Laghtagalla
Townland in the civil parish of Thurles, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Na Leachta Geala
- Area
- 37.5 ha
- 93 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 1,941 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtagalla, from 53 m² to 124,078 m² (12.41 ha, 30.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space & Recreation (Active open space)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, 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
10 Apr 2025Conditional
a) proposed new floodlighting installation to include 12no. new 18m high lighting poles to serve 2no. existing grass pitches; b) all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560298
6 Nov 2023Conditional
the construction of a new Gym and Storage Shed to the north of our existing site and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360887
25 Oct 2023Conditional
a) the construction a new extension to the front of the existing clubhouse, b) block up existing entrance and create a new entrance to the public road, c) a new connection to public services, d) decommissioning of existing septic tank. Retention Permission is also sought for the existing extension to the clubhouse and all associated siteworks
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360855
17 Oct 2023N/a
an existing extention to the clubhouse and Planning Permission for the following A) Construct a new extension to the front of the existing clubhouse, B) Block up existing entrance and create a new entrance to the public road, C) A new connection to public services, D) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and all associated siteworks
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360826
3 Oct 2023N/a
a) construction of a new extension to the front of the existing clubhouse, b) block up existing entrance and create a new entrance to the public road, c) new connection to the public services, d) decommissioning of existing septic tank and also Retention Permission for an existing extension to the clubhouse and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360792
29 Jun 2023Conditional
a) pre-fabricated building to be used as a changing room, b) a steel container to be used as a store, c) a second steel container to be used as a store and PERMISSION for a shed for the storage of equipment to be used for the maintenance and improvement of the football grounds and all associated site works and PERMISSION for a soakpit to take the rainwater from the roofs of the buildings for retention and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23180
3 Jun 2020Conditional
63 no. dwellings (consisting of 10 no. two bed bungalows, 11 no. two bed mid-terrace units, 14 no. 3 bed end-terrace units, 22 no. 3 bed semi-detached units, 4 no. 4 bed semi-detached units and 2 no. 4 bed detached units along with all associated site and development works
Permission, 63 homes · Tipperary County Council, 20540
19 Jul 2019Conditional
dwellinghouse as constructed and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600812
5 Jun 2019N/a
dwellinghouse as constructed and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600617
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 Laghtagalla.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Laghtagalla.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laghtagalla.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Laghtagalla.
- 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 Laghtagalla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Laghtagalla · Na Leachta Geala
- Area
- 375,195 m² (37.52 ha, 92.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Thurles, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Thurles Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Thurles Rural electoral division: 2,365 people in 851 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bohernamona, Bowling Green, Cassestown, Farranreigh, Furze, Lognafulla, Rathcooney, Wrensborough
- Placenames
- Laghtagalla 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.