Gortnalower
Townland in the civil parish of Ardfinnan, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Gort na Lobhar
- Area
- 5.2 ha
- 13 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 990 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnalower, from 77 m² to 9,117 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
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
24 Apr 2024Conditional
the change of use from residential to commercial use all with minor changes to internal layout and external elevations
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460309
27 Jul 2022Conditional
(1) two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling (2) Pitched roof over original dwelling (3) Alterations to existing elevations and all with associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260393
9 Apr 2021Conditional
the extension of a permitted solar photovoltaic panel array (PI Ref. 16/600642). The proposed development comprises the provision of up to 30,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, a 20kv substation (55sq.m), inverter and transformer units, underground cable ducts, boundary fencing, CCTV and all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21473
14 Jun 2019Conditional
amend previously granted Permission Ref 18601321 to include the following: revision to design from two-storey to single-storey extension, reduction in floor area, changes to external finishes and external works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600663
28 May 2019N/a
amend previously granted Permission Ref 18601321 to include the following: revision to design from two-storey to single-storey extension, reduction in floor area, changes to external finishes and external works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600580
2 Nov 2018Conditional
demolition of rear extension and outhouse buildings, (2) single and two storey extension to the rear. (3) The development will include all associated drainage, site development and landscaping works.
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18601321
12 Oct 2018N/a
a development at their dwelling to include the following: 1) Demolition of rear extension and outhouse buildings, 2) Single storey extension to rear, 3) The development will include all associated drainage, site development and landscaping works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601232
22 Nov 2017Conditional
construction of an extension to the side elevation and a porch extension to the front elevation of existing dwelling, all with associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601280
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortnalower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortnalower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortnalower.
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 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 Gortnalower.
- 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 Gortnalower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Gortnalower · Gort na Lobhar
- Area
- 51,507 m² (5.15 ha, 12.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardfinnan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Ardfinnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ardfinnan electoral division: 1,178 people in 453 households; 81% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commons, Kilballygorman, Monroe East
- Placenames
- Gortnalower 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.