Gortatleva

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortatleva, from 35 m² to 146,616 m² (14.66 ha, 36.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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.

• R3Residential R2 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Agriculture and High Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Jun 2026Conditional

  for partial demolition, renovation and energy upgrade works to existing dormer bungalow

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660977

• 5 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission for development which consists of: Permission and Retention 1) the construction of a new two storey four bedroom dwelling house (197 SqM), domestic effluent treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works, 2) retention of an existing six bedroom single storey dwelling on a reduced site with a new effluent treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works including the decommissioning of an old septic tank system

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway City Council, 2660187

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561611

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a loose shed and ancillary concrete

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561137

• 30 May 2025Refused

  for a dwelling house, septic tank/effluent treatment system and percolation area/polishing filter and all associated services

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 2560680

• 28 Aug 2023Refused

  to construct a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361013

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  for a Dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works 290sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260140

• 19 Mar 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey granny flat extension to the side/rear of our dwelling (85 sqm) and to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 85 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21411

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey granny flat extension to the side of dwelling (85 msq) and to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 85 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201872

• 3 Sept 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic garage with all associated services and site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: Garage = 52 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191373

• 5 Sept 2017Refused

  for a dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 200sqm.

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 171318

• 5 Sept 2017Refused

  for a dwellinghouse, septic tank and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 200sqm.

  Outline permission · Galway County Council, 171319

• 27 Jul 2017Conditional

  for the change of garage design and location of previously granted scheme (PL. Ref, No. 13/1418. Gross floor space of proposed works 55sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171131

• 20 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct a single storey detached garage to the side of dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works 39sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171071

• 30 Mar 2017Conditional

  for change of house design of previously granted scheme (Pl. Ref. No. 13/1418). (Gross floor space of proposed works 263 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17412

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  for retention of dwelling house and permission for construction of foul treatment unit and percolation area on revised site boundaries (previous planning ref. No. 6450) (Gross floor space of works to be retained: 82.5 sqm.)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 17270

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 Gortatleva.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortatleva.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortatleva, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_429 (ZIP).

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.

• Gortatleva, Claregalway6 sales

Name

Gortatleva · Gort an tSléibhe

Area

888,072 m² (88.81 ha, 219.45 acres)

Civil parish

Rahoon, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Galway Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

211 people lived in 44 households in the Galway Rural electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boleynasruhaun, Brownville, Kentfield, Killeen, Oranhill, Tonabrocky

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Gortatleva 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.