Brockagh
Brockagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Bhrocach.
Parcel 1972192
- Area
- 2,478 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 427 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Brockagh
Planning applications on this parcel
27 May 2024Conditional
SPLIT DECISIONS : 1. GRANT PERMISSION TO RETAIN the existing dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area with all their ancillary site works, all on revised site boundaries (previous planning application reference number 27190), 2. the existing domestic garage, located to the northeast of the dwelling house, 3. REFUSE PERMISSION TO RETAIN the existing 2 no. domestic storage sheds located to the northwest of the dwelling house which are used in conjunction with the enjoyment of the dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 159.00 sqm (house) & 71.00 sqm (garage) & 425.00 sqm (shed 1) & 265.00 sqm (shed 2)
Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2460624
3 Aug 2023Refused
of the existing commercial storage shed, retain the existing exit/entrance access serving the storage & all ancillary site works (storage shed floor area - 375 sqm)
Retention · Galway County Council, 2360900
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 87.6 ha
- 216 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 4,853 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brockagh, from 1,916 m² to 275,479 m² (27.55 ha, 68.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Brockagh 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
27 May 2024Conditional
SPLIT DECISIONS : 1. GRANT PERMISSION TO RETAIN the existing dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area with all their ancillary site works, all on revised site boundaries (previous planning application reference number 27190), 2. the existing domestic garage, located to the northeast of the dwelling house, 3. REFUSE PERMISSION TO RETAIN the existing 2 no. domestic storage sheds located to the northwest of the dwelling house which are used in conjunction with the enjoyment of the dwelling house. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 159.00 sqm (house) & 71.00 sqm (garage) & 425.00 sqm (shed 1) & 265.00 sqm (shed 2)
Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2460624
3 Aug 2023Refused
of the existing commercial storage shed, retain the existing exit/entrance access serving the storage & all ancillary site works (storage shed floor area - 375 sqm)
Retention · Galway County Council, 2360900
25 May 2021N/a
for retention of existing dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works on a site with revised boundaries from that previously granted under planning Ref No 18/22. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House: 345 sqm, Garage: 35 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 21892
16 Mar 2021N/a
of existing dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store, treatment system / septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works on a site with revised boundaries from that previously granted under planning Ref No 18/22. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House: 345 sqm, Garage 35 sqm
Retention · Galway County Council, 21376
25 Apr 2018Conditional
of existing dwelling house, domestic garage/storage shed, entrance/exit gate, existing septic tank/treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works all on revised site boundaries, (previous Planning Permission Ref. No. 05/2585). Full planning permission also sought to replace the existing front boundary wall with a new wall and create a new 3m parking space. Gross floor space of work to be retained 391 sqm.
Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18511
15 Jan 2018Conditional
for (1) alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including a single storey extension to front and side, (2) first floor extension (3) elevational changes (4) a new effluent treatment plant and all associated site works (gross floor space 205sqm)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1822
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 Brockagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brockagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brockagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Brockagh, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brockagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Brockagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Brockagh · An Bhrocach
- Area
- 875,767 m² (87.58 ha, 216.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Carrowrevagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 485 people lived in 162 households in the Carrowrevagh electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boleylaan, Cartron, Drumbulcaun, Knockaloura East, Pollaphuca, Tonrevagh
- Placenames
- Brockagh 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.