Urlaur
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmovee, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Urlár
- Area
- 695.2 ha
- 1,718 acres
- Land parcels
- 145
- registered freehold, median 26,451 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
145 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Urlaur, from 61 m² to 199,870 m² (19.99 ha, 49.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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
No zone of a development plan covers Urlaur in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
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 Dec 2020Conditional
REMOVAL OF EXISTING 12 METRES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (TO THE TOP 14.5M) TOGETHER WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ON IT AND REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW 20 METRES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (OVERALL HEIGHT OF 21.5M) CARRYING ANTENNAS, DISHES, ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH GROUND BASED EQUIPMENTS CABINETS AND NEW FENCING FOR WIRELESS DATA AND BROADBAND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 201020
12 Aug 2019Conditional
UPGRADING OF AN EXISTING FARM ENTRANCE TO A FORESTRY STANDARD ENTRANCE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19621
26 Jul 2019Conditional
UPGRADE EXISTING FARM ENTRANCE TO A FORESTRY STANDARD ENTRANCE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19586
21 Dec 2018Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER P17/611 TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 181044
27 Sept 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT 2 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS'S WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEADS AND SECURITY GATES INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18739
7 Aug 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND TERTIARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18607
7 Sept 2017N/a
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17718
28 Jul 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17611
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Urlaur Lakes SAC 001571
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Urlaur Lakes 001571
Recorded monuments
- MA082-009001 Religious house - Dominican friars
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.
- MA082-009002 Burial ground
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.
- MA082-009004 Moated site
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.
- MA082-009005 Earthwork
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.
- MA082-010 Crannog
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 Urlaur.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Urlaur.
- 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 Urlaur with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Urlaur · Urlár
- Area
- 6,951,721 m² (695.17 ha, 1,717.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmovee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Costello
- Electoral division
- Urlaur, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Urlaur electoral division: 513 people in 224 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadiffin, Aghataharn, Carrowbeg, Cloonfaulus, Cloonfeaghra, Cummer, Errit (Co. Roscommon), Tavraun, Tullyganny
- Placenames
- Urlaur 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.