Ballywataire

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballywataire, from 61 m² to 123,139 m² (12.31 ha, 30.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballywataire 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.

• 1 Sept 2026N/a

  of the existing steel storage shed and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2661484

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  to remove from site the existing unauthorized modular home, wastewater treatment system and front boundary steel fence and gateway and then full planning permission sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel storage shed, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 265.00 sqm(house), 42.00 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2560214

• 31 May 2024N/a

  for the construction of a new dwelling house, private garage, private on-site domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. Retention permission for the existing modular home and wastewater treatment unit on site on a temporary basis for a maximum period of two years until the proposed new dwelling house is constructed, at which point the modular home and septic tank will be decommissioned and removed from site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 231.00 sqm (house) & 42.00 sqm (garage). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 90.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460655

• 17 Feb 2024Conditional

  and completion of the extension and the alterations to an old house and to retain the treatment plant system

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460162

• 23 Jan 2023Conditional

  for change of dwelling house plans on previously approved planning application planning reference 21/2354.Gross floor space of proposed works 160.00sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360034

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, and treatment system and percolation area. This application shall be accompanied by a Natura/Environmental Impact Statement and Construction Environmental Management plan. Gross floor space of proposed works: 120 sqm (house) & 47 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212354

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage and fuel store. Gross floor space of proposed works: 184.25sqm

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 201971

• 16 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied with a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 165 sqm. (garage) 59 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19567

• 7 Feb 2019N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. This application is accompanied by a Natural Impact Statement (NIS). Gross floor space of proposed works: 165 sqm (House), 59 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19158

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  for construction of a new single storey over basement dwelling house (432 sqm), storage shed (60 sqm.) to side and rear, and discrete underground parking ramp (113 sqm.) and a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter and all associated site development and external works including new access to road.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18638

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 266sqm, Garage 50sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171724

• 11 Oct 2017N/a

  for construction of a new two-storey over basement dwelling house, and a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter, and all associated site development and external works including new access to road. Gross floor space of proposed works 519sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171473

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA017-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent rise in gently undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 31m, E-W 28.5m) defined by a bank and an external fosse. A gap at SSW could be original. Neary (1914, 111, no. 43) noted the existence of an outer bank of which no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SSW-facing slope in hilly grassland. Circular rath (D 84m), in fair condition, defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner bank survives from SW through N to ENE, and the fosse and outer bank are present from SW to NW. A number of field boundaries cut the monument, and a quarry has encroached upon it at E. ACBG (GA017-021001-) is associated. (Neary 1914, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-021001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA017-021----). According to local tradition, a CBG was located within E sector of the interior of the monument. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-022 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At the base of a ridge in marshy pastureland. Holy well defined by a large circular rubble-strewn hollow (D 6m) which feeds a stream which flows out to S. Traditionally associated with St Patrick (Neary 1914, 125, no. 50). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballywataire with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballywataire · Baile Uaitéir

Area

963,104 m² (96.31 ha, 237.99 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Toberadosh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Toberadosh electoral division: 399 people in 141 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlass, Baunoges North, Cluid, Killuney, Meenleana, Tobernaclug

Placenames

Ballywataire 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.