Oakfield or Gortnandarragh

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oakfield or Gortnandarragh, from 47 m² to 297,216 m² (29.72 ha, 73.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Oakfield or Gortnandarragh 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.

• 8 Aug 2024Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 134.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461006

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of: new single-story extension & renovation of existing dilapidated dwelling; installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system; together with all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360748

• 14 Jun 2023Conditional

  & Permission for Retention for the development consisting of: installation of a replacement domestic wastewater treatment system; a new parking space; & retention of an extension; together with all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360647

• 14 Jun 2023Conditional

  & Permission for Retention for the development consisting of: new single storey extension to existing dwelling; installation of a replacement domestic wastewater treatment system; realignment of car parking; & retention of an existing extension; together with all associated site works & services

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2360648

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a new domestic boat/storage shed, including all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 64.86 sqm (shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22699

• 24 Sept 2021Conditional

  for dwelling house and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 147sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211765

• 12 Jul 2019Conditional

  to partially demolish an existing cottage, refurbish existing cottage, construct a new extension and to also construct a new effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 70 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191069

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: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement SAC 001271
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement 001271

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Oakfield or Gortnandarragh.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oakfield or Gortnandarragh.

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 Oakfield or Gortnandarragh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_357 (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 Oakfield or Gortnandarragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Oakfield or Gortnandarragh · Gort na nDarach

Area

1,043,950 m² (104.4 ha, 257.97 acres)

Civil parish

Killannin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,602 people lived in 844 households in the Wormhole electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gortnagroagh, Gortnahoon, Porridgetown East, Rosscahill West, Srue

Placenames

Oakfield or Gortnandarragh 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.