Ballyhennessy

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhennessy, from 2,543 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres) to 353,937 m² (35.39 ha, 87.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• N1.3Airport
  Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  for a new MRO Hangar Building (for the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of aircraft), with associated staff accommodation and site works, at Lindbergh Avenue and Earhart Avenue, Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. The development will consist of the construction of; (1) A new building up to two stories, with an overall height of 17.5m, with the ground floor to accommodate a 4 no. bay aircraft MRO hangar, together with ancillary floorspace to include for training facility, storage, toilets, switch, comms and plant rooms. The first floor will provide for staff accommodation, to include for office, canteen, toilets, conference rooms and locker space, with mezzanine space for the airplane bays. The building will include for back-lit corporate branding and signage and roof mounted solar panels. (2) A new vehicular and pedestrian access onto Lindbergh avenue to the east of the site, to provide for pedestrian connection to the existing bus stop on Airport Avenue further to the east, internal circulation areas, 2 no. double gates to a proposed relocated airside boundary, 4 no. taxi apron zones with access to existing airplane taxiway to the west. (3) Demolition / removal of existing outbuilding, tanks, concrete yard and associated hard surface areas. (4) Provision of hangar yard and tug paths, and surface car park to include for provision of accessible parking, electric vehicle charging spaces, sheltered bicycle parking and pedestrian links. (5) A stand-alone single storey chemical & refuse storage building. (6) A stand-alone single storey ESB sub-station/switchroom building, 2 no. generator structures, a Gas Skid installation and 2 no. under-ground static storage water tanks. (7) A proposed foul pumping station and rising main connection to the existing foul sewer network along Earhart Avenue to the east. (8) Revised on-site surface water drainage arrangements including part diversion and replacement of the existing on-site storm sewer, new on-site attenuation and connection to the existing storm sewer. (9) Proposed connection to existing mains water supply infrastructure along Lindbergh Avenue. (10) Excavation of contaminated soil from main site to be relocated to a designated on-site containment berm to the south-east of the site, (11) Infilling and levelling of main site to facilitate construction of proposed development, (12) New boundary treatments including a 2.7m high security mesh fencing around the perimeter, together with all associated site works and service

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660493

• 16 Jul 2026Conditional

  for development which will consist of the conversion of the disused existing restaurant within the departures building to office use, conversion of the disused existing bar within the departures building to overflow queuing, provision of additional glazing to facade and provision of a rooftop plantroom enclosure and all ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660461

• 26 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of the demolition of existing single storey administration offices, consolidation/protection works to the western end of the shared services building, the removal and upgrade of the facade to the eastern end of the main terminal building over 2 no. stories, the reconfiguration of the existing Airside personnel and passenger entrance/egress locations, new security fencing, hard and soft landscaping, with the provision of wayfinding and branding signage, including all associated site works. Demolition works will be carried out within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS No.: 328)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460348

• 10 Jun 2024Conditional

  for an extension of an existing car park at Shannon Airport, Rineanna South, Shannon, Co Clare. The proposed development will consist of the extension of an existing car park providing an additional 1051 parking spaces including a dedicated surface water drainage network, the re-alignment of airside /landside boundary security fence, the re-alignment of the internal perimeter road located airside, the relocation of the access to the wastewater treatment plant for maintenance purposes, the demolition of 10 industrial units and all ancillary associated site works. We note the protected structure NIAH reference 20406201 is located nearby to the proposed works and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Planning Application.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460274

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  for a proposed development (planning permission for removal of existing signage and provision of new wayfinding and associated site works) to be located on lands at Shannon Airport, Rineanna South, Shannon, Co Clare. The development will consist of the removal of existing signage, provision of 4 No. new gantry signs, the provision of 5 No. new directional totem signs, new road directional signage and refurbishment works to existing gantries, directional signs, and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460271

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  for a 1.2mW PV solar farm development. The proposed works will consist of a 1.2mW PV solar farm located within the airfield, with an area of approximately 2.25 hectares, comprising of linear arrays of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames (with associated cabling and ducting), a modular substation, inverters, new internal site access road and all associated ancillary development works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460273

• 24 May 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of a single-storey extension to existing Gates 1 to 5 departures terminal, provision of external plant area and covered external circulation routes. Other works include minor elevational changes to adjacent areas and alterations to personnel access/egress locations and routes with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460240

• 1 Nov 2019Conditional

  to RETAIN development consisting of: the RETENTION of 3no. 3.1m high radio aerials attached on existing support poles on the roof top (these extend to a total height of 22.7m AGL) for use by the Emergency Services (Garda, Ambulance, Fire Brigade) together with 1no. GPS timing antenna and associated equipment, for the National Digital Radio Service

  Retention · Clare County Council, 19845

• 3 Sept 2019Conditional

  for amendments to include the following; the inclusion of two number, approximately 17.6 meter tall fire suppression tanks in lieu of the original 5.3 meter tanks, minor alterations to the North Elevation to increase the quantity of brickwork, reduce ridge heights, alterations to the vehicle parking layout including a new storage area and an increase in size of the Pump House by 2.0 meters. An Integrated Pollution and Control Licence is required for the facility. The application falls within the remit of a Strategic Development Zone.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19693

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  for proposed alterations and refurbishment works to the New Terminal Building at Shannon Airport. The development, within a Strategic Development Zone, will consist of upgrade works to the existing arrivals Hall at Shannon Airport including alterations to the existing southern and eastern elevations and provision of additional floor area of 42.5m2 to facilitate new Café and 16m2 for ancillary accommodation

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17910

• 20 Jan 2017Conditional

  for the following proposed development which will comprise of the construction of a new steel framed aircraft hangar within the airport lands at Shannon Airport, Co. Clare. The hangar building includes for ancillary office space, workshops, plant rooms and storage space. The building will have signage on the eastern, southern and western facades. Ancillary buildings and structures within the curtilage of the site including an external pump house, gas skid and fire suppression tank are also proposed. Site works proposed include car parking, hardstands, landscaping, and all ancillary site developments at this address. An Integrated Pollution and Control License is required for the facility

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1724

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 Ballyhennessy.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyhennessy.

Architectural heritage

• Shannon Airport, airport, 1940–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Shannon Airport complex comprising building and structures from several periods. Group of detached seven-bay single-storey flat-roofed buildings, built c. 1945, with single-bay single-storey advanced bays. Detached T-plan eleven-bay single-storey Roman Catholic chapel, built c. 1945, with prostyle tetrastyle pedimented portico, four-bay side elevations and four-bay transepts, now in use as store. Attached four-bay two-storey flat-roofed arrival building, built c. 1960, originally detached with square-headed open arcade to ground floor. Attached nine-bay two-storey flat-roofed International Modern-style departure building, built c. 1970, with six-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to ground floor having balcony over. Freestanding single-bay six-stage control tower, built c. 1970, with platform to sixth floor having cantilevered tapered control room. Runways and various outbuildings to site.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_589 (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 Ballyhennessy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballyhennessy · Baile Uí Aonghasa

Area

881,927 m² (88.19 ha, 217.93 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconry, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Lower

Electoral division

Clenagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clenagh electoral division: 10,905 people in 4,042 households; 65% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycally, Garrynamona, Lismacleane, Rineanna North, Rineanna South

Placenames

Ballyhennessy 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.