Ballyglass
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Baile Glas
- Area
- 145.7 ha
- 360 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 5,228 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Open Space
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass, from 21 m² to 273,268 m² (27.33 ha, 67.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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
- G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Ardnacrusha Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Mar 2026N/a
for 24nr dwellings comprising the following, 8 two storey 4 bedroom detached dwellings, 14 two storey 3 bedroom semi-detached dwellings and 2 single storey 3 bedroom detached dwellings, including works to existing stone garden wall which bounds part of the proposed development. Additionally the installation of a new second treatment plant and associated percolation area in the general vicinity of the existing permitted onsite treatment plant area, all associated site works and services including surface and foul water sewers, drainage, attenuation, lighting, watermains, electricity, broadband, roads, paths, green areas and landscaped park area, etc. with access via existing housing development granted under previous permission references, P07/381, P16/204, An Bord Pleanála decision 03/248074 and P21/396. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with the application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660117
16 Feb 2024N/a
for 24 no. dwellings comprising the following, 8 two storey 4 bedroom detached dwellings, 14 two storey 3 bedroom semi detached dwellings and two 3 bedroom single storey detached dwellings, including works to existing stone wall which bounds part of the proposed development. Additionally decommissioning of existing treatment plant and percolation area and the installation of new treatment plant and associated percolation area all associated site works and services including surface and foul water sewers, drainage attenuation, lighting, watermains, electricity, broadband, roads paths, green areas and landscaped park area etc, with access via existing housing development granted under previous permission references, P07/281, P16/204, An Bord Pleanala decision 03/248074 and P21/396
Permission, 24 homes · Clare County Council, 2448
24 Apr 2023Conditional
of a converted shed and link corridor for purposes incidental to the residential use of existing dwelling
Retention · Clare County Council, 23239
4 Jul 2022Conditional
for a 10 year planning permission for a solar array at Ballyglass, Coolderry, Dromintobin North, Reanabrone, and Oakfield (townlands) Ardnacrusha, Co Clare. The development will consist of c265,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 8 no. single storey control cabins with associated electrical transformer units and hardstand areas, 2 no. ring main units, underground cabling within the solar array site and within the L70382 public road to connect solar array field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks (upgrade of existing and new), upgrades to four existing agricultural field entrances on the R463, l3046 and L70382 and creation of new entrance on L70382, temporary construction compound, landscaping and all associated ancillary apparatus and development works. The solar array will connect to the national grid and will have an operational lifespan of 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
Permission · Clare County Council, 22591
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 Ballyglass.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyglass.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyglass.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_994 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ballyglass, Ardnacrusha13 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballyglass · An Baile Glas
- Area
- 1,456,911 m² (145.69 ha, 360.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Ballyglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyglass electoral division: 6,030 people in 2,061 households; 85% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blackwater, Coolderry, Mountcatherine, Oakfield, Reanabrone, Rosmadda East, Rosmadda West
- Placenames
- Ballyglass 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.