Land parcel 5245151

Area

535 m²

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 24 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: the refurbishment and extension of existing 3 storey (2 storey over basement level) ‘Gort Ard’ House (A Protected Structure RPS No. 8701) and associated existing 2 storey annex building (total existing GFA approx. 686.7 sq m) to provide for the upgrade of existing facilities and services offered on site including provision for: (a) new student accommodation (16 no. ensuite bedrooms with an overall proposed capacity of 18 no. bed spaces); (b) private residential accommodation for resident Gord Ard House management and guests (4 no. ensuite bed rooms with 4 no. bed spaces); (c) a new oratory; (d) a new multipurpose building; and (e) all ancillary areas and works (total new GFA approx. 1,278.37 sq m). The development works will include: • The demolition of an existing link building (approx. 81 sqm), removal of an external wall planter and partial removal of an existing stone wall to facilitate the new development proposal; • The refurbishment and renovation of ‘Gort Ard’ House (A Protected Structure RPS No. 8701) to include dining space, kitchen and hot press, servery, pantry, hall pantry, staff changing and social area, cleaner store, hall, WCs, storage, cloak room, entrance lobby, lobby, conference room, visitor room, day room, directors office, comms rooms, visitor WC, 1 no. ensuite student bedroom and 4 no. resident bed rooms and all circulation areas across the lower ground floor, upper ground floor and first floor levels (3 storeys). • The refurbishment of the existing annex building to include 9 no. ensuite student bedrooms at lower ground and ground floor level (2 storeys). • A new side extension (predominantly 2 storeys with 3 storey element to accommodate a new lift) linking the newly refurbished Gort Ard house and the Annex building to include 1 no. ensuite student bedroom, lounge, plant room, utility, drying press, accessible WC, washing/laundry area, ironing and laundry area, lobbies, lift and service riser at lower ground floor level. A new oratory at upper ground floor level to including sacristy, confessional box, lobbies, store, lift and service riser. • A new multipurpose building (2 storey) including 2 no. multipurpose rooms, shower facilities and toilets at lower ground floor level and 5 no. ensuite student bedrooms, lobbies and corridors at upper ground floor level. • A new link and extension between the newly refurbished annex building and new multipurpose building (2 storeys). • Primary veh

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560056

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_431 (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.