Ballycar North
Townland in the civil parish of O'Briensbridge, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile an Chairn Thuaidh
- Area
- 185.7 ha
- 459 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 30,399 m² (3.04 ha, 7.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycar North, from 1,096 m² to 210,566 m² (21.06 ha, 52.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballycar North 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 May 2026N/a
of an agricultural structure and a hard standing area and full planning PERMISSION for the completion of a new site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 26121
11 Feb 2026N/a
to retain an agricultural structure and full planning permission for the completion of a new site entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2638
7 May 2025N/a
of an agricultural structure and full planning PERMISSION for the completion of a new site entrance and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25149
12 Nov 2024Refused
of an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24374
18 Oct 2024N/a
for an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24341
28 Aug 2023N/a
of an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 23461
10 Aug 2023N/a
to construct an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 23438
19 Jun 2023N/a
of an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 23355
2 Mar 2023N/a
to construct an agricultural structure and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23129
12 May 2021Conditional
for a two story extension with habitable space, open shed and balcony to the West site of the house, a boot room to the South of the house, the addition of two windows to the East Elevation, the replacement of two windows at the front with one picture window on the West Elevation with double doors, and the replacement of two windows on the South elevation with one window
Retention · Clare County Council, 21454
17 Oct 2018Conditional
for development which will consist of quarrying an area consisting of 10 hectares located adjacent to the existing working quarry including extraction of rock by blasting means down to 150mOD; Extracted rock will be processed at the existing working quarry; Landscaping of the quarry during the operational phase and restoration of the quarry on completion of extraction; All associated ancillary facilities / works; The applicant is seeking a 16 year permission as part of the application. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report ( EIAR )
Permission · Clare County Council, 18818
21 Sept 2018N/a
for development which will consist of quarrying an area consisting of 10 hectares located adjacent to the existing working quarry including extraction of rock by blasting means down to 150mOD; Extracted rock will be processed at the existing working quarry; Landscaping of the quarry during the operational phase and restoration of the quarry on completion of extraction; All associated ancillary facilities / works; The applicant is seeking a 16 year permission as part of the application. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report ( EIAR )
Permission · Clare County Council, 18751
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 Ballycar North.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballycar North.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycar North.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycar North.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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
No address of the register names Ballycar North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycar North · Baile an Chairn Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,857,301 m² (185.73 ha, 458.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- O'Briensbridge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Cloontra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloontra electoral division: 307 people in 88 households; 94% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycannan East, Ballycannan West, Ballycar South, Cappateemore East, Derrynaveagh, Glennagross, Kilmoculla, Meanagh
- Placenames
- Ballycar North 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.