Castlebin South

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebin South, from 15 m² to 131,176 m² (13.12 ha, 32.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castlebin South 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.

• 19 Jan 2026Conditional

  for the removal of five existing prefabricated buildings to the east of the school site and construction of a replacement two-storey extension with a link to the existing school buildings. The link will include a new main entrance to the school, circulation and ancillary offices. The two-storey extension will provide replacement accommodation for the previous prefabs, including 4 no. Specialist Classrooms (Art/Craft Room, Tech Room, Home Economics, and Science Laboratory) with associated support rooms, sanitary accommodation and circulation areas. Site works will include; the realignment of the existing entrance gates and front boundary wall to facilitate a revised, widened entrance gate and new bus set-down area parallel to the main road, provision of rear courtyard and amenity space to the east, construction of new retaining walls, a new internal access road and footpaths, provision of onsite bicycle and accessible parking and static water storage tank, along with all required site development works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660047

• 18 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the construction of 2 no. light industrial/commercial buildings and associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561690

• 27 Mar 2025Conditional

  to install flood lighting to proposed astro turf pitch 6 nr 18m high poles and permission to install flood lights to proposed MUGA pitch 4 nr 5m poles and all associated works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560327

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  to retain existing pitch, spectator stand, changing rooms ,maintenance shed, pitch enclosure fence and all associated works on revised site boundaries, and permission to construct a grass based pitch including ballstops and all associated works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 318.80 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560249

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the change of house plans from those previously permitted under pl ref 24/60584 and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461725

• 28 Oct 2024N/a

  for the change of house plans from those previously permitted under Planning Reference 24/60585 and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461444

• 3 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461157

• 22 Jul 2024Refused

  of the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 196.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460912

• 14 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the construction of 1) a two classroom special educational needs base to the existing school, 2) upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system including soil polishing filter, 3) upgrade and changes to the road traffic layout and traffic management system to include the provision of a car drop off areas, set down area and a bus drop off area and 4) all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 572.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460874

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 213 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460584

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460585

• 13 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361354

• 13 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204 sqm (house)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361355

• 26 Apr 2023Conditional

  for change of use of shop to a before & after school childcare facility & all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360419

• 24 Mar 2023Conditional

  for: (i) demolition of former public house, shop & hardware store (area of demolished building for which retention permission is 593 sqm) (ii) construction of single storey building comprising convenience shop & retail unit (floor area 392 sqm) & permission for (i) demolition of existing 2 storey office building (area for demolition 230 sqm) (ii) alterations to existing commercial warehouse/workshop building including partial demolition (area for demolition 445 sqm), elevational changes & the change of use from commercial warehouse/workshop to retail warehouse use (area for change of use 195 sqm), (iii) construction of a new petrol station forecourt with pump islands & forecourt canopy, (iv) installation of 2no. 40,000L underground fuel storage tanks, associated pipework & below ground fill points, (v) installation of a freestanding advertising sign & (vii) construction of all ancillary site features including screened bin storage compound, signage, boundary treatments, drainage systems, landscaping, car parking & associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: retention: 593 sqm (demolition), & 392 sqm (construction of convenience shop & retail unit) permission: 675 sqm (230 sqm & 445 sqm demolition), 195 sqm (change of use)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2360285

• 7 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct an astro turf pitch, Multipurpose pitch, basket ball court, ballwall, walkway and associated lighting, redevelopment of existing pitch, and all associated works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211856

• 16 Sept 2021Conditional

  the construction of an above ground installation (AGI) facility, for the maintenance of an existing gas pipeline. Proposed development will include below ground and above ground pipework, internal road accessed from L7445 road and all associated civil and earthworks. The site will be fenced by a 2.4m high security palisade and 1.2m cattle fence, with associated planting strip as visual screening. The development does not contain any new buildings or enclosures. Total site area is c. 1977 sqm/0.1977 ha.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211692

• 2 Dec 2020N/a

  to construct an astro turf pitch, multipurpose pitch, basket ball court, ballwall, redevelopment of existing pitch and all associated site works.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201823

• 5 Mar 2020Conditional

  to construct a carpark to service existing and proposed community amenities, carpark lighting, proposed walkway lighting and all associated works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20280

• 15 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct astro turf pitch, with flood lighting (4 no. 12 m. columns), ballwall, perimeter walkway, bocce playing gound, picnic amenity area and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181450

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 Castlebin South.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-080 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a prominent hillock in grassland. Well-preserved oval rath (WNW-ESE 44.1m, WSW-ENE 37m) defined by a bank from E through S to WNW, and elsewhere by a scarp. Possible entrance at WSW. Two subrectangular hollows within the interior appear modern. (Knox 1918, 88-91) 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

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Castlebin South, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlebin South.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Castlebin South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Castlebin South · Caisleán na Binne Theas

Area

596,941 m² (59.69 ha, 147.51 acres)

Civil parish

Killaan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killaan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

572 people lived in 200 households in the Killaan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlebin East, Castlebin North, Cloonatloukaun, Cloonbenes, Knockbrack, Knockmore, Lecarrowntruhaun

Placenames

Castlebin South 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.