Gortdrum

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortdrum, from 1,143 m² to 285,462 m² (28.55 ha, 70.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortdrum 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.

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  RED III development which will consist of a 10-year permission for the construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development on a site spanning approximately 65.9 hectares. It will comprise ground-mounted solar PV panels installed on steel support structures, along with 17 no. transformers, underground cabling including a cable route connecting to the IPP Substation Building consented under Planning Reference 2260420, perimeter fencing with secure access gates, 43 no. closed-circuit television cameras on posts, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping and ancillary works. The site will be accessed from four existing access points off the L-8210, which dissects the Application Site, three of which will be upgraded to facilitate access. The development will have an operational capacity of up to 53.1 megawatt peak and is designed to operate for 40 years from the date of commissioning. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany the planning application.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660672

• 24 Feb 2026N/a

  RED III application for the development, consisting of the construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development on a site spanning approximately 65.6 hectares. It will comprise ground-mounted solar PV panels installed on steel support structures, along with 17 no. transformers, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with secure access gates, 43 no. closed-circuit television cameras on posts, 3 no. temporary construction compounds, new and upgraded access tracks, and associated landscaping and ancillary works. The site will be accessed from four existing access points off the L-8210, which dissects the application site, three of which will be upgraded to facilitate access. The development will have an operational capacity of up to 53.1 megawatt peak and is designed to operate for 40 years from the date of commissioning. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany the planning application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660157

• 25 Feb 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of Solar PV development comprising photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays over a total development site area of ca. 54.5 ha, the construction of a 38KV substation (ca. 114.4m2 x 4.75m tall), a transformer unit (ca. 18m2 x 4m tall) and associated bund (ca. 55m2) along with ancillary development including: 17 no. Power Hubs (ca. 15.25m2 x 2.4) which incorporate at inverter and a transformer, 1. No. single storey communications building (11.1m2 x 2.5m), 1 no. single storey client side sub-station building (15.25m2 x 2.9) 1. No. single storey equipment storage building (7.5m2 x 2.7m), 7 no. CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles, perimeter security fencing and all ancillary works. NIS will be submitted with the planning application

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22165

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  a 10 year planning permission for a solar development on a 39 ha site consisting of: Three site entrances with access gates utilizing existing farm field entrances which will be upgraded and internal accesses; Upgrading of existing laneway to permit access to a proposed substation site (the proposed substation and associated works are currently the subject of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Pre- Application Consultation with An Bord Pleanala); Security fencing around the proposed substation site; Solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 81 no. string inverters attached to selected ground-mounted galvanized steel frames, 6 no. transformer units, underground cabling, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; A temporary construction compound; and All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211109

• 19 Dec 2019Refused

  the construction of a 43MW Solar PV development comprising of ca. 155,000 no. photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays, the construction of a 38 kV substation, (ca. 114.9m2 X 4.75m tall) and transformer unit (ca. 15.25m2 X 2.4m tall) along with associated ancillary development including: 24 no. Power Hubs (ca. 15.25m” X 2.4m), which incorporate the inverters and the transformers within the same unit, 1 no. single storey communications building (11.1m” X 2.5m), 1 no. single storey client building (15.25m2 X 2.9m), 1 no. single storey equipment storage container (7.5m” X 2.7m), 15 no. CCTV cameras mounted on 4m high poles; and perimeter security fencing. The proposed development will also see the installation of ten (10 no.) ISO shipping container units for the purpose of battery storage (30.5 m” X 2.9m). The total development area will be ca. 70.5 ha

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19601430

• 20 Nov 2017Conditional

  the continuation of use of an existing fish farm structure, two storage units and all associated ancillary facilities located at

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601272

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 Gortdrum.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortdrum.

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Gortdrum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Gortdrum · Gort Droma

Area

809,424 m² (80.94 ha, 200.01 acres)

Civil parish

Solloghodmore, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballykisteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballykisteen electoral division: 892 people in 344 households; 71% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyryan East, Barnanalleen, Gortanerrig, Kyleagarry, Lisheennamalausa

Placenames

Gortdrum 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.