# Buckwaria, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Aghagower, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Boc Bháire. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 486,568 m² (48.66 ha, 120.23 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,992 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 Agriculture, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Aghagower, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/aghagower.md - Barony: Murrisk - Electoral division: Westport Urban, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,252 people lived in 2,285 households in the Westport Urban electoral division. 53% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37593 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150473 - Centre: latitude 53.797512, longitude -9.497348 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Buckwaria, from 285 m² to 248,836 m² (24.88 ha, 61.49 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 962492: 248,836 m² (24.88 ha, 61.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962492.md - Parcel 881163: 90,635 m² (9.06 ha, 22.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/881163.md - Parcel 972879: 68,755 m² (6.88 ha, 16.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/972879.md - Parcel 2526074: 59,388 m² (5.94 ha, 14.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2526074.md - Parcel 963460: 3,188 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963460.md - Parcel 3748114: 2,719 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3748114.md - Parcel 949644: 2,045 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949644.md - Parcel 956478: 2,009 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956478.md - Parcel 881164: 1,976 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/881164.md - Parcel 949654: 1,759 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/949654.md - Parcel 2526071: 1,412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2526071.md - Parcel 4706754: 1,370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4706754.md - Parcel 4902763: 1,332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4902763.md - Parcel 950011: 495 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/950011.md - Parcel 951899: 364 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/951899.md - Parcel 4791389: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4791389.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 Agriculture: Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo; 11 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/8d3ff0c0-df51-485b-9718-76b494dd7edd/Westport-Local-Area-Plan-2024-2030.pdf#page=108 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/8d3ff0c0-df51-485b-9718-76b494dd7edd/Westport-Local-Area-Plan-2024-2030.pdf#page=108 - R4 Strategic Residential Reserve: Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/8d3ff0c0-df51-485b-9718-76b494dd7edd/Westport-Local-Area-Plan-2024-2030.pdf#page=108 - G5 Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/getmedia/8d3ff0c0-df51-485b-9718-76b494dd7edd/Westport-Local-Area-Plan-2024-2030.pdf#page=108 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 24 Aug 2026, Mayo County Council 26202: N/a. Permission. construct an all weather sand arena, construct an all weather turnout paddock and construct a covered dung stead and water harvesting tanks together with associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/26202/0 - 30 Mar 2026, Mayo County Council 2660239: Conditional. Permission. Planning Permission to demolish existing flat roofed extension to the side of the existing dwelling and construct a replacement pitched roof extension.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660239/0 - 25 Mar 2026, Mayo County Council 2660225: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Demolish existing sunroom, construct new 2-storey rear extension, remove existing dormer windows at first floor level and replace with new velux rooflights and carry out minor elevational alterations to existing dormer dwelling. Works to include the creation of a new entrance driveway from the Knockranny village road.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660225/0 - 12 Dec 2024, Mayo County Council 2460759: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Development will consist of the construction of a dwelling and ancillary storage shed, with connection to nearby public sewerage and water supply and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460759/0 - 16 May 2024, Mayo County Council 2460298: Refused. Permission. construction of a dwelling and ancillary storage shed, with connection to nearby public sewerage and water supply and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460298/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Buckwaria. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA088-035: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA088-035----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Buckwaria. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Buckwaria, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_243, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_243.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/buckwaria.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/buckwaria.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/buckwaria.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Buckwaria with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Derrygorman: https://everytownland.com/mayo/derrygorman.md - Knockranny: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockranny-152249.md - Sheeroe: https://everytownland.com/mayo/sheeroe.md - Tonranny: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tonranny.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/buckwaria - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/buckwaria