Knockrawer
Townland in the civil parish of Breaghwy, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Cnoc Ramhar
Parcel 5705476
- Area
- 18,956 m² (1.9 ha, 4.68 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- C2.1 Enterprise & Employment (Castlebar Local Area Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Knockrawer
Planning applications on this parcel
20 Dec 2022Conditional
amalgamate retail warehouse units 1-4 (3,228m2) permitted under P19/703 into a single unit for retail warehouse use and to extend the ground floor area to 3,770m2 (an increase of 542m2) and construct first floor mezzanine with a floor area of 395m2. The revised footprint is 3,770m2 with ESB substation, car parking and service compound. The application includes revised elevations, signage and ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221140
2 Sept 2020Conditional
RETENTION OF ESB SUB-STATION AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALTERATIONS TO SOUTH EAST ELEVATION, P14/492 & P05/3224 REFERS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20619
9 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT 4 NO. RETAIL WAREHOUSE UNITS EACH CONTAINING GROSS FLOOR AREA 807SQM WITH TOTAL FLOOR AREA 3,228SQM, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, CAR PARKING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES ON SITE, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P08/1419
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19703
25 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING (MCC PRINTING WORKS) ON SITES 21, 22 & 23 AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (P14/492 REFERS). WORKS TO ENTAIL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PRODUCTION FACILITIES WITH LOADING DOCK WITH A FIRST FLOOR AND MEZZANINE SECTION
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18465
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_342 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 37.4 ha
- 92 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 967 m²
- Zoning
- C2.1
- Enterprise & Employment
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockrawer, from 18 m² to 53,417 m² (5.34 ha, 13.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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
- C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 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
21 Jul 2026N/a
Full Planning Permission for the construction of a new Retail Warehouse & Storage Building (total floor area = 1725.650m2), together with new internal access road & car parking area, boundary treatments, connection to all services and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660586
29 Jun 2026Conditional
Thea Pharma Ltd. hereby apply to the Authority for planning permission for the change of use to offices and gymnasium of area at first floor presently ancillary to existing offices together with ancillary works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660509
26 May 2026Conditional
We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Western Care Association for full planning permission for the following: change of use from Office use to Childcare and Educational use with all associated site works, including car parking a
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660414
20 Feb 2026Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNIT TO INCLUDE WAREHOUSE, OFFICES AND DEDICATED PRIVATE CAR WASH FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT SITE NOS. 1 & 2, BREAFFY ROAD BUSINESS PARK, KNOCKRAWER, CASTLEBAR, CO. MAYO.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660134
23 Jan 2026Refused
We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Western Care Association for full planning permission for the following: change of use from Office use to Day Services use with all associated site works, including car parking at The IPI Centre, Golden Mile Industrial Park, Breaffy Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 V125.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660063
20 Jan 2026N/a
We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Western Care Association for full planning permission for the following: change of use from Office use to Day Services use with all associated site works, including car parking at The IPI Centre, Golden Mile Industrial Park, Breaffy Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 V125.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660056
3 Dec 2025N/a
Construction of an Industrial Unit to include warehouse, offices and dedicated private car wash facilities, together with all ancillary site works at Site Nos. 1 & 2, Breaffy Road Business Park, Knockrawer, Castlebar, County Mayo.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560881
2 May 2025Conditional
construction of a warehouse facility together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25171
6 Mar 2025N/a
construction of a warehouse facility together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2585
13 May 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the following: • Provision of a drive-thru lane for the Costa Coffee unit, including a canopy and service hatch on the northern side of the unit, a height restrictor / entrance barrier on the access lane, 3.5m wide drive-thru lane, and associated hard and soft landscaping; • Demolition of c. 1.4 sq.m of the existing Costa Coffee unit; • Provision of associated signage consisting of 2 no. directional signs, an order station and 3 no. menu boards / advertisement signs; • Alterations to all elevations of the Costa Coffee unit, including the provision of new signage on all elevations; • Associated alterations to the existing car parking layout including the removal of 2 no. existing car parking spaces; • Relocation of lighting pole and totem signage to the north of the Costa Coffee unit; • An increase in the floor area of the building by c. 7.4 sq.m; and • Alterations to landscaping, outdoor seating area and all associated development.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460292
12 May 2023Conditional
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE STOREY METAL CLAD WORKSHOP 90.38 SQ METRES IN SIZE, COMPLETE WITH ANCILLARY SERVICES AND SITE WORKS TO REAR OF EXISTING CAR SHOWROOM AND GARAGE.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360158
13 Mar 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to retain portacabin building used as a classroom to the rear of the existing crèche as granted under P18/163 all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2360055
20 Dec 2022Conditional
amalgamate retail warehouse units 1-4 (3,228m2) permitted under P19/703 into a single unit for retail warehouse use and to extend the ground floor area to 3,770m2 (an increase of 542m2) and construct first floor mezzanine with a floor area of 395m2. The revised footprint is 3,770m2 with ESB substation, car parking and service compound. The application includes revised elevations, signage and ancillary site services
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221140
19 Sept 2022Conditional
RETENTION OF PART OF EXISTING FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL AREA. PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR AND ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR OF UNIT NO. 2 TO FITNESS GYM. NEW SIGNAGE TO FRONT OF BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22808
7 Apr 2021Conditional
RETENTION OF (1) EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO FIRST FLOOR (2) MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT (3) BUSINESS SIGNAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 21324
26 Mar 2021Conditional
Subdivision and change of use of existing garden/house DIY supplies unit. The proposed development comprises (a) the change of use at ground floor level to distributions and warehouse facility with ancillary retail factory outlet/shop with internal reconfiguration and fit out (b) change of use of existing first floor/mezzanine level to office use (with associated ground floor entrance/access area) including internal reconfiguration and fit out (c) consequential changes to elevations and signage/advertising externally; together with all associated and ancillary works and development above and below ground level
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21269
2 Sept 2020Conditional
RETENTION OF ESB SUB-STATION AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALTERATIONS TO SOUTH EAST ELEVATION, P14/492 & P05/3224 REFERS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20619
9 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT 4 NO. RETAIL WAREHOUSE UNITS EACH CONTAINING GROSS FLOOR AREA 807SQM WITH TOTAL FLOOR AREA 3,228SQM, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, CAR PARKING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES ON SITE, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P08/1419
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19703
24 Aug 2018Conditional
A 21M MULTI USER FREE STANDING SUPPORT STRUCTURE CARRYING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE CABINETS, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18653
25 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING (MCC PRINTING WORKS) ON SITES 21, 22 & 23 AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (P14/492 REFERS). WORKS TO ENTAIL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PRODUCTION FACILITIES WITH LOADING DOCK WITH A FIRST FLOOR AND MEZZANINE SECTION
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18465
21 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT WITH AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF c. 5.2M AND A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 286SQM, TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION OF THE CASTLEBAR RETAIL PARK, ON A SITE MEASURING 0.1091 ha. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES SIGNAGE, LANDSCAPING, REVISIONS TO THE EXISTING CAR PARKING LAYOUT OF THE RETAIL PARK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO PROVIDE A 2 METRE WIDE FOOTPATH FROM THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT UNIT TO THE RETAIL WAREHOUSE UNITS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18388
21 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A STANDALONE CAFE/RESTAURANT UNIT WITH AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF c.5.7M AND A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 201SQM. TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE CAR PARK OF CASTLEBAR RETAIL PARK, ADJACENT TO BREAFFY ROAD. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES SIGNAGE FOR THE UNIT, LANDSCAPING, ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, BIN STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON THE 0.0697ha SITE. THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF 22 NO. EXISTING CAR PARKING SPACES AND PROVISION OF 4 NO. NEW CAR PARKING SPACES TO THE EAST OF THE PROPOSED CAFE/RESTAURANT UNIT
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18368
12 Mar 2018Conditional
ERECT A PORTACABIN BUILDING FOR USE AS A CLASSROOM TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING CRECHE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGE TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING CRECHE TO CHANGE 2 EXISTING WINDOWS TO AN EXIT DOOR INCOPORATING AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP FOR ACCESS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18163
28 Aug 2017Conditional
RETENTION OF 202 SQM OF EXISTING FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING UNIT, GRANTED BY P00/2319, TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION GRANTED BY P04/3264, TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO INTERIOR OF THE EXISTING UNIT
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17691
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 Knockrawer.
Recorded monuments
- MA078-029 Ringfort - rath
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockrawer.
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 low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_342 (ZIP).
- 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 Knockrawer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Knockrawer · An Cnoc Ramhar
- Area
- 373,785 m² (37.38 ha, 92.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Breaghwy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlebar Rural electoral division: 7,935 people in 2,987 households; 68% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balloor, Drumconlan, Kilkenny, Lisnakirka or Milebush, Saleen
- Placenames
- Knockrawer 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.