Name: Planning applications within 500 m of The Waterways - Phase 2, Belcarra, Co. Mayo
Creator: Planning Register
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2could change 0open now 92%get approved 34homes coming Noflood risk 3homes started

No planning applications on this site.
Zoned M4 (major town centre); not protected; no vacant land tax.
2 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes.
34 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 19 at Belcarra Castlebar.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 71% owner-occupied (council 73%); 18% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 2001–2010; 69% drive to work (council 66%); population up 7% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 60 days (about 9 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
16 applications nearby in 5 years; 92% approved (council 93%).

On this site

M4

Zoning · Major town centre

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

92%

Approved, when decided · 11 approved · 1 refused

60 days

Time to a decision · median; 43% asked for more information

2

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

71%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 73%

18%

Homes empty (2022) · council 22%

0/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

Questions to ask before you buy 3

19 homes approved 70 m away (Belcarra Castlebar), not started: what is planned?
Ask for: The planning file for 2560843.
15 homes approved 175 m away (Cuillare), not started: what is planned?
Ask for: The planning file for 2460489.
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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The Waterways - Phase 2, Belcarra, Co. Mayo is a 3-bedroom new homes in Belcarra, Mayo (BER A2). It is advertised for sale on daft.ie (last seen live on 6 Oct 2026). Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 27 planning applications: 2 open for observation, 18 granted, 1 refused, 1 decided on appeal, 2 commenced.

More about this address

The site is zoned M4 — major town centre. The nearest EPA-licensed facility is Belcarra, 125 m away.

Type: New Homes
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 3 / —
Floor area: —
BER: A2
Local authority: Mayo County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
EPA licence within 1.0 km: Belcarra (125 m)
Schools within 1.0 km: S N BEAL CARADH (primary school · 109 pupils, 147 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	6 Oct 2026, 05:53	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	6 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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The Waterways - Phase 2, Belcarra, Co. Mayo