Gortarush Upper

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortarush Upper, from 37 m² to 123,279 m² (12.33 ha, 30.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jul 2026N/a

  the revised site boundaries from that of previously granted planning application no. 2461144

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660725

• 23 May 2026N/a

  construction of a dormer dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, entrance, and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660496

• 13 May 2026N/a

  construction of a dormer dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, and ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660427

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey light industrial building for the purposes of fabrication, blasting and painting of structural steel components with associated compressor room, generator room, low voltage (LV) electrical room, ESB substation and diesel tank, car park and all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561309

• 22 Dec 2024Conditional

  change of house style to that granted planning permission under planning reference 2360476, with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2461144

• 19 Apr 2024Conditional

  2 additional bays as constructed to the existing sports hall and the athletic track as constructed. Permission is also sought for a one bay extension to the existing sports hall and for the provision of flood lighting to the athletic track

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460289

• 19 Mar 2024Conditional

  the shed as constructed and permission for an extension to the existing dressing rooms

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460192

• 14 Nov 2023Conditional

  changes to the two-storey dwelling granted planning permission under reference 2260447

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360906

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, Septic tank, percolation area, entrance and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360476

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  (1) the side entrance as erected at Northeast of the site and (2) for the timber fence erected to separate the creche from the back yard and for planning permission for change of use of the warehouse section of the building to the north of the creche from storage associated with the creche to generally light warehouse storage

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260491

• 13 Sept 2022N/a

  (1) the side entrance as erected at Northeast of the site and (2) the timber fence erected to separate the creche from the back yard and planning permission for change of use of the warehouse section of the building to the north of the creche from storage associated with the creche to generally light warehouse storage

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260477

• 30 Aug 2022Conditional

  the erection of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260447

• 6 Aug 2021Conditional

  erection of a storey and a half/dormer stype dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211155

• 10 Dec 2020Conditional

  a storey and a half/dormer type dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201475

• 3 Dec 2020N/a

  a storey and a half/dormer type dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201450

• 20 Nov 2020N/a

  a storey and a half/dormer type dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201371

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  the road side stone boundary wall with entrances as constructed to dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20243

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 Gortarush Upper.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortarush Upper.

Architectural heritage

• Dundrum Railway Station, railway station, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-and-two-storey former railway station, built c.1850, with projecting gable-fronted porch and end bays, adjoining bell tower and building to south-west and extension to north-east. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with sandstone chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, overhanging eaves and bargeboards. Snecked sandstone walls with cut sandstone quoins and plinth. Square-headed window openings with mixed windows comprising of one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, casement windows and lattice glazing bars to windows. Pointed arch door opening to north-east elevation with timber panelled door. Shouldered-headed door opening to front elevation with chamfered sandstone surround to timber battened door set in timber porch with pitched slate roof and bargeboards. Pointed arch door opening to adjoining building to south-west with ashlar sandstone surround. Timber battened doors to north-east extension. Pointed arch opening set in snecked sandstone wall gives access to north-east extension.

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 Gortarush Upper, 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

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

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 Gortarush Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Gortarush Upper · Gort an Rois Uachtarach

Area

645,420 m² (64.54 ha, 159.49 acres)

Civil parish

Ballintemple, and its townlands

Barony

Kilnamanagh Lower

Electoral division

Kilpatrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,018 people lived in 378 households in the Kilpatrick electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garryduff East, Garryduff West, Gortarush Lower, Gortussa

Placenames

Gortarush Upper 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.