Snugborough

647 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Snugborough, from 0 m² to 72,039 m² (7.2 ha, 17.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 68 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 536 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 150 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Services Facilities (Community facilities)
  Castlebar 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.

• 6 Sept 2026N/a

  Planning application for the construction of a new single-storey side extension and a new two-storey rear extension along with minor internal reconfigurations and minor alterations to the front elevation of an existing detached dwelling.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660708

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of C & B Gavin for planning permission to construct a single-storey dwellinghouse over part basement with a total floor area of 264.5 sq.m, at Rathbaun, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.. The application also includes all ancillary site works and services, including connections to the existing foul and storm drainage systems

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660361

• 13 Mar 2026Conditional

  convert existing garage and carry out alterations to existing semi detached dwelling to include new layout with all necessary site works and ancillaries

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2650

• 16 Oct 2025Conditional

  Full Planning Permission for the construction of 61 no. residential units consisting of 17 No. two storey detached houses, 24 no. two-storey semi-detached houses and 20 no. two storey terraced houses , providing for 6 no. two bedroom units, 14 no. three bedroom units and 41 no. four bedroom units on completion, together with the continuation of the new internal access road from the adjacent development (as granted under planning reference P24/60110 ), connection to all services and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 61 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560723

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works including connection to public sewer and water mains

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25334

• 13 Jul 2025Conditional

  1. Construction of a housing development (Garryduff Park West) of 68 no. dwellings in two and three storey semi-detached and terraced houses and duplex/apartment configurations; 2. Vehicular and pedestrian/cycle access point to Garryduff Park (also facilitating other/future phases of housing subject to separate planning application(s)); and, 3. Associated development and works and development including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces (including games area), boundary treatments, bin stores, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission, 43 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560464

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional

  1. Construction of a housing development (Garryduff Park East) of 55 no. dwellings in two and three storey semi-detached and terraced houses and duplex / apartment configurations; 2. Vehicular and pedestrian/cycle access point to Garryduff Park (also facilitating other/future phases of housing subject to separate planning application(s)) and secondary pedestrian/cycle access point from Garryduff Park; and, 3. Associated development and works and development including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces (including play / games areas), boundary treatments, bin stores, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission, 41 homes · Mayo County Council, 2560366

• 11 Jun 2025N/a

  1. Construction of a housing development (Garryduff Park West) of 68 no. dwellings in two and three storey semi-detached and terraced houses and duplex / apartment configurations; 2. Vehicular and pedestrian/cycle access point to Garryduff Park (also facilitating other/future phases of housing subject to separate planning application(s)); and, 3. Associated development and works and development including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces (including games area), boundary treatments, bin stores, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560367

• 11 Jun 2025Refused

  1. Construction of a housing development (Garryduff Park North) of 41 no. dwellings in two and three storey detached, semi-detached and terraced houses and duplex / apartment configurations; 2. Construction of a single storey childcare / creche facility measuring c. 190 sqm and associated amenity / play, parking and ancillary facilities; 3. Vehicular and pedestrian/cycle access point via Victoria Place to Garryduff Park; and, 4. Associated development and works and development including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenity and open spaces (including play area), boundary treatments, bin stores, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560368

• 15 May 2025Conditional

  Construction of a Residential Care Facility and demolition of Existing Dwelling, first Floor accommodation, Garage and Workshops

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560297

• 28 Apr 2025Refused

  construct dwelling house together with all ancillary siteworks, including connecting to public sewer and water mains

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25160

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  Sayvale 25 Ltd. Is applying for an amendment to a permitted planning permission for “the construction of 79 no. houses, consisting of 5 no. Detached Houses and 37 no. blocks of semi-detached houses, connections to public services and ancillary site development works at Snugborough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo”, which was previously permitted under planning reg. number P21/921. The proposed amendment applies to 38 no. of the permitted two storey dwellings which are to be replaced with 42 no. two storey dwellings (consisting of 8 no. 3 bedroom houses semi-detached houses, 34 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses), 4 no. 2 bedroom own door apartments, and 4 no. 1 bedroom own door apartments, (on overall total of 87 no. units in the development), and a new connection to a public waste water pumping station to service the overall development, and all ancillary site and landscaping works necessary to complete the development.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460782

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  Change of house type from that previously granted permission under planning reference 221139 & all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460760

• 8 Nov 2024Refused

  construct dwelling house together with all ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24474

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to demolish disused house and shed and to construct a replacement two storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, connection to existing public services together with use of existing access road, new boundary treatment and all associated and ancillary site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460556

• 30 Aug 2024Refused

  Planning permission for development of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to existing public services together with connection to existing access road, boundary treatment and all associated and ancillary site development works and services on this site at Snugborough, Castlebar, County Mayo.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460543

• 4 Jul 2024Conditional

  Construction of a private dwelling house, connection to public services together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460417

• 21 Jun 2024Refused

  Permission for the retention and completion of existing apartment and associated siteworks and services.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460384

• 26 Apr 2024Conditional

  The construction of a new two storey dwelling house, a two-storey domestic garage with a lean-to boat shed, carport with alterations and revised site entrance to a previously approved planning application ref no. 23/60242 on revised site boundaries with associated site works at Ballinaglough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460240

• 17 Apr 2024N/a

  Permission to convert existing basement to Granny Flat and associated siteworks and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460218

• 12 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission to Construct a New Dwelling House, Domestic Garage and Associated Siteworks and Services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460130

• 30 Nov 2023Refused

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage and associated siteworks and sevices

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360510

• 23 Jun 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, carport and connection to all existing services together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360242

• 9 Feb 2023Conditional

  construction of a new detached dwelling house, construction of a domestic garage, and proposed connection to services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2355

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  construction of 1 no. detached dwelling house on site number 84 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221153

The 25 most recent of 56 applications.

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 the townland of Snugborough.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Snugborough.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Snugborough.

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).

Radon

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). 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_327 (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.

No address of the register names Snugborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Snugborough · Dromainn na gCloch

Area

1,523,730 m² (152.37 ha, 376.52 acres)

Civil parish

Aglish, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

7,935 people lived in 2,987 households in the Castlebar Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowbrinoge, Coarsepark, Drumnacarta, Garryduff, Lagnavaddoge, Rathbaun, Tully, Tully Commons

Placenames

Snugborough 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.