Carrowbaun
Carrowbaun is a townland in the civil parish of Oughaval, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Cheathrú Bhán.
Parcel 900905
- Area
- 1,779 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 180 m².
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Westport Local Area Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Carrowbaun
Planning applications on this parcel
19 Sept 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of 97 residential units consisting of: 19 detached housing units (4-bed), 33 terraced housing units (2, 3 & 4-bed), 9 own-door apartments (1 & 2-bed), 18 ground floor terraced own-door apartments (2-bed) and 18 own-door terraced duplex apartments (3-bed), creche / shell-space community building, new site access points (vehicular and pedestrian), site landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, connection to the existing site services (water and foul waste), and all other associated site works
Permission, 52 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560648
31 Mar 2023Conditional
construction of 81 residential units, comprising of 19 no. detached, 14 no. semi-detached and 24 no. terraced housing units, and 24 no. apartment units, new site access points (vehicular and pedestrian), new boundary treatments, connection to the existing site services (water and foul waste), and all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23176
8 Jun 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF 46 NO. HOUSES (30 NO. DETACHED AND 16 NO. SEMI-DETACHED) WITH ASSOCIATED ROADS, FOOTPATHS, LIGHTING AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND SERVICES.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20365
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 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_216 (ZIP).
- 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
- 193.8 ha
- 479 acres
- Land parcels
- 382
- registered freehold, median 1,738 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 62
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
382 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbaun, from 4 m² to 140,938 m² (14.09 ha, 34.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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
- P1Agriculture
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 141 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 46 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Services Facilities (Community facilities)
Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 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
7 Apr 2026Conditional
retention of 2 no. skylights and construction of a porch and minor alterations to existing dwelling house with all ancillary and associated site works, services and landscaping
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2673
25 Nov 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage with connection to public mains together with all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560857
25 Nov 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house with connection to public services, together with all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560861
19 Sept 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of 97 residential units consisting of: 19 detached housing units (4-bed), 33 terraced housing units (2, 3 & 4-bed), 9 own-door apartments (1 & 2-bed), 18 ground floor terraced own-door apartments (2-bed) and 18 own-door terraced duplex apartments (3-bed), creche / shell-space community building, new site access points (vehicular and pedestrian), site landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, connection to the existing site services (water and foul waste), and all other associated site works
Permission, 52 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560648
19 Sept 2025Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house with domestic garage including playroom and storage space with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560652
19 Sept 2025Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house with domestic garage including playroom and storage space with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560654
18 Jun 2025Conditional
The development consists of 1.) the retention of minor alterations to existing house previously Granted under P19/415 and 2.) the retention of a storage shed. 3.) Planning Permission to construct a domestic garage with tool shed and green house in lieu of site container together with all ancillary site works.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560393
6 May 2025Conditional
Retention of the dwelling house and domestic garage as constructed on revised site boundaries including all ancillary site works.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560268
21 Dec 2024Conditional
construction of ground floor extensions, attic dormer extension alteration and associated site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560010
18 Dec 2024Conditional
Extension & renovation of an existing dwelling house, connection to existing services and all associated site works at the above address.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460785
16 Dec 2024Conditional
renovate and extend existing derelict dwelling house with connection to existing services together with associated site services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24522
7 Oct 2024Conditional
Change of use of existing forecourt shop to include use as an off-licence, construction of side extension to the shop for retail and off-license use, revised shop elevations and floor layout, and retention of existing building at the side of the shop for use as a car valeting service and ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460630
6 Aug 2024Conditional
Construction of a veterinary clinic, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24320
1 Jul 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a private dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to public mains including all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460400
27 Jun 2024Conditional
construction of annexe extension and alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24248
24 Jun 2024Conditional
retain dwelling house and domestic garage as constructed on site together with associated site services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 24240
8 Feb 2024N/a
planning permission to construct a dwelling house with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460040
20 Nov 2023N/a
planning permission to construct a dwelling house with minor alterations on a revised site boundary with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360483
2 Oct 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to renovate and extend existing dwelling house used as B&B providing separate private living accommodation to the main house, demolish and relocate domestic garage and provide garden shed together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360409
24 Jul 2023Conditional
retain dwelling house with sunroom extension on revised site boundaries together with associated site services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 23421
3 Jul 2023Conditional
planning permission to construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360256
20 Jun 2023Refused
New independent living unit and associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360226
16 May 2023Conditional
planning permission to construct a dwelling house with minor alterations on a revised site boundary with connection to public services together with all ancillary site works (Previous planning ref: P18/605)
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360166
20 Apr 2023Refused
retain existing long term residential unit together with all ancillary site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 23218
6 Apr 2023Conditional
extension to the existing house comprising a granny flat together with all ancillary siteworks and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23191
The 25 most recent of 62 applications.
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrowbaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carrowbaun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrowbaun.
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 Carrowbaun, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_216 (ZIP).
- 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
- Carrowbaun, Westport12 sales
The townland
- Name
- Carrowbaun · An Cheathrú Bhán
- Area
- 1,937,840 m² (193.78 ha, 478.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Oughaval, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Westport Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,739 people lived in 619 households in the Westport Rural electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cahernamart, Carrownalurgan, Cloonmonad, Farnaght, Killaghoor, Moyhastin
- Placenames
- Carrowbaun 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.