Sylaun

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sylaun, from 1,500 m² to 53,571 m² (5.36 ha, 13.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Sylaun 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.

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  to increase the width of a vehicle test centre previously granted under planning file reference 18/1801

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360599

• 29 Sept 2022Refused

  of a) 2 no. units, (1 x 1235 sqm and 1 x 2060 sqm gross floor area) as constructed, and existing 39 car parking spaces, as amended from 2 no. units (2 x557 sqm, gross floor area) permitted under pl. ref. 70429. b) Planning permission for change of use from storage/warehousing use to a use for confidential shredding and packaging, recycling facility, in the 2 no. units. c) Planning permission for junction revision/upgrade at access to the N84 granted under pl. ref. 70429. d) Planning permission for revisions to the car parking layout permitted under pl. re. 09/1478 to facilitate the access upgrade to service the site. e) Planning permission for connection to existing services including foul water and surface water including new filter strips and infiltration basin storage at the adjoining site. f) Planning permission for decommissioning of existing wastewater treatment system on site and to be replaced with proposed foul pumping station with connection via rinsing main to adjacent foul treatment system. g) Planning permission for the removal of totem signage. The above works include fencing, weighbridge and all other associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 2181 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 221082

• 6 Apr 2022Refused

  for a, the retention permission of 2 no. units (1 x 1235sqm and 1 x 2060sqm gross floor area)as constructed and as amended from 2 no. (2x 557sqm gross floor area) permitted under Pl. Ref. 70429, with existing connection to treatment system, and associated car parking provision of existing 39 spaces. b, planning permission for change of use from manufacturing units to a confidential shredding and packaging recycling facility, in the 2 no. units. c, planning permission for a demarcation of lanes and stop line at the existing and permitted access/egress point onto the N84. d, and planning for all associated works.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22458

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct an extension to the existing test centre (158 sqm) for the purpose of servicing vehicles. Gross floor space of proposed works: 158 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21170

• 14 Dec 2018Conditional

  for: A) Demolition of part of the existing building (29 sqm). B) The construction of an extension to the existing test centre (179 sqm). C). The construction of an extension to the existing garage (271 sqm) and ancillary accommodation for service/garage (202 sqm). D) Reconfiguration of the existing offices area (322sqm, {196sqm, ground floor area and 126sqm first floor area}). E) The construction of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is included with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 974 sqm. gross floor space of any demolition: 29 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181801

• 23 Jan 2018N/a

  for A) Demolition of part of the existing building (29 sqm). B) the construction of an extension to the existing test centre (179 sqm). C) the construction of an extension to the existing garage (537 sqm) and ancillary accommodation for service/garage area (316 sqm). D) reconfiguration of the existing offices area (324 sqm). E) The construction of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 1356 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1848

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sylaun.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Sylaun, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Sylaun · An Saighleán

Area

1,939,668 m² (193.97 ha, 479.3 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Carrowbrowne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,040 people lived in 325 households in the Carrowbrowne electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowbrowne, Cloon, Coarsefield, Curraghmore, Montiagh North, Montiagh South

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Sylaun 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.