Mountpleasant

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountpleasant, from 5 m² to 78,789 m² (7.88 ha, 19.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Loughrea Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the change of house type of a dwelling house, previous referred to as house type 1 under planning ref 22/45. Gross floor space of proposed works: 174.80 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560375

• 28 Mar 2025Conditional

  for change of house type of a dwelling house, previous referred to as house type 4 under planning ref 22/45. Gross floor space of proposed works: 174.80 sqm(H)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560339

• 21 Jan 2022Conditional

  for the construction of 8 residential units consisting of 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses and 2 no. 4 bed detached houses in lieu of 4 large detached houses granted under 18/349, along with all associated site works and connection to existing services, previous planning ref no's 16/814 & 18/349. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1085.6 sqm.

  Permission, 8 homes · Galway County Council, 2245

• 21 Jan 2022N/a

  for 8 no. semi-detached houses, 3 no. detached houses, to complete site works and outline permission for 4 no. houses (gross floor space 1413.6sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 2248

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  for alterations to existing house to consist of [1] revised front door arrangement to include the provision of canopy over [2] provision of canopy and surround to existing patio side door [3] provision of new external door to utility room to replace existing window [4] provision of glazed door to bedroom 4.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21858

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  for alterations to existing house to consist of (1) revised front door arrangement to include the provision of canopy over, (2) provision of canopy and surround to existing patio side door, (3) provision of new external door to utility room to replace existing window, (4) provision of glazed door to bedroom 4, (5) provision of door and window to existing external store.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21736

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  to revise planning condition 9 on the grant of permission 01/3428, from a lifetime term to a seven-year term and also to retain roof lights to the rear

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201915

• 9 Nov 2020N/a

  to revise planning condition 9 on the grant of permission 01/3428, from a lifetime term to a seven-year term, and also to retain a domestic garage as constructed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 18.1 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201673

• 10 Dec 2019Refused

  for (a) the construction of 3 number two storey detached Dwelling Houses, (b) realignment of existing road and vehicle turning head (c) Rationalising existing open space provision and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 885.06 sqm

  Permission, 3 homes · Galway County Council, 191897

• 20 Sept 2019N/a

  for the demolition of existing sub-standard dwelling house and the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area, site access, landscaping and all associated site services. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared as part of this planning application. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling House - 685.9 sqm, Garage - 135.8 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191465

• 22 Mar 2018Conditional

  on the grant of outline permission (Ref. No. of Outline 16/814) is being sought for the construction of 4 no. detached dwelling houses and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 1314.32 sqm.

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18349

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 Mountpleasant.

Recorded monuments

• GA105-167 Tennis court
  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.

• GA105-168 Burial ground
  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.

• GA105-169 House - 18th/19th century
  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

• Mount Pleasant, gates/railings/walls, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway to Mount Pleasant, erected c.1880, comprising ashlar limestone crenellated round arch vehicular entrance having piers with imposts and plinths and with block-and-start raised voussoirs to arch. Flanked by smooth rendered curved walls with limestone copings and round-headed pedestrian entrances, terminating in square-profile piers with caps. Freestanding cast-iron circular-profile pier to inner elevation. Coursed rubble limestone boundary walls to site.

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 Mountpleasant, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1015 (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.

No address of the register names Mountpleasant with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Mountpleasant · An Lochán

Area

621,818 m² (62.18 ha, 153.65 acres)

Civil parish

Loughrea, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Loughrea Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

898 people lived in 307 households in the Loughrea Rural electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baunoge, Earlspark, Knockanima, Loughrea, Moanmore West, Tonaroasty

Placenames

Mountpleasant 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.