Belcarra
Belcarra is a townland in the civil parish of Drum, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Baile na Cora.
Parcel 3754308
- Area
- 238 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 224 m².
- Zoning
- M4 Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Belcarra
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 74 ha
- 183 acres
- Land parcels
- 128
- registered freehold, median 797 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belcarra, from 17 m² to 159,200 m² (15.92 ha, 39.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 105 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
20 Nov 2025Conditional
Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of Achill Formwork & Construction Ltd. For planning permission to revise the housing development previously granted planning permission, Ref. No. P19540 (Permission for 17 No. Houses) The revised development will consist of changes to Phase 3 of this housing development, under construction, now known as The Waterways : To replace 6 No. 3 Bedroom terraced houses (2 blocks of 3 houses) with 8 No. Semi-Detached houses. This will provide a total No. of 19 No. houses including minor revisions to the access road and turning bay layout along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560843
26 Aug 2024Conditional
retain single storey lounge extension and associated toilets to rear of existing licensed premises, retain first floor bathroom and access stairs to existing living accommodation at first floor level and retain storage sheds to the rear of the property
Retention · Mayo County Council, 24352
6 Aug 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the following: construction of a crèche and 15no. Dwellings (comprising of: 3no. 2-Bedroom houses; 8no. 3-Bedroom houses; 4no. 4-Bedroom houses); connection to existing services; along with all associated ancillary site development works including footpaths, lighting, parking, drainage and landscaping/amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.
Permission, 15 homes · Mayo County Council, 2460489
21 Feb 2023Conditional
retention and completion of an extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2384
6 Dec 2022N/a
construction of an extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 221088
28 Sept 2022Refused
Construction of an extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22846
13 Jun 2022Conditional
Retain existing dwelling house incorporating domestic garage on revised site boundaries to that previously granted planning permission under reference no. P81/1480.
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22478
25 Aug 2020Conditional
DEMOLITION OF 2 NO. DWELLING HOUSES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NO. DWELLING HOUSES, COMMUNITY STORE, WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC TOILET AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20594
11 Jul 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT 22 HOUSING UNITS, CONSISTING OF 9 NO. DETACHED UNITS, 4 NO. SEMI-DETACHED UNITS AND 9 NO. TERRACED HOUSING UNITS, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SITE ENTRANCE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, NEW BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, SITE LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19540
10 Jul 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19526
29 Nov 2018Conditional
Construction of car park, storage yard including landscaping, site fencing and all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18952
9 Nov 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A CAR PARK, STORAGE YARD INCLUDING LANDSCAPING, SITE FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18887
2 Jul 2018Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18490
13 Feb 2018Refused
CONSTRUCT CARPARK, STORAGE YARD INCLUDING FENCING AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 1883
10 Nov 2017Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES TO A 2 BED APARTMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17896
24 Oct 2017Conditional
MODIFICATION AND REDESIGN OF THE FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING SHOWROOM
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17846
4 Apr 2017Conditional
REFURBISHMENT OF EXISITNG DWELLING TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION SUCH AS THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE EXISTING PORCH, NEW WINDOWS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, AND NEW ROOFLIGHTS TO THE FRONT FACING ROOF PITCH, AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17245
3 Mar 2017Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17145
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: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Belcarra.
Architectural heritage
- Heneghan's, house, 1912–1923 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five- or six-bay two-storey house, extant 1923[?], originally attached with shopfront to left ground floor. Disused, 2009. Renovated, 2012. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on rendered eaves. Replacement cement rendered walls on rendered plinth. Rendered shopfront to left ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Water pump, 1946–1975 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, ----. Now disused. Street fronted with part ivy-covered mass-concrete boundary wall to perimeter.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Belcarra, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Belcarra.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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
- Belcarra, Castlebar6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Belcarra · Baile na Cora
- Area
- 739,687 m² (73.97 ha, 182.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drum, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Breaghwy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,964 people lived in 608 households in the Breaghwy electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghfarna, Cuillare, Deerpark Upper, Elmhall, Glebe, Kilbrenan, Knockbaun, Lagakilleen, Lissaniska
- Placenames
- Belcarra 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.