Ardaun
Ardaun is a townland in the civil parish of Oranmore, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Na hArdáin.
Parcel 2103357
- Area
- 1,725 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 229 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ardaun
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Feb 2019Conditional
for demolition of existing two storey house and the construction of a replacement two storey house, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for change of shed design to that previously granted under Planning Ref: 66514. Also change of windows and replacement of roof finish of existing shed to match proposed house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 349.7 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Shed - 63.7 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 304 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19263
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_528 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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.
- Area
- 41.3 ha
- 102 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 1,931 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardaun, from 78 m² to 250,825 m² (25.08 ha, 61.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1Agriculture
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3Residential (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Recreation and Amenity (Open space, park)
Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3), Galway City · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Feb 2019Conditional
for demolition of existing two storey house and the construction of a replacement two storey house, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for change of shed design to that previously granted under Planning Ref: 66514. Also change of windows and replacement of roof finish of existing shed to match proposed house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 349.7 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: Shed - 63.7 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 304 sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19263
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ardaun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardaun.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ardaun, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_528 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ardaun · Na hArdáin
- Area
- 412,567 m² (41.26 ha, 101.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oranmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Ballintemple, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,609 people lived in 566 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cartron, Garraun North, Garraun South
- Placenames
- Ardaun 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.