Land parcel 4949073

Area

35,801 m² (3.58 ha, 8.85 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 39 m².

Zoning

G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 7 Nov 2025N/a

  Permission for development which consists of: (i) the demolition of existing garden sheds, (ii) alterations to existing house, (iii) new roof to increased ridge height, (iv) new two storey extensions to front and rear, (v) decommissioning of existing septic tank, (vi) installation of new wastewater treatment system and, (vii) associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement is included as part of this application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 2560338

• 14 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for development which consists of the demolition of existing garden shed, alterations to existing house and elevations, new roof to increased ridge height, new ground floor extension to front, new two storey extension to rear, new wastewater treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 23209

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: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• GA093-002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On W bank of Barna Stream where it flows into White Strand Bay. In existence in 1574 when it was occupied by 'Owen Ohalorane' (Nolan 1901, 115). Known as Sean Chaislean Bheárna, it appears to have been completely demolished by the early 19th C. No visible surface trace survives. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 166; Hardiman 1846, 59-60) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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 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_404 (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.