Bunnyconnellan East

119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunnyconnellan East, from 144 m² to 6,135,802 m² (613.58 ha, 1,516.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bunnyconnellan East 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.

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  An amendment to the previously granted wind turbine (P21/881) to increase the hub height to 99m of an operation lifespan of 30 years from commissioning. The development will consist of one wind turbine with a tip height of approximately 169 metres, control building, new access road (approximately 240m), hardstand areas, underground cabling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660270

• 25 Mar 2026N/a

  An amendment to the previously granted a wind turbine (p21/881) to increase the hub height to 99m of an operation lifespan of 30 years from commissioning. The development will consist of one wind turbine with a tip height of approximately 169 metres, control building, site access road (approximately 240m), hardstand areas, underground cabling and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660227

• 17 Jul 2025Conditional

  Planning permission to construct dwelling house, domestic garage, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and carry out all associated site works at, Bunnyconnellan East, Bonniconlon, Ballina, Co Mayo.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560482

• 15 Jan 2025Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage with effluent treatment system and for all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560020

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  The existing circuit is located in the townlands of Gorteen, Ardoughan, Kilemoremoy, Belleek, Ballina, Quignalecka, Quignashee, Ballyholan, Behy More, Corimla South, Carrownlabaun, Bunnyconnellan West, Rathreedaun, Drumsheen and Bunnyconnellan East, Co. Mayo. The proposed development will consist of: (i) The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection. (ii) The replacement of 20 no. of the 63 no. existing Intermediate Polesets (IMPs) with similar polesets. Any replacement polesets will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures that they will replace, will be along the same alignment as the existing line, with a height difference of between 1-2 metres, with the exception of IMP52 where the height difference will be 4 metres. (iii) The relocation of IMP49 on the Behy Road (townland of Ballyholan), to be replaced with 2 no. new polesets (IMP49 and IMP49A) to the east and west of the existing poleset, along the route of the existing line. (iv) The replacement of 3 of the 13 no. existing steel towers (angle masts) with similar structures. (v) The carrying out of civil works for tower foundation strengthening at 3 no. locations and monopole-foundation strengthening at 1 no. location and bar member replacement works at 3 no. locations. (vi) The replacement of hardware and fittings at all locations. (vii) The replacement of crossarms at 20 no. locations. (viii) All associated works within the existing Glenree and Moy substations to accommodate the uprated 110kV overhead line. (ix) Other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate, including construction compounds, the installation of silt traps, silt fences, access tracks, ground protection mats and temporary watercourse crossings. (x) All associated site development works above and below the ground to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance, remedial works on concrete shear blocks, replacement of individual tower members and bolts, replacement of hardware and insulators, replacement of dampers, installation of line identification and danger notices and anti-climbing guards, the provision of temporary access routes and other ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360261

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211386

• 13 Aug 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A WIND TURBINE WITH AN OPERATION LIFESPAN OF 30 YEARS, FROM COMMISSIONING CONSISTING OF ONE WIND TURBINE WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 150M, CONTROL BUILDING, NEW ACCESS ROAD (APPROX 240M), HARDSTAND AREAS, UNDERGROUND CABLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21881

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A 36M HIGH LATTICE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE CARRYING DISHES, ANTENNAE AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21581

• 15 Aug 2019Conditional

  ANEMOMETRY MAST OF 64M IN HEIGHT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19635

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Hoe Bog SAC 000633
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Hoe Bog 000633

Recorded monuments

• MA040-100 Cairn - unclassified
  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 Bunnyconnellan East.

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

At the centre of the townland of Bunnyconnellan East, about 1 in 20 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 water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bunnyconnellan East.

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 Bunnyconnellan East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Bunnyconnellan East · Muine Chonalláin Thoir

Area

8,872,685 m² (887.27 ha, 2,192.49 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgarvan, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Kilgarvan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

857 people lived in 323 households in the Kilgarvan electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunnyconnellan West, Drumsheen, Kilgarvan, Kilmacteige (Co. Sligo), Knocknasliggaun (Co. Sligo)

Placenames

Bunnyconnellan East 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.