# Ballymurtagh, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clonloghan, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile Uí Mhuircheartaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 313,430 m² (31.34 ha, 77.45 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,815 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C2.1 Light Industry, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clonloghan, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/clonloghan.md - Barony: Bunratty Lower - Electoral division: Clenagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 10,905 people lived in 4,042 households in the Clenagh electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6120 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30251 - Centre: latitude 52.714016, longitude -8.889505 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymurtagh, from 2 m² to 85,956 m² (8.6 ha, 21.24 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1429203: 85,956 m² (8.6 ha, 21.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429203.md - Parcel 1442453: 50,161 m² (5.02 ha, 12.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442453.md - Parcel 1474254: 41,979 m² (4.2 ha, 10.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1474254.md - Parcel 1487790: 32,983 m² (3.3 ha, 8.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1487790.md - Parcel 4778629: 13,246 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4778629.md - Parcel 1487789: 12,481 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1487789.md - Parcel 1453338: 11,776 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453338.md - Parcel 1473064: 10,344 m² (1.03 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473064.md - Parcel 1493405: 8,576 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1493405.md - Parcel 4778628: 6,906 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4778628.md - Parcel 4106142: 5,392 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4106142.md - Parcel 1460135: 4,740 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460135.md - Parcel 1473062: 2,715 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473062.md - Parcel 1450113: 2,419 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450113.md - Parcel 1456120: 2,284 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1456120.md - Parcel 4778626: 1,888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4778626.md - Parcel 1498060: 1,874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1498060.md - Parcel 2902570: 1,756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2902570.md - Parcel 1473061: 1,630 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473061.md - Parcel 1477520: 712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477520.md - Parcel 5400909: 688 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400909.md - Parcel 2611511: 676 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611511.md - Parcel 2611514: 636 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611514.md - Parcel 2611512: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611512.md - Parcel 2611510: 601 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611510.md - Parcel 5572834: 587 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5572834.md - Parcel 3588406: 534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3588406.md - Parcel 3606813: 483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3606813.md - Parcel 2611513: 460 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611513.md - Parcel 1458369: 439 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458369.md - Parcel 5572864: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5572864.md - Parcel 5541243: 104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541243.md - Parcel 5572865: 4 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5572865.md - Parcel 5541239: 2 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541239.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C2.1 Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 22 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - P1 Agriculture: Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - G1 Open Space (Open space, park): Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - N1.3 Airport: Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - N1.1 Infrastructure Safeguard (Road): Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 - C2.1 Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/planning/publications/localareaplans/shannon-town-and-environs-local-area-plan-2012-2018-volume-1-written-statement-17242.pdf#page=122 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 15 Dec 2025, Clare County Council 2560795: Conditional. Permission. for development which will consist of; the construction of advertising on the North elevation of the existing building, including 1.) an advertising billboard of 18.6 sqm and 2.) a cockpit of a plane projecting 3820mm from the façade of the building and all ancillary site works above and below ground. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560795/0 - 16 May 2025, Clare County Council 2560279: Conditional. Permission. for amendments to previously granted planning permission (Planning Reference: P24/60414) at Ballymurtagh, Shannon Free Zone West, Shannon, Co. Clare. The amendments include: 1. Realignment of the northern site boundary to the north of permitted Building 01; 2. Repositioning and reduction in the floor area of Building 01 (from 3,905 m² to 3677 m²); 3. Increase in the floor area of Building 02 (from 6,010 m² to 6509m²). 4. Reduction in car parking spaces from previously permitted 286 spaces to 285 spaces. 5. Associated site works required to facilitate the above amendments, including adjustments to parking and landscaping, as necessary. The permitted development consists of the construction of two light industrial buildings with ancillary office space, yard areas, refuse stores, car parking, bicycle parking, ESB substations, a switch room, and associated site works. Permission is also sought to retain flexibility in the subdivision of the buildings as follows: Building 01 (Floor area amended from previously granted 3905m² to reduced area of 3,677 m²). Option A: (Amended floor area 3677m²) One unit with ancillary yard and refuse/plant store. Option B: (Amended Unit 01 floor area 1834.5m²), (Amended Unit 02 floor area 1842.5m²), Two units with individual yards and refuse/plant stores. Building 02 (Floor area amended from previously granted 6010m² to increased area of 6,509 m²) Option A: (Amended floor area 6509m²) One unit with ancillary yard and refuse store. Option B: (Amended Unit 01 floor area 4318.5m²), (Amended Unit 02 floor area 2190.5 m²), Two units with individual yards and refuse stores. Option C: (Amended Unit 01 floor area 2176m²), (Amended Unit 02 floor area 2142.4 m²) & (Amended Unit 03 floor area 2190.6 m²), Three units with individual yards and refuse stores.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560279/0 - 30 Aug 2024, Clare County Council 2460414: Conditional. Permission. for development which consists of the construction of two light industrial facilities with ancillary office space, yard spaces, refuse stores with carparking, bicycle parking, ESB substations, switch room and associated site works. Permission is sought for Building 01 the industrial and office facility to have the flexibility to be subdivided as follows: Option A: One No. Unit (Area: 3905m²) with Ancillary Yard and Refuse/Plant Store. Option B: Two No. Units (Units 01 Area: 1953 m²) (Unit 02 Area: 1952m²) with Ancillary Yards and Two No. Refuse/Plant Stores. Permission is sought for Building 02 the industrial and office facility to have the flexibility to be subdivided as follows: Option A: One No. Unit (Area: 6010m²) with Ancillary Yard and Refuse Store. Option B: Two No. Units (Units 01 Area: 3985m²) (Unit 02 Area: 2025m²) with Two No. Ancillary Yards and Two No. Refuse Stores. Option C: Three No. Units (Area Unit 01: 2025m² / Area Unit 02: 1960m² / Area Unit 03: 2025m²) with Three No. Ancillary Yards and Three No. Refuse Stores. Other works include the provision of 286 No. carparking spaces which include accessible spaces, EV charging areas and set-down areas with vehicular and HGV access points to the perimeter of site. Secure bicycle parking spaces, refuse stores with roof level and site level external service areas, roof and ground mounted photo voltaic panels, building signage with all ancillary landscaping and associated site works and services. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460414/0 - 29 May 2023, Clare County Council 23310: Conditional. Permission. to construct a new warehouse building which will house mixed use industrial units with office accommodation for industrial light industrial, storage, warehouse and logistic usage including ancillary site works and a stormwater attenuation tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23310/0 - 19 May 2023, Clare County Council 23294: Conditional. Permission. for change of planning of an existing ground floor vacant office space to gymnasium and health centre. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23294/0 - 2 Jun 2022, Clare County Council 22487: Conditional. Permission. for a change of use of the building from a vehicle testing centre to an educational facility providing Health and safety Training for Work Safe Training Systems Ltd. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22487/0 - 5 Aug 2021, Clare County Council 21822: Conditional. Permission. to construct a new site entrance to the previously permitted NCT centre under Planning Application Reference No. P20/700. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21822/0 - 1 Jul 2021, Clare County Council 21691: Conditional. Permission. (1) to RETAIN the works as carried out on the NCT centre as permitted under P20-700 at relocated position on this site; and (2) to seek PERMISSION to complete the NCT centre at the relocated position on the site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21691/0 - 19 Oct 2020, Clare County Council 20763: Unconditional. Extension of duration. to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P15/520 on northern lands at Westpark Business Campus, for the construction and use of a revised location and layout to the Northern Car Park as previously granted planning permission under 01/1066 and APB reference PL03.130244. The application includes all site works, access works including internal Westpark pedestrian network, landscaping and associated drainage, lighting and boundary treatment where appropriate. The car park consists of 275 parking spaces with access and egress from the Shannon Free Zone road system and access only for vehicles from the upper road within the Business Campus. The proposed car park has the same number of spaces as granted under 01-1066 and APB reference PL03.130244. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20763/0 - 6 Oct 2020, Clare County Council 20722: Conditional. Permission. for alterations to the front and rear elevations of an existing industrial building; for the construction of 38 no. additional car parking spaces to the front and rear of the existing building and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20722/0 - 30 Sept 2020, Clare County Council 20700: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of a vehicle testing centre, ancillary offices and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20700/0 - 30 Jul 2019, Clare County Council 19621: Conditional. Permission. to Retain and Maintain and, Continue to use established, temporary ancillary car parking areas associated with the development and operation of the Westpark Business Campus.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19621/0 - 23 Jun 2017, Clare County Council 17494: Conditional. Permission. to construct new mezzanine floor space of 120m2 for use as storage area at existing unit ( Originally granted under Planning Ref. P01-626) including ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17494/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymurtagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL051-137: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL051-137----. 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. - CL051-138: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL051-138----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymurtagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballymurtagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_644, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_644.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballymurtagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballymurtagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballymurtagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymurtagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Caherteige: https://everytownland.com/clare/caherteige.md - Drumgeely: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumgeely.md - Knockaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockaun.md - Tullyglass: https://everytownland.com/clare/tullyglass.md - Tullyvarraga: https://everytownland.com/clare/tullyvarraga.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballymurtagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/ballymurtagh