporary and permanent works located in the townlands Lecarrow, Crossmolina, Abbeytown, Knockalegan, Glebe, Gortskeddia, Ballina, Abbeyhalfquarter, Knocknalyre and Bunree. The works are required to accommodate delivery of Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AIL) and will consist of: • Laying of temporary load bearing surfaces at 6 No. locations • Temporary modification to street furniture (traffic lights, bench, junction boxes, wall and part of a bridge parapet/railing) at 1No. location • Temporary removal of street lighting, bollard and tree removal at 1No. location. • Temporary removal of a wall and gate, berm regarding, hedge trimming and temporary modification to street furniture at 1No location. • Temporary removal of wall and vegetation as well as temporary modifications to street furniture at 1No. location • Temporary entrance to be constructed at 3 No. locations • Construction of a dual-purpose permanent access and public amenity track of approx. 2.7km at Crossmolina, Co. Mayo • Construction of permanent bridge crossing of the River Deel at Crossmolina, Co. Mayo • Installation of permanent lighting along the access and amenity track at Crossmolina, Co. Mayo • Installation of permanent sustainable drainage system along the access and amenity track at Crossmolina, Co. Mayo • Installation of temporary construction compound to include site offices, welfare facilities and car parking at Crossmolina Co. Mayo. • Reinstatement of all temporary works areas to previous condition • All associated and ancillary works required for the accommodation works and construction for the TDR. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. Separate applications wil
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660511
14 Jan 2026Conditional
For full planning permission for the construction of a detached storage shed and detached home office, together with all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660043
12 Nov 2025N/a
For full planning permission for the construction of a detached storage shed and detached home office, together with all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560809
27 Nov 2024Conditional
Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House & domestic garage with connection to all mains services, Including all other ancillary site work and services.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460730
4 Sept 2024Refused
construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage together with all ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24363
8 Dec 2022Conditional
construction of an extension to the north side of the existing dwelling house granted under P99/2353, including all other ancillary site work and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 221096
21 Oct 2022Conditional
Retention of existing domestic sheds
Retention · Mayo County Council, 22914
2 Aug 2022Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED
Retention · Mayo County Council, 22649
11 Nov 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES TOGETHER WITH ACCESS ROADS, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211186
14 Nov 2019N/a
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 20 NUMBER DWELLING HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19915
17 Oct 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECT TO PUBLIC UTILITIES INCLUDING SEWER AND TO CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19815
20 Dec 2017Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED TO THE REAR INCLUDING RETENTION OF BOUNDARIES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS/SERVICES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 171018
24 Mar 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17210
22 Feb 2017N/a
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING. CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17102
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: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortskeddia.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortskeddia.
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_337 (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 Gortskeddia with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Gortskeddia · Gort Sceide
- Area
- 932,177 m² (93.22 ha, 230.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Crossmolina, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirawley
- Electoral division
- Crossmolina North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Crossmolina North electoral division: 1,105 people in 445 households; 76% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeytown, Garraunard, Glebe, Gortnalyer, Knockalegan, Knockanumera, Knockglass, Tooreen
- Placenames
- Gortskeddia 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.