Coolpowra

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolpowra, from 64 m² to 125,168 m² (12.52 ha, 30.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Coolpowra 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.

• 2 Jul 2026N/a

  to construct a new 5 bay slatted shed with creep area and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2661121

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  of an existing domestic garage, retention of an existing site entrance, retention of an existing dwelling on revised site boundaries from previously approved under planning reference no. 34490 and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2646

• 8 Jul 2024Refused

  for; (1) a Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) facility contained within a secure outdoor compound (area of 34,855sqm), (2) a Synchronous Condenser (SC)positioned within a building and located within a second secure outdoor compound (area of 9,716sqm) on lands to the south of the LDES facility, and (3) demolition and removal of an existing dwelling, outhouses and agricultural sheds. The LDES facility comprises: (i) an open area battery energy storage system containing 168no. single storey battery enclosures and 56no. single storey medium voltage power station (MVPS) enclosures, (ii) IPP building, (iii) firewater storage tank, (iv) lightning masts and (v) electrical plant and bunded transformer. The SC facility comprises (i) a SC building, (ii) externally located cooling fans, (iii) firewater storage tank, (iv) lightning masts, (v) ESB rural supply compound, and (vi) bunded transformers and electrical plant. Both the LDES and SC facilities will electrically connect to the 400kV electricity grid using HV underground cables which will route from the respective LDES and SC compounds to a proposed Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation located adjacent to the ESS development. The proposed GIS associated HV cables and electric plant are the subject of a separate and concurrent strategic infrastructure development (SID) planning application to An Bord Pleanála under Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The proposed ESS development includes a temporary construction compound, a main entrance connecting to the L8763 public road, improvement works to the L8763 and the junction of the N65/L8763 public roads and all ancillary development including new internal roads, fencing and gates, car parking, lighting, utilities, lightning protection masts, underground services, landscaping and associated engineering works to provide for the connection of site services and foul and surface water management and drainage. The proposed ESS development is also located adjacent to a proposed Reserve Gas-Fired Generator which is the subject of a separate and concurrent SID planning application being made to An Bord Pleanála under Section 37E of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). Planning permission is being sought for a period of 10 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) are included in this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,389.00 sqm and 750 sqm for demolition

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2460845

• 21 Apr 2022Conditional

  to complete minor alterations to dwelling house and all associated services (previously granted under planning ref. no. 20/533). Gross floor space of work to be retained: 242.0 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22529

• 14 Oct 2021Conditional

  (a) Retention of existing dwelling house, domestic store and site Entrance on revised site boundaries from previously permitted under 34490 (b) Permission for a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area within the curtilage of the revised site boundary (c) and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211906

• 6 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct (i) slatted Shed (ii) wash area and dung stead and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 291 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21521

• 2 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct a domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 57.0 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21274

• 2 Jul 2020Conditional

  for the following development: (a) Construction of a new dwelling (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d New site entrance and all associated site works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 304.00 sqm (House), 48.50 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20859

• 30 Apr 2020Conditional

  for the following development: (a) Construction of a new dwelling (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) New site entrance and all associated site works: Gross floor space of proposed works: 238.00 sqm (House), 91.20 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20533

• 13 Feb 2020Refused

  for the following development: (a) construction of a new dwelling (b) construction of a domestic garage (c) wastewater treatment system with percolation area (d) new site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 238.00 sqm (House), 175.56 sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20177

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  for the change of house design, from that previously granted under planning Reference No. 17/817 and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 216.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19230

• 8 Jun 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site services (Gross floor space of proposed works: 223.2sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17817

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 Coolpowra.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolpowra.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coolpowra, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Coolpowra · Cúil Phóire

Area

1,473,292 m² (147.33 ha, 364.06 acres)

Civil parish

Lickmolassy, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Portumna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,504 people lived in 964 households in the Portumna electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhanry, Ballynaheskeragh, Bouluskeagh or Flowerhill, Coolnageeragh, Gortlusky, Lismihil

Placenames

Coolpowra 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.