Gorteeshal
Townland in the civil parish of Templetenny, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Gort Íseal
- Area
- 477.4 ha
- 1,180 acres
- Land parcels
- 80
- registered freehold, median 16,748 m² (1.67 ha, 4.14 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Amenity
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteeshal, from 255 m² to 1,092,261 m² (109.23 ha, 269.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Jan 2024Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, a vehicular entrance, a tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment area and to allow for all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2414
29 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) the relocation of the existing polytunnel currently situated south of the creche to a new location on the green west of the creche, (2) the construction of two new prefabricated log cabins, one log cabin shall be situated to the south of the creche and the second log cabin shall be situated to the south of the green west of the creche, (3) forming a new door opening on the east elevation and construction of a first floor deck for an external play area, (4) associated siteworks and connection to existing services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23331
8 Dec 2023N/a
(1) the relocation of the existing polytunnel currently situated south of the creche to a new location on the green west of the creche, (2) the construction of two new prefabricated log cabins, one shall be situated to the south of the creche and the second shall be situated to the south of the green, west of the Creche, (3) forming a new door opening on the east elevation and construction of a first floor deck for an external play area and (4) associated siteworks and connecting to existing services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23311
13 Jan 2023Conditional
the refurbishment of Balllyporeen Old Boys National School. Erect new fencing segregating Old from New school and replace neighbouring fence with screen fence. Construct 1.8 m walkway path on East side with entrance at Lower Main Street Ballyporeen. Extend parking bays to include two electric charging points. Construct a new store room (11.8 m wide X 1.7 m long and 5m high) utilising existing hurling wall structure
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 236
18 Apr 2019Conditional
six no two-storey dwellings with detached garages, vehicular entrance, roadway and associated site development works, including site boundaries and connection to foul sewer pumping station on adjoining lands
Outline permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600405
13 Dec 2018Conditional
previously completed garage conversion from garage to dwelling house and Retention of projecting bay window
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 18601461
21 Sept 2018Conditional
proposed new single storey extension to existing dwelling, new single storey attached garage, alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601144
14 Jun 2017Conditional
to install a stand-alone prefabricated log cabin building so as to provide additional childcare accommodation and services, connect to public services, including all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600665
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS086-035 Enclosure
Description
On a very gradual S-facing slope in lush meadow, on land sloping towards the valley floor. Monument identified on aerial photograph (Air Corps 2230/1) as a roughly circular cropmark. There is no visible trace of the enclosure above ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gorteeshal.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gorteeshal.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gorteeshal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Gorteeshal · An Gort Íseal
- Area
- 4,773,616 m² (477.36 ha, 1,179.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templetenny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Ballyporeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyporeen electoral division: 964 people in 362 households; 82% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyporeen, Barnahown, Doon, Glenacunna, Kilcarroon, Moher
- Placenames
- Gorteeshal 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.