Sunhill

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sunhill, from 515 m² to 91,882 m² (9.19 ha, 22.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Sunhill 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.

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  for, as constructed, domestic garage that differs to that granted under Planning Reference No 22261 and all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2660560

• 29 Aug 2023Conditional

  to upgrade the existing 220k overhead line between the existing Cashla 220kV Substation in the townland of Barrettspark, Co. Galway, & Tower 138 in the townland of Oughtagh, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to the existing overhead Line (approximately 49 km long & comprising of 138no. steel angle masts). The refurbishment works to towers will consist of: installation of replacement parts on the towers including insulators, shield wire, vibration dampeners, arching horns & anti-climbing guards; associated site development works, including temporary work areas, foundation refurbishment /strengthening & recapping/clearing of shear blocks; clearance of shear block bases; & ancillary works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance & levelling at the 6no. temporary construction compounds & associated temporary works to existing tracks & new temporary access routes to provide internal access routes to each tower with all associated works required to facilitate the development. No works will be undertaken to the overhead line (conductor). The proposed development will also consist of upgrades to the Cashla 220kV substation that will consist of: the decommissioning and removal of line bay equipment within the substation boundary; construction of a new adjacent offline like for like line bay & associated bay protection cabinets within the substation boundary; & new overhead lines connection between the end mast & the new line bay. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23355

• 28 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house along with domestic garage, and treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 234 sqm (house) & 56 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22261

• 19 Aug 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house along with domestic garage and treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211496

• 18 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct a fully serviced private dwelling with waste water treatment system and private garage / fuel shed to include all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 194.84 msq & 53.94 msq.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201341

• 6 Aug 2020Conditional

  of an existing garage, to change its use to domestic use ancillary to the main dwelling house, to carry out changes to the elevations of same along with the construction of a link corridor, to construct a new foulwater treatment system, and to retain the entire development on a revised and reduced site boundary to that originally granted. Gross floor space of proposed works: 8.6 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 85 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201098

• 10 Jun 2020N/a

  of an existing garage, to change its use to domestic use ancillary to the main dwelling house, to carry out changes to the elevations of same along with the construction of a link corridor, to construct a new foulwater treatment system, and to retain the entire development on a revised and reduced site boundary to that originally granted. Gross floor space of proposed works: 8.6 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 85 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 20711

• 22 Feb 2018Conditional

  to construct serviced extension and carry out alterations to dwelling house and provide new sewage treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works (extension) 38.50 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18196

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 Sunhill.

Recorded monuments

• GA058-084 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron wall-mounted letter box, c.1890, with moulded frame and canopy over slot. Royal insignia of Queen Victoria with letters 'V.R.' flanking crown in relief at top, raised lettering reading 'POST OFFICE’ to canopy. Hinged door to lower section. Set into stone wall at corner of crossroads.

• Moyne House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Decorative gateway, erected c.1890, at former entrance to Moyne House. Comprising pair of octagonal-plan limestone gate piers with moulded plinth, acanthus leaves to frieze of inner piers and moulded caps, flanked by curvilinear decorative cast-iron railings set on ashlar limestone plinths terminating in square-plan ashlar columns with moulded base, tooled shaft with draughted margins and carved lattice panels to neck with moulded pier cap above. Set back from road with curvilinear rendered walls to east and west.

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 Sunhill, about 1 in 5 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 Sunhill.

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 Sunhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Sunhill · Cnoc na Gréine

Area

627,426 m² (62.74 ha, 155.04 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeyknockmoy, and its townlands

Barony

Tiaquin

Electoral division

Moyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

703 people lived in 239 households in the Moyne electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dangan Oughter, Derreen, Moher, Moyne

Placenames

Sunhill 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.