Creggauns

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggauns, from 134 m² to 250,749 m² (25.07 ha, 61.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Creggauns 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.

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  for: demolition of existing trees fronting to building, partial demolition of front boundary wall, demolition of roof to existing building, demolition of rear/internal walls and partial demolition of gable end walls. The works seeking planning permission include: (a) restoration of ruin building, (b) set new front boundary wall back from road edge, (c) relocate vehicular entrance to site and d) installation of new effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 114.80 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460400

• 8 Jan 2024N/a

  for: a) restoration of derelict house; b) vehicular entrance to front boundary wall; c) set front boundary wall back from road; and d) effluent treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460012

• 15 Sept 2023N/a

  for the following: a) restoration of derelict house, b) vehicular entrance to front boundary wall, c) set front boundary wall back from road, d) effluent treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23373

• 29 Mar 2022Unconditional

  to erect a two storey dwelling house with detached single storey domestic garage/fuel store and install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter percolation area and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 298.01 sqm., Garage: 49.16 sqm.)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 22418

• 28 Jun 2018Conditional

  for the development of this site, the existing Cloon to Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which is approximately 65 Kilometres long. Approximately 37km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway county Council with approximately 27km located in County Roscommon and approximately 120 metres located in Co. Longford, The furbishment of the existing circuit within County Galway will be undertaken between structure EM1 at Cloon Substation, south of Tuam, and structure AM220, south-east of Creggs village near the administrative border between counties Galway and Roscommon. The development will consist of the refurbishment of the Cloon- Lanesboro 110 KV Overhead line which will primarily include: replacement of a large proportion of existing structures, the breaking out and reconstruction of the concrete foundation and shear blocks at the majority of end/angle mast structures, painting of mast structures, replacement of insulators, crossarms, stays and/or fittings on existing structures; and the fitting of bird flight diverters and stay guards. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, and will be replaced, and will be of a generally similar height and appearance. Associated site development works to gain access to the existing structures include clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of stone walls and gate posts and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing. The proposed development includes all other associated and ancillary site development works required for the refurbishment of the existing circuit, including the installation of temporary silt traps, silt fences, bog mats and clear span bridges. No additional structures and no alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of the existing structure. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) forms part of this application.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18896

• 9 Mar 2018N/a

  for the construction of a roofed dungsted and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 25.8sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18275

• 12 Jun 2017Conditional

  for proposed dwellinghouse with domestic garage, sewage treatment plant with percolation area, sheep shed, dungstead and all associated site works (gross floor space dwelling 345.20sqm; sheep shed 262.80sqm;dungstead 44.10sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17852

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  to erect a two storey dwelling house with detached single storey domestic garage/fuel store and install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter percolation area and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 298.01 sqm., Garage: 49.16 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1771

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 Creggauns.

Recorded monuments

• GA020-003 Maltings
  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.

• GA020-025 Enclosure
  Description

  In pastureland. The cropmark of a possible enclosure (diam. c. 41m), indicated by differential grass growth, is visible on aerial imagery taken by a drone. The monument was brought to our attention by Anna Evans. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 August 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Creggauns, about 1 in 20 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 low, low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Creggauns · Na Creagáin

Area

1,001,703 m² (100.17 ha, 247.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbegnet, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Creggs, the unit of the census

Census 2022

351 people lived in 139 households in the Creggs electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghagad (Co. Roscommon), Aghagower (Co. Roscommon), Creggs, Farranykelly (Co. Roscommon), Gortnalavey, Moneenroe, Park

Placenames

Creggauns 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.