Land parcel 2064839

Area

36,068 m² (3.61 ha, 8.91 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,449 m².

Zoning

S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of a) the construction of an extension to an existing community dwellinghouse, b) for associated internal alterations and c) for all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 2460024

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 2 recorded monuments.

• GA094-010 Church
  Description

  At S end of a graveyard on level ground in a housing estate at Mervue on E outskirts of Galway city. Much-ruined medieval church (WSW-ENE; L 11.5m, Wth 4.5m). The present remains of E window are the result of modern repair. A gap in N wall may indicate the position of doorway. Bonded into W wall is an enigmatic annexe (L 3.8m, Wth 4.4m) with opposing pointed arches occupying the full width of its N and S walls. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 395-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA094-010001 Graveyard
  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

• Glenina House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached stepped-plan two-storey house, built c.1860, having three-bay front and west elevations, west bay of front being gabled and slightly advanced, rear bays of west being gabled and stepped, and rear of building having full-height single-bay return. Recent single-storey extensions to rear. Now in use as rugby clubhouse. Pitched slate roofs throughout having some terracotta ridge tiles with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks, and having gablets to east bay of front elevation and south bay of west elevation. Painted wetdashed walls having painted smooth rendered sill course and plinth course and brick courses to eaves with corbelling to corners of plan and to feet of gablets. Gables to front and west elevations have parquet-style brickwork and gablet to front has chamfered square recess, all with decorative pyramidal brick details. Camber- and square-headed window openings having painted brick voussoirs and cut-stone sills, mainly one-over-two pane to first floor and one-over-one pane to ground floor, latter having double window to north end of west elevation and tripartite timber casement window with overlights to east end of front. Gablet to front has paired openings. Gablet to west elevation has stone sill and lintel to window. Some replacement timber and uPVC windows to west and rear elevations. Camber-headed door opening to front elevation having painted brick voussoirs, timber battened door and overlight. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge to road entrance of site, built c.1880, now derelict, and having flat-roofed extension to rear elevation, hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window and door openings, now blocked up, having painted stone sills to windows.

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_497 (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.

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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.