Knockthomas

804 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockthomas, from 0 m² to 94,893 m² (9.49 ha, 23.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 703 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  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.

• 23 Jul 2026N/a

  Permission for development of a housing scheme to North of junction of Pontoon and Turlough Roads, Castlebar, Co. Mayo (former Coal Bunker site), comprising: 1. Construction of 12 no. apartments (4 no. two bed and 8 no. one bed) in a three storey building; 2. Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access via Turlough Road; and, 3. Associated development and works including hard and soft landscaping, car and cycle parking, bin stores, communal and private amenity spaces and all other ancillary works above and below ground including works and connections to water supply, wastewater and surface water infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660593

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  Application for retention permission for development that shall include a) the retention of the inclusion of an area of adjoining commercial premises and change of use of that area to gaming/amusement arcade. b) the retention of change of use of first floor to gaming/amusement arcade from residential. c) retention of the inclusion of ancillary areas on ground floor that were excluded in previous planning application ref. P05/3274 at Gold Rush Casino, Rush Street, Castlebar, County Mayo F23HY04 together with associated and ancillary site development works and the provision of ancillary services above and below ground.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660490

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  Construction of new residential unit and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560937

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to demolish the existing dwelling house and rear sheds along Upper Charles Street and construct 3 new townhouses, 2 along Upper Charles Street and one at Lucan Street, together with all associated site works and connection into existing services.

  Permission, 3 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560537

• 5 Jul 2025Conditional

  Planning permission to construct two houses with material changes to that previously granted under Planning Permission Ref: P21/755 including connection to public services and all associated site development works and the provision of ancillary services above and below ground level at No. 3 Kennedy Gardens, Castlebar, County Mayo.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560446

• 2 Jun 2025N/a

  Planning permission to demolish the existing house, attached garage and extensions and to construct a new development. The development will include one block of two semi-detached, three-bedroom, split level dwelling houses together with off street parking, connection to public services and all associated site development works and the provision of ancillary services above and below ground level at No. 3 Kennedy Gardens, Castlebar, County Mayo.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560345

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for the demolition of an existing single-storey living room to the side of the existing house and the construction of a new independent living unit extension in its place together with all associated site works and connection into existing services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560271

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  Housing scheme comprising demolition of existing derelict, two storey house, construction of 30 no. housing/apartment units incorporating 12no. 3 bed, 2 storey, semi-detached houses, 4no. 3 bed, two storey terraced houses, 7no. 2 bed, single level, ground floor Apartments, 6no. 2 bed, Duplex Apartments, 1no. 1 bed, first floor, single level Apartment, ESB substation if required, bike storage, bin storage and all ancillary siteworks, services and landscaping at Turlough Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo Height of Buildings: 8.250m (lowest - terraced houses) - 10.175m (highest Apartment units)

  Permission, 13 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560242

• 9 Apr 2025Conditional

  Full planning permission for the following; (1) Demolish existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement two-storey semi-detached dwelling house and all associated site works at 40 Whitehorse Lane, Turlough Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560208

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  retain house on site no. 18 as constructed, previously granted planning permission under ref. no. P98/740

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 25103

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to form 2 new apartments in existing dwelling house including a new two-storey rear extension, elevational changes, and a new rear storage shed together with demolition of existing rear extension and boiler house and all associated site works and connection into existing services.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560038

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  Demolition of existing buildings and the construction of 33 no houses with access roads, connection to public services and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 26 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560024

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of: 1) Construction of a housing development with a total of 32 no. dwellings in semi-detached, detached and terrace configurations, consisting of 1no. 4-bed detached house, 3no. 3-bed detached house, 16no. 3-bed semi-detached houses and 12no. 2-bed terrace houses. 2) Associated development and works including pedestrian and vehicular access onto Turlough Road and An Sruthán Road, all hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenities and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting, and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission, 32 homes · Mayo County Council, 2460574

• 30 Jul 2024N/a

  change the use of existing dental surgery to provate dwelling house previously granted planning permission by Castlebar UDC under ref. no. p.d. 1016

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24314

• 30 Jul 2024Conditional

  construct a dwelling house and two apartments with associated site works adn connections to services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 24315

• 4 Jul 2024Conditional

  demolition of existing workshop and stores and the construction of 2 no. 2 bed town houses, the construction of a 1 bed apartment together with vehicular access and on site car parking and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 24264

• 12 Jun 2024N/a

  construct a dwelling house and two apartment with associated site works and connections to services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24228

• 10 Jun 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration:Replace tiles with slates .

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24211

• 8 Jun 2024Refused

  Permission for development of a housing scheme to North of junction of Pontoon and Turlough Roads, Castlebar, Co. Mayo (former Coal Bunker site), comprising: 1. Construction of 19 no. apartments (10 no. two bed and 9 no. one bed) in part-four part-five storey building; 2. Pedestrian and cycle access via Pontoon and Turlough Roads; and, 3. Associated development and works including hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, bin stores, communal and private amenity and open spaces and all other ancillary works above and below ground including works and connections to water supply, wastewater and surface water infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460346

• 1 Sept 2023Refused

  construct a dwelling house and two apartments with associated site works and connections to services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23498

• 3 Jul 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission for a change of use of part of the ground floor, from Commercial use to a Community Hub which comprises of alterations to the existing layout, including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360258

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  change of use of one second floor apartment from residential to office use

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23287

• 10 May 2023Conditional

  construct dwelling house together with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23264

• 4 May 2023Conditional

  construct 2 no. detached dwelling houses with connection to public services and all ancillary siteworks

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 23243

• 13 Apr 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission to carry out alterations to existing public house including internal modifications, alterations to existing smoking area and relocation of storage areas together with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360104

The 25 most recent of 58 applications.

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 the townland of Knockthomas.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockthomas.

Architectural heritage

• The Linen Hall, building misc, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey linen hall, built 1790; dated 1790; extant 1798, on a symmetrical plan originally detached. In use, 1837. Disused, 1846. "Neglected", 1863. Sold, 1914, to accommodate continued alternative use. "Repaired", 1947-8. Adapted to alternative use, 1986. "Restored", 2002. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone stepped cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed cut-limestone wall to front (south-west) elevation with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners centred on flat iron "Portcullis" tie plates; replacement cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening with threshold, and dragged cut-limestone surround with three quarter-engaged Doric columns supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" open bed pediment framing timber panelled double doors. Round-headed window opening (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sill, and dragged cut-limestone surround centred on stop fluted double keystone framing one-over-one timber sash window having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings (ground floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on fluted keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows having overlights. Interior including (ground floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled splayed reveals; staircase hall retaining staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newels; and (first floor): gallery retaining inlaid cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.

• Church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Façade of attached single-bay double-height pedimented Presbyterian church, built 1863; dated 1863; opened 1863. Disused, 1945. Repointed snecked limestone wall on drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting thumbnail beaded ogee-detailed pediment on blind frieze framing cut-limestone oval date stone ("1863"). Round-headed central door opening below defaced dragged cut-limestone plaque with tooled cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with monolithic pilasters on plinths supporting archivolt centred on keystone framing replacement glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Round-headed flanking window openings with replacement cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone monolithic surrounds framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Street fronted with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron double gates.

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).

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_341 (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.

• Knockthomas, Castlebar9 sales

Name

Knockthomas · Cnoc Thomáis

Area

818,000 m² (81.8 ha, 202.13 acres)

Civil parish

Aglish, 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

Annalecka, Carrowncurry, Corradrish, Garryduff, Gorteendrunagh, Knockacroghery, Springfield

Placenames

Knockthomas 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.