Caherlea

Area

128,149 m² (12.81 ha, 31.67 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 830 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

Caherlea

Planning applications on this parcel

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the 1. demolition of ground floor and 1st floor area to the rear of the house. 2. Construction of ground floor and 1st floor extension to the rear of the house. 3. Construction of a single storey link corridor on the north west elevation between the main house and the existing outbuilding. 4. Replacement of the existing roof and raising overall height, including raising the walls of the house and building new window opes as shown on plans. 5. Raising the rood on the existing porch on the front (north east) elevation including the construction of a new flat roof over. 6. Construction of a treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561456

• 9 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255.25 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21560

• 29 Sept 2020Refused

  to construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255.25 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201404

• 5 Nov 2019N/a

  to construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255.25 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191725

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• GA069-024 Mill - unclassified
  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

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 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 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.