Caherwalter

377 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherwalter, from 5 m² to 18,453 m² (1.85 ha, 4.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 359 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Public Utility (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3Business & Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Commercial/Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Dec 2025Conditional

  to 1. Demolish existing derelict house (Plot 2) along with existing shed to rear of site (Plot 3). 2. Permission to complete new 4 bed dwelling house to (Plot 2) and new 3 bed dwelling house to (Plot 3) as approved under planning application PL Ref:23/60266 and 3. connection to existing services along with all associated site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2561924

• 15 Oct 2025N/a

  for the construction of 15 no. residential units comprising 5 no. 4 bed (143 m² each), 3 no. 3 bed (122 m² each) & 5 no. 2 bed (102 m² each) two storey houses arranged in four blocks of terraced & semi-detached dwellings and 2 no. 2 bed (95 m² each) two storey townhouses over a ground floor retail unit (195 m²) and all associated external works including the demolition of an existing dwelling to facilitate the construction of a new access road and infrastructural connections

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561504

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a Residential Development consisting of 55 no. houses together with ancillary works and services. The development will consist of the construction of: 2 no. 3 Bedroomed semi detached 2 storey houses (Type A), 10 no. 3 Bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type B), 8 no. 3 bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type C), 12 no. 2 bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type D), 16 no. 2 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type E), 3 no. 2 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type F), 4 no. 3 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type G). The proposed development will also include for; provision of public open space areas (including a playground), private open space areas, bicycle parking, footpaths, public lighting, landscaping and revised boundary treatments. Provision of carparking including ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points; connection to mains water infrastructure and public sewer, and on site surface water attenuation to serve the development, provision for vehicular and pedestrian access via L-4196 county road (Caheronaun Park Road) via the "Triantán an Aoill" estate to the west, with additional vehicular and pedestrian connectivity to the adjoining "Danesfort Court" estate to the south, retention of temporary on site construction compound with associated internal roadway, areas for storage of materials

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561163

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  for further revisions to the change of house plans permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 23/60957. The development will consist of proposed internal alterations to change each of the 16 no. houses from 4 bedroomed units to 3 bedroomed units

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560297

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  for change of house design to that previously granted under planning ref. no. 23/60220 and all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560281

• 22 Jan 2025Unconditional

  Extension of duration: for development consisting of the proposed construction of 42 No residential dwellings consisting of; 32 No. Type A - four bedroom semi-detached, 6 No. Type B - three bedroom semi-detached, 4 No. Type C - three bedroom terraced houses, vehicular entrance to site from Danesfort Drive, boundary treatments, public open space, provision of foul and surface water connection/disposal, site lighting and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: c.5716 sqm - Ref 19/1672 as amended by Ref. No.’s 21/2229, 23/60323, 23/60957 & 23/61496

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 259

• 17 Dec 2024N/a

  to demolish existing derelict house (area 132m²) along with existing shed to rear of site (area 103m²). Construct a single block of 7 No. residential units, comprising of 4. No. 1 bedroom ground floor apartments, 1. No. 2 bedroom apartment to first floor level and 2 No. 2 bedroom duplex units to first and second floor levels (area 484.25m²). Upgrade existing entrance and connection to existing services along with all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2461744

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic shed and connection to public services, and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 223 sqm & (Garage) 46 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460764

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  for revisions to housing development previously permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 19/1672 as amended by Pl. Ref. No.’s 21/2229, 23/60323 & 23/60957. The development will consist of the Replacement of 16 no. previously permitted Type A 4 bed semi-detached two storey houses with the proposed construction of 21 no. houses comprising of; 6 no. Type F 2 bed terraced houses in 2 no. two storey blocks (to the north of the previously permitted central open space area), 4 no. Type D 2 bed terraced units in 1 no. two storey block, 8 no. Type E 3 bed semi-detached houses in 4 no. 2 storey blocks and 3 no. Type F 2 bed terraced houses in 1 no. 2 storey block (to the east of the previously permitted central open space area), together with all associated site works, parking and services and revised boundary treatments. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,805.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361496

• 20 Nov 2023Conditional

  for a new gym/indoor training area, meeting room, toilet, and all ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 300 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2361381

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional

  for minor amendments to housing development previously permitted under pl. ref. no. 19/1672 as amended by pl. ref. no. 21/2229 & 23/60323. The development will consist of change of house plans & elevations to permitted type A semi-detached unit no.’s 01-06 & 33-42, together with all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360957

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing factory including all associated site works & services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23264

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing approved factory (PL. ref. 16/668) including all associated site works & services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23223

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  for minor amendments to housing development previously permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 19/1672 as amended by Pl. Ref. No. 21/2229. The development will consist of Change of house plans and elevations to permitted Type B semi-detached unit no.’s 19-24 and to permitted Type C terraced unit no.’s 25-28, together with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360323

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional

  for: 1. renovation of existing derelict outbuilding to 1no. 3 bed dwelling (121sq.m), demolition of substandard rear extension and construction of rear first floor cantilever. 2. Demolition of substandard side extension, renovation & construction of extension to existing dwelling (124sq.m). 3. Construction of new dwelling house (147sq.m) 4. Upgrade to existing entrance, road and path 5. Landscaping, connection to existing services and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360266

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  for (a) demolition of single storey side extension to existing dwelling house, (b) the construction of a single story extension to rear of dwelling house, (c) the construction of a new 2 storey, 3 bedroom dwelling adjoining existing dwelling house, (d) proposed landscaping, car parking and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1010.52 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 21.30 sqm

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2360220

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  for the construction of: (a) Four number, 4 bedroom dwelling houses incorporating under dwelling domestic garages, (b) new gated vehicular and pedestrian access to the site from Danesfort road, (c) proposed landscaping, car parking and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 704.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360223

• 17 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing approved factory (Pl. ref. 16/668) including all associated site works & services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 356.7sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221113

• 5 Sept 2022N/a

  to construct an extension to existing approved factory (pl. ref. 16/668) including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 356.7 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221022

• 26 May 2022Conditional

  for minor amendments to housing development previously permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/732 (An Bord Pleanala Case Ref. ABP-310794-21) on revised site boundaries. The development will consist of (1) Revisions to site boundary extent, (2) Minor revisions to the positioning of permitted unit No.’s 16-32, (3) Change of house plans to permitted unit No.’s 1-32, (4) Revisions to boundary treatments and (5) Minor revisions to internal turning head layout, bin store provision, communal open space and parking layout, together with all associated site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260551

• 24 May 2022Conditional

  to (a) demolish existing single story extension to rear of dwelling (b) construct a new single storey extension to rear and side of dwelling House (c) construct store and boiler house (d) and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 42.20sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260530

• 19 Apr 2022Conditional

  for a) retain corporate signage on existing building and b) extend existing car park including all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 887 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22504

• 26 Nov 2021Conditional

  for the development existing of amendments to previously permitted permission 19/1672, including the relocation of units 7-10 inclusive (4 no. units), minor changes to road alignment and all associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 567 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212229

• 22 Oct 2021N/a

  to construct a factory including associated offices, staff facilities, warehouse, site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1599.5 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211975

• 4 May 2021Refused

  for development consisting of modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 19/1673 and will comprise the provision of 32no. residential dwellings in lieu of previously permitted 23no. residential dwellings. The proposed 32no. dwelling units (6no. 2 bed duplex units over 6no. 1 bed apartment units, 9no. 2 bed terraced houses and 11no. three bed terraced and semi detached houses) will be arranged around a central public open space (1661sq.m) with private amenity spaces comprising rear gardens for the proposed houses and terraces/ balconies for the proposed duplex and apartment units. Communal amenity spaces (totalling c.434sq.m) are also proposed to the rear of the duplex and apartment units. Permission is also sought for bin storage enclosures, hard and soft landscaping, car parking, cycle parking, boundary treatments, vehicular and pedestrian access from Caheronaun Park Road including provision of a footpath on the south western boundary of the site and all associated site development and infrastructure works. Gross floor space of proposed works: c.2899sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21732

The 25 most recent of 41 applications.

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 Caherwalter.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-049001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On the E outskirts of Loughrea town (GA105-150----), straddling the main road. The line of this possible enclosure is suggested by the configuration of Danesfort Road to the W of the church (GA105-049002-) and a curving townland boundary to the SE of it. These indicate a roughly circular area with a diameter of c. 200m. However, no visible surface trace of an enclosure wall or bank survives and the land to S of the church is very marshy. Within this possible enclosure lie the church, dedicated to St Bridget, a graveyard (GA105-049003-) and a holy well (GA105-049004-). (Swan 1983, 271, 277) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA105-049002 Church
  Description

  Within a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA105-049001-). This conserved rectangular medieval church (>14.35m E-W; 6.8m N-S; wall T 0.88m) is in fair condition. The E gable and both of the side-walls are intact but no trace of the W gable survives. There is a reconstructed pointed-arch doorway in the S wall and a partly robbed-out two-light window with the remains of a cusped ogee head and a decorated spandrel in the E gable. A displaced spandrel from it is on the window sill. No trace survives of the windows in the N and S side-walls as described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. II, 228-9). A holy well (GA105-049004-) lies c. 115m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA105-049003 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a medieval church (GA105-049002-), which occupies its SE end, this graveyard (c. 110m NW-SE; c. 96m NE-SW) is delimited by a well-built rubble wall with a cement cap. Most of the tombstones date to the 19th and 20th centuries and a number of graves are marked by finely wrought iron crosses. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 January 2020

• GA105-050 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low NW-facing rise. Indicated on the OS 6-inch Cassini mapping as a field boundary curving roughly from SW to NE. On inspection in October 1984, it proved to be a drystone wall built upon the foundations of a cashel wall (Wth 4.4m; int H 0.42m). No visible surface trace of the cashel survived from NE to SW but it originally was probably circular in plan (diam. c. 46m). Large blocks visible at the base of the external face of the field boundary, between N and NE, may be some of the original wall-facing of the cashel wall. From SW to N the field boundary was built on the inner wall-face of the cashel and its outer face was defined by a grassed-over stony scarp. The cashel was incorporated into the landscaping of the surrounding housing estates when this area was subsequently developed in the late 1990s. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 July 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1014 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Caherwalter, Loughrea5 sales

Name

Caherwalter · Cathair Uaitéir

Area

264,095 m² (26.41 ha, 65.26 acres)

Civil parish

Loughrea, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Loughrea Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughrea Urban electoral division: 6,322 people in 2,508 households; 53% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caheronaun, Farranalynch, Gorteenapheebera, Greeneenagh, Loughrea

Placenames

Caherwalter 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.