# Lettera, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Leitreach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 11,975,868 m² (1,197.59 ha, 2,959.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 20,327 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-belmullet-ra.md - Barony: Erris - Electoral division: Ballycroy South, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 332 people lived in 125 households in the Ballycroy South electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36954 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152359 - Centre: latitude 54.010378, longitude -9.778452 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lettera, from 19 m² to 4,988,375 m² (498.84 ha, 1,232.65 acres); 41 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 872255: 4,988,375 m² (498.84 ha, 1,232.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872255.md - Parcel 877682: 2,393,482 m² (239.35 ha, 591.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877682.md - Parcel 997467: 1,520,779 m² (152.08 ha, 375.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/997467.md - Parcel 962156: 345,395 m² (34.54 ha, 85.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962156.md - Parcel 976692: 248,869 m² (24.89 ha, 61.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976692.md - Parcel 910458: 201,762 m² (20.18 ha, 49.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910458.md - Parcel 912470: 190,445 m² (19.04 ha, 47.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912470.md - Parcel 1011868: 181,843 m² (18.18 ha, 44.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011868.md - Parcel 933032: 166,808 m² (16.68 ha, 41.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933032.md - Parcel 899948: 163,145 m² (16.31 ha, 40.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899948.md - Parcel 908677: 158,357 m² (15.84 ha, 39.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908677.md - Parcel 1003717: 135,628 m² (13.56 ha, 33.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003717.md - Parcel 971608: 90,024 m² (9 ha, 22.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971608.md - Parcel 973811: 88,309 m² (8.83 ha, 21.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973811.md - Parcel 875052: 83,423 m² (8.34 ha, 20.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875052.md - Parcel 914889: 80,230 m² (8.02 ha, 19.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914889.md - Parcel 875676: 76,506 m² (7.65 ha, 18.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875676.md - Parcel 958007: 68,497 m² (6.85 ha, 16.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958007.md - Parcel 875046: 67,709 m² (6.77 ha, 16.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875046.md - Parcel 876539: 66,680 m² (6.67 ha, 16.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876539.md - Parcel 981804: 66,577 m² (6.66 ha, 16.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981804.md - Parcel 943700: 66,019 m² (6.6 ha, 16.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943700.md - Parcel 963192: 54,691 m² (5.47 ha, 13.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963192.md - Parcel 985519: 40,193 m² (4.02 ha, 9.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985519.md - Parcel 889015: 34,622 m² (3.46 ha, 8.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/889015.md - Parcel 1001567: 26,957 m² (2.7 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001567.md - Parcel 914890: 22,930 m² (2.29 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914890.md - Parcel 1006651: 17,724 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006651.md - Parcel 994254: 16,822 m² (1.68 ha, 4.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994254.md - Parcel 958008: 16,143 m² (1.61 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958008.md - Parcel 875184: 12,804 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875184.md - Parcel 908484: 12,018 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908484.md - Parcel 5265671: 11,779 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5265671.md - Parcel 1002061: 6,632 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002061.md - Parcel 914379: 5,375 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914379.md - Parcel 884329: 4,562 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/884329.md - Parcel 984365: 4,199 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984365.md - Parcel 914196: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914196.md - Parcel 5316506: 3,572 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5316506.md - Parcel 921388: 3,319 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921388.md - Parcel 967293: 2,823 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967293.md - Parcel 5147036: 2,756 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5147036.md - Parcel 983521: 2,437 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/983521.md - Parcel 1008805: 2,400 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008805.md - Parcel 888224: 2,274 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888224.md - Parcel 896165: 2,268 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/896165.md - Parcel 1002723: 2,178 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002723.md - Parcel 951363: 2,026 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/951363.md - Parcel 870827: 1,862 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/870827.md - Parcel 2390996: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390996.md - Parcel 2391006: 1,601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2391006.md - Parcel 3465756: 1,465 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465756.md - Parcel 895766: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/895766.md - Parcel 2732389: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2732389.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lettera 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) 1 application, newest first. - 28 Jan 2019, Mayo County Council 1944: Refused. Retention. The development consists of a dwelling house and garage and retention of the current ridge height of both buildings and revised front elevation. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/1944/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Owenduff/Nephin Complex SAC, site code 000534, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000534 - Special Protection Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex SPA, site code 004098, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004098 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex, site code 000534 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA044-002: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-002----. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 3 January 2012 - MA044-011001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-011001-. 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. - MA044-011002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-011002-. 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. - MA044-011003: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-011003-. 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. - MA044-011004: Cross-inscribed stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-011004-. 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 Lettera. ## 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 Lettera, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lettera. - 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/lettera.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lettera.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lettera.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lettera 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) - Bellagarvaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/bellagarvaun.md - Castlehill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castlehill-150827.md - Gortbrack South: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gortbrack-south.md - Lurgandarragh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lurgandarragh.md - Owenduff: https://everytownland.com/mayo/owenduff-152636.md - Sheeanmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/sheeanmore.md - Srahduggaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/srahduggaun.md - Tallagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tallagh-152998.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/lettera - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/lettera