Ballycar South

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycar South, from 331 m² to 185,026 m² (18.5 ha, 45.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycar South 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  for development for the widening and realignment of 150m of public road (L-7062) leading to O’Connell Quarries; regrading of an existing agricultural entrance and roadway; and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560819

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  of (a) a two storey rear extension, (b) a front porch extension (c) the demolition of a two storey section of the house and (d) all elevation changes to the property, all as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25215

• 19 Apr 2023Refused

  to Construct a cubicle house Extension with Slatted Tank, Cattle Shed with Slatted tank, Dungstead, and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23229

• 3 Oct 2022Conditional

  of the following : the renovation, alterations and extension of an existing disused dwelling, upgrading of the existing entrance and the change of use from residential to office use and all associated ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 22886

• 6 Sept 2021N/a

  the development consists of a proposed concrete batching plant, storage shed, precast concrete yard, product storage area, office/canteen, dispatch office, new site entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21935

• 11 Aug 2020N/a

  the development consist of a proposed batching plant, storage shed, block yard, block storage area, offices and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20546

• 23 Apr 2019N/a

  to remove existing two-storey front extension, construct single storey side extension on both sides to existing ground floor including the provision of a new lower ground floor and single storey front extension to existing two storey dwelling and alteration to front elevation and the construction of a balcony, waste water treatment system, new site entrance, site boundary and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19317

• 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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycar South.

Recorded monuments

• CL053-040 Enclosure
  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 Ballycar South.

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

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_947 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Ballycar South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballycar South · Baile an Chairn Theas

Area

1,442,501 m² (144.25 ha, 356.45 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, Ballycar North, Ballyfinneen, Coolnalira, Kilmoculla, Trough

Placenames

Ballycar South 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.