Land parcel 5548728

Area

48,852 m² (4.89 ha, 12.07 acres)

Buildings

9 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 326 m².

Zoning

R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 11 Jun 2024Unconditional

  Permission for development which consists of; the redevelopment of the sportsground involves the following works: phase 1 works-the works in phase 1 involve the replacement of the existing grass playing pitch with a new synthetic surface playing pitch and associated site works including floodlight upgrade works. The works are being carried out within areas of the site which have previously been developed i.e. the current playing pitch and within the carpark as was identified within the Phasing Drawing included with the original planning application. Phase 2 works - the works in phase 2 constitute the main building works on site which are as follows: 1)the demolition & removal of existing Clan Terrace, Connacht rugby Office, Maintenance building and training pitches, ancillary temporary cabins and storage facilities, section of boundary wall on College road, existing ESB sub-station and Switch room, 2)the construction of a new north stand with terracing and seated areas over 4 levels, 3)Refurbishment and extension work to the existing South Stand, 4)the construction of a new High Performance Centre (including new indoor synthetic pitch, office accommodation and welfare facilities) ,5)the relocation of vehicular and pedestrian access points, 6)the provision of a new concourse area and new car parking spaces, 7)general hard and soft landscaping works and boundary treatments

  Extension of duration · Galway City Council, 2435

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the retention for the provision of a hospitality marquee

  Retention · Galway City Council, 22281

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, internal alterations, modifications to the existing front garden wall, gate & steps, the widening of the existing vehicular entrance, removal of the existing front porch and all associated site and drainage works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 21132

• 7 Jul 2017Conditional

  Permission for the provision of a hospitality marquee for a period of 5 years

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 17200

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

• Bohermore Cemetery, building misc, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey L-plan gate lodge with dormer floor, built c.1860. Half-hipped slate roofs having fish-scale banding and bowtell crested ridge tiles with finials at verges. Catslide roof to entrance bays. Render coping to gables and replacement metal rainwater goods. Limestone chimneystacks with tooled limestone copings. Rock-faced limestone broken-coursed walls with limestone plinth. Pointed segmental-arch window openings having limestone voussoirs, surrounds and sills with replacement uPVC windows. Pointed segmental-arch doorway having limestone voussoirs, surround and stepped approach with replacement timber door. Square-headed opening to rear having replacement door. Small enclosed courtyard to north-east within rock-faced limestone wall. Outbuilding to east having similar walling and roofing to gate lodge.

• Bohermore Cemetery, church/chapel, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted mortuary chapel, built c.1860, comprising single-bay nave with chancel, shallow transepts, porch to gable-front. Pitched slate roofs with fish-scale slate banding and terracotta ridge tiles, decorative tooled limestone bellcote to gable-front, and carved cross finials to gable-front and to chancel. Limestone block copings to gables with trefoil finials. Tooled limestone chimneystack to south elevation having octagonal flue with conical capping block. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods to tooled limestone eaves course. Bare rock-faced limestone walls with stepped plinth, chamfered string course to nave and tooled stone-capped buttresses to long elevations. Pointed arch window openings to long elevations, tooled limestone surrounds, sills and tracery having carved stone hood-mouldings and rock-faced voussoirs. Nave windows comprise pair of trefoil-headed lancets with trefoil rose over, all having lead-lined stained glass. Single-pane lancet windows to chancel having lead-lined stained glass. Window to east elevation of chancel comprising pair of trefoil-headed lancets with quatrefoil rose over, all having lead-lined stained glass. Multifoil rose window to west elevation of nave with limestone surround, tracery, hood-moulding and voussoirs with lead-lined stained glass. Square-headed tripartite window openings to porch, having tooled limestone surrounds, sills and mullions containing lead-lined stained-glass windows. Pointed arch opening to porch entrance with carved and chamfered limestone surround with engaged columns, hood-moulding and tooled voussoirs to retaining arch. Battened timber double-leaf door with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges. Located within cemetery to south-east of gate lodge and east of twin chapel. Timber cross-beam roof to interior having stone supporting corbels. Carved floral decoration to eaves level beams. Painted rendered chancel arch with hood-moulding and timber panelled barrel-vaulted ceiling to chancel. Original timber pews present as is timber altar. Interior of gable-front stripped of render with limestone voussoirs and pier stones visible.

• Bohermore Cemetery, church/chapel, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Free-standing gable-fronted mortuary chapel, built c.1860, comprising single-bay nave with chancel, shallow transepts, porch to gable-front. Pitched slate roofs with fish-scale slate banding and terracotta ridge tiles, decorative tooled limestone bellcote to gable-front, with carved cross finials to gable-front and to chancel. Limestone block copings to gables with trefoil finials. Tooled limestone chimneystack to south elevation having octagonal flue with conical capping block. Cast-iron rainwater goods to tooled limestone eaves course. Rock-faced limestone walls with stepped plinth, chamfered string course to nave and tooled stone capped buttresses to long elevations. Pointed arch window openings to long elevations with tooled limestone surrounds, sills and tracery having carved stone hood-mouldings and rock-faced voussoirs. Nave windows comprise pair of trefoil-headed lancets with trefoil rose over, all having lead-lined stained glass. Single-pane lancet windows to chancel having lead-lined stained glass. Three-pane window to east elevation of chancel comprising pair of trefoil-headed lancets with quatrefoil rose over, all having lead-lined stained glass. Multifoil rose window to west nave elevation, limestone surround, tracery, hood-moulding and voussoirs with lead-lined stained glass. Square-headed tripartite window openings to porch, having tooled limestone surrounds, sills and mullions containing lead-lined stained-glass windows. Pointed arch opening to porch with carved limestone surround having engaged columns, hood moulding and with rock-faced voussoirs above. Battened timber double-leaf door with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges. Located within cemetery to south-west of gate lodge and west of twin chapel. Timber cross-beam roof to interior having stone supporting corbels. Carved floral decoration to eaves level beams. Painted rendered chancel arch with hood-moulding and timber panelled barrel vaulted ceiling to chancel. Original timber pews present as is timber oratory and altar.

• Bohermore Cemetery, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Enclosing wall and gates of Bohermore Cemetery, erected c.1860. Coursed rock-faced limestone enclosing walls with coping. Tooled square-profile limestone gate piers having pyramidal capping stones with cross finials, moulding copings and bases over rock-faced plinth. Wrought-iron double-leaf gates to vehicular entrance and single-leaf gate to pedestrian entrance.

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_474 (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.

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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.