Milltown

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 18 m² to 124,331 m² (12.43 ha, 30.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Milltown 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.

• 25 Feb 2026Conditional

  for change of use of shop unit to one bedroom apartment

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660304

• 23 Dec 2025Refused

  of dwelling house, store and all associated site works on revised site boundaries; to sub-divide dwelling house; to reconstruct and extend dwelling house to include all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 25366

• 23 Dec 2025Refused

  of dwelling house on revised site boundaries to include all associated site works and to sub-divide dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25367

• 2 Oct 2025Refused

  to change of use of shop unit to one bedroom apartment

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561432

• 10 Dec 2024Refused

  for the: 1) construction of a housing development with a total of 23 no. dwellings in semi-detached, terrace, apartment and duplex configurations, consisting of 2 no. 4-bed semi-detached houses, 2 no. 3-bed semi-detached houses, 3 no. 4-bed terrace houses, 4 no. 3-bed terrace houses, 5 no. 3-bed duplex units, 4 no. 1-bed apartments and 3 no. 3-bed apartments. 2) Associated development works including the extension and upgrade of granted pedestrian and vehicular access under planning reference 21/617, all hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenities and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting, and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2,364 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461691

• 13 Aug 2024Refused

  for: 1) Construction of a housing development with a total of 23 no. dwellings in semi-detached, terrace, apartment and duplex configurations, consisting of 2no. 4-bed semi-detached houses, 2no. 3-bed semi-detached houses, 3no. 4-bed terrace houses, 4no. 3-bed terrace houses, 5no. 3-bed duplex units, 4no. 1-bed apartments and 3no. 3-bed apartments. 2) Associated development and works including the extension of granted pedestrian and vehicular access under planning reference 21/617, all hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenities and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting, and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities. Gross floor space of proposed work: 2,364.00 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461042

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  of machinery shed and permission to construct a slatted shed and silage slab to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 287.92 sqm. Gross floor space of proposed works: 366.56 sqm (slatted shed) & 334.66 sqm (silage slab) & 789 sqm (aprons)

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2423

• 8 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the development previously granted permission under pl. ref. 17/552, for 7no. townhouses. The development consisted of construction for the 7no. townhouses at their current stage of construction & permission to complete the 7no. townhouses as proposed together with all ancillary site works & services. Gross floor space of work to be retained in: 647 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23451

• 28 Nov 2022Refused

  for construction of a walled silage slab, slatted shed with underground slurry storage tank along with all associated site works and retention planning permission for an existing agricultural machinery shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 437.76sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221197

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  for Change of Use of a vacant shop unit to a one bedroom apartment and all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21968

• 16 Apr 2021Unconditional

  for the construction of 4 two-storey detached dwelling houses and associated domestic garages and a nursing home development, comprised as follows: (1) The provision of a two-storey residential nursing home to HIQA standards containing 55 en-suite bedrooms. The building will also have all ancillary dayrooms, dining areas, kitchen, staff facilities, circulation, nurse's stations, sluice rooms and all ancillary rooms associated with a nursing home. The building encloses a secure open space amenity area. (2) The construction of a separate plant room to service the proposed nursing home. (3) An access junction, internal roads, footpaths, car-parking, public open spaces and all ancillary hard and soft landscaping. The development will be connected to the public sewer (gross floor space 3883.6sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 21617

• 15 Mar 2021Conditional

  for works to existing dwelling house including construction of a new roof with higher ridge and eaves levels, a single-story extension to the side and rear and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 236 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 10 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21372

• 10 Sept 2019Conditional

  to alter front extension and construct new rear extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 73.34 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191399

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  for an private house changes include a) garage converted to gym &/boiler house with chimney, garage door replaced with sliding glass doors and larger window to the front elevation of the garage also additional window on side wall of garage, b) conversion of attic to storage/study space with velux roof window on rear of roof also walk in attic space, c) porch to front of house, d) additional internal ensuit bathroom, e) some windows style and sizes changed, f) retention also for outbuildings including garden tool store, garage, closed fuel store and open fuel store. Gross floor space of work to be retained: House - 249.5 sqm, Outbuilding - 136 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19792

• 11 Oct 2018Conditional

  for change of use of shop unit to a one bedroom apartment at 48 Millbrook. Gross floor space of proposed works: 52.5 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 52.5 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181432

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  of the existing bar and restaurant areas as constructed to include an additional 48sqm floor area located to the rear incorporating toilets, plant room and extended function room, with permission to complete a revised and improved car parking area externally with traffic management system, together with all ancillary existing site works and services. Gross floor space of work to be retained 48.0sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18918

• 31 Oct 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and for all ancillary site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works 138.3sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171566

• 30 May 2017Conditional

  for alterations to the residential aspect of a previously approved development permitted under pl. ref. 15/1268. The alterations include the provision of 4 no. two storey detached residential units and associated domestic garages in lieu of those previously approved and a revision to the house types proposed. Access to house number 1 is to be via the public road. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 640.5 sqm.)

  Permission, 3 homes · Galway County Council, 17769

• 21 Apr 2017Conditional

  for development at the Bar/Retail & residential premises and adjacent yard formerly known as Glynn's Milltown. The development will consist of: The renovation and alteration of the existing building and yard such that they will provide 7 no. 2 bed town houses, parking for 7 cars along with all necessary siteworks and services. (Gross floor space of existing buildings: 772 sqm., gross floor space of demolition works: 144 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17552

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments

• GA016-123 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) but on 3rd ed. (1932) it is shown as almost square in plan (L/Wth c. 30m). The monument has since been levelled. It was cut by a field boundary at N and S, to E of which faint traces of a bank are visible curving from N through E to S (D 20m). No visible surface trace survives to W of the wall where farm buildings have been erected. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA016-124 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure (E-W c. 45m, N-S c. 30m). Apart from an earthen bank which curves from WSW to NW, no visible surface trace survives. A bungalow occupies the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Milltown.

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 Milltown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Milltown · Baile an Mhuilinn

Area

412,959 m² (41.3 ha, 102.04 acres)

Civil parish

Addergoole, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Milltown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

704 people lived in 266 households in the Milltown electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Banagher, Cartron, Cloonnacross, Dawros Lower, Dawros Upper, Gortnaloura, Lack

Placenames

Milltown 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.