# Legan, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Liagán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 462,668 m² (46.27 ha, 114.33 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,884 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilgeever, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilgeever.md - Barony: Murrisk - Electoral division: Louisburgh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Louisburgh electoral division: 1,117 people in 446 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37370 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152344 - Centre: latitude 53.778603, longitude -9.787173 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Legan, from 146 m² to 100,767 m² (10.08 ha, 24.9 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 927416: 100,767 m² (10.08 ha, 24.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927416.md - Parcel 872884: 65,142 m² (6.51 ha, 16.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872884.md - Parcel 953525: 59,795 m² (5.98 ha, 14.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953525.md - Parcel 991462: 57,855 m² (5.79 ha, 14.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991462.md - Parcel 895260: 46,812 m² (4.68 ha, 11.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895260.md - Parcel 977665: 29,983 m² (3 ha, 7.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977665.md - Parcel 932725: 29,508 m² (2.95 ha, 7.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932725.md - Parcel 929913: 17,458 m² (1.75 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929913.md - Parcel 947446: 16,957 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947446.md - Parcel 4965109: 13,620 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965109.md - Parcel 947447: 5,884 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947447.md - Parcel 893020: 5,734 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893020.md - Parcel 893018: 4,032 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893018.md - Parcel 5682614: 2,974 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5682614.md - Parcel 893025: 2,389 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893025.md - Parcel 927418: 1,522 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/927418.md - Parcel 900365: 1,262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/900365.md - Parcel 916461: 779 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/916461.md - Parcel 962568: 492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/962568.md - Parcel 924393: 402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/924393.md - Parcel 924394: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/924394.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Legan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 3 Jul 2025, Mayo County Council 25264: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: construct barn and shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25264/0 - 11 Apr 2024, Mayo County Council 2460204: Conditional. Permission. construction of a new front boundary wall and driveway, alterations to the existing house to include the application of external insulation, rear and side extensions to the existing house, the upgrading of an existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works in addition the extension of a side porch and alterations to all elevations. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460204/0 - 27 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 23627: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration; mobile field shelter for horses over winter. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23627/0 - 16 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 2360475: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of the construction of a new front boundary wall and driveway, alterations to the existing house to include the application of external insulation, rear and side extensions to the existing house, the upgrading of an existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360475/0 - 10 May 2023, Mayo County Council 23263: Refused. Permission. retention planning for the demolition of an existing front boundary wall and shed along with the laying of a foundation for a new shed and will consist of the construction of two sheds and a barn along with a rear and side extension to an existing house and upgrading of an existing wastewater treatment system for same and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23263/0 - 23 Oct 2020, Mayo County Council 20791: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLINGHOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20791/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Oldhead Wood SAC, site code 000532, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000532 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Oldhead Wood, site code 000532 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Legan. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Legan. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, 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 Legan. - 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/legan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/legan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/legan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Legan 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) - Balloor: https://everytownland.com/mayo/balloor-150165.md - Derrylahan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/derrylahan-151449.md - Oldhead: https://everytownland.com/mayo/oldhead.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/legan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/legan