Kilbane
Townland in the civil parish of Killokennedy, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Choill Bhán
- Area
- 321.3 ha
- 794 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 13,549 m² (1.35 ha, 3.35 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbane, from 185 m² to 340,968 m² (34.1 ha, 84.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Kilbane Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 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
29 Aug 2024Refused
The development will consist of: (i) The construction of 7 no. wind turbines with the following parameters: a. Total tip height range of 179.5m – 180m, b. Rotor diameter range of 149m – 155m, c. Hub height range of 102.5m to 105m, (ii) Construction of associated foundations, hardstand and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and mast to the proposed electrical substation; (iv) Construction of 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation including a single-story control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, entrance on to new access road, all associated internal underground cabling, drainage infrastructure, wastewater holding tank, retention separator tank, and all ancillary works, in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan), Co. Clare; (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) 1 no. permanent meteorological mast of c. 36.5m in height, associated foundation and hard-standing area in the townland of Shannaknock; (vii) The permanent upgrade of 1 no. existing site entrance off the L7080 (‘The Gap Road’) for the provision of construction and operational access; (viii) Provision of 3 no. new permanent site entrances off the L7080 for the provision of construction and operational access; (ix) Provision of 3 no. new temporary site entrances off the L7080 for the provision of construction access; (x) Upgrade of existing tracks/ roads, including the L7080, and the provision of new site access roads, 4 no. watercourse crossings, junctions and hardstand areas; (xi) 1 no. temporary construction compound with temporary offices and staff facilities in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xii) 1 no. temporary storage area in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xiii) 1 no. borrow pit in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xiv) Peat and Spoil Management; (xv) Tree Felling to accommodate the construction and operation of the proposed development; (xvi) Operational stage site and amenity signage; and (xvii) All ancillary apparatus and site development works above and below ground, including soft and hard landscaping and drainage infrastructure. A 10-year planning permission and 35-year operational life of the wind farm from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm is sought. A Design Flexibility opinion issued by Clare County Council on 22nd April 2024 accomanies this application. The de
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460411
21 Aug 2024N/a
a ten-year planning permission for development at a site in the townlands of Kilbane, Killeagy (Ryan), Shannaknock, Killeagy (Stritch), Killeagy (Goonan), Ballymoloney, Magherareagh and Lackareagh Beg, Co Clare. The development will consist of: (i) The construction of 7 No. wind turbines with the following parameters: a. Total tip height range of 179.5m - 180m, b. Rotor diameter range of 149m - 155m, c. Hub height range of 102.5m to 105m; (ii) Construction of associated foundations, hardstand and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and mast to the proposed electrical substation; (iv) Construction of 1 No. permanent 38kV electrical substation including a single-storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, entrance on to new access road, all associated internal underground cabling, drainage infrastructure, wastewater holding tank, retention separator tank and all ancillary works, in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan), Co Clare; (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) 1 No. permanent meteorological mast of c. 36.5m in height, associated foundation and hard-standing area in the townland of Shannaknock; (vii) The permanent upgrade of 1 No. existing site entrance off the L7080 ('The Gap Road') for the provision of construction and operational access; (viii) Provision of 3 No. new permanent site entrances off the L7080 for the provision of construction and operational access; (ix) Provision of 3 No. new temporary site entrances off the L7080 for the provision of construction access; (x) Upgrade of existing tracks/roads, including the L7080, and the provision of new site access roads, 4 No. watercourse crossings, junctions and hardstand areas; (xi) 1 No. temporary construction compound with temporary offices and staff facilities in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xii) 1 No. temporary storage area in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xiii) 1 No. borrow pit in the townland of Killeagy (Goonan); (xiv) Peat and Spoil Management; (xv) Tree Felling to accommodate the construction and operation of the proposed development; (xvi) Operational stage site and amenity signage; and (xvii) All ancillary apparatus and site development works above and below ground, including soft and hard landscaping and drainage infrastructure. A 10-year planning permission and 35-year ope
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460394
23 Aug 2022Conditional
for construction of a new detached dormer dwelling, detached domestic garage, bored well, onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to necessary services, new entrance together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22749
9 Aug 2022Conditional
for construction of new detached dormer dwelling, detached domestic garage, bored well, onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to necessary services, new entrance together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22713
25 May 2022Conditional
to erect a dwelling house, garage, entrance, install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22466
6 May 2022Conditional
for detached single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, bored well, connection to necessary services, new entrance together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22416
14 Jul 2021Conditional
to convert St. Joseph's National School to dwelling house and carry out all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21737
30 Nov 2020Conditional
Nineteen (19) number wind turbines (blade tip height up to 169 metres), Nineteen (19) number wind turbine foundations and associated hardstand areas, one (1) number permanent meteorological mast (100 metre height) and associated foundation and hardstand area, one (1) number substation (110 kilovolts) including associated ancillary buildings (electrical building including control, switchgear and metering rooms and the operational building including welfare facilities, workshop and office), security fencing and all associated works, upgraded site entrance, new and upgraded internal site service roads (8.4 kilometres of existing tracks to be upgraded and 11.4 kilometres of new service roads to be constructed), provision of an onsite visitor cabin and parking, underground electrical collection and SCADA system linking each turbine to the proposed on-site substation, construction of new roadways and localised widening along the turbine delivery route, two (2) number temporary construction site compounds, three (3) number burrow pits to be used as a source of stone material during construction, three (3) number peat and spoil deposition areas (at burrow pit locations), associated surface water management systems, tree felling for windfarm infrastructure, and all associated site development works. All in the townlands of Ballydonaghan, Caherhurley, Coumnagun, Carrownagowan, lnchalughoge, Killokennedy, Kilbane, Coolready and Durmmod, County Clare.
Permission · Clare County Council, 229000
18 Sept 2019Conditional
to install four accommodation glamping pods complete with stone footpaths, effluent treatment system, car parking area and a site entrance
Permission, 4 homes · Clare County Council, 19725
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bernagh Bog SAC 002312
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilbane.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding T-plan gable-fronted double-height Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, built c. 1850, with three-bay side elevations having single-bay transepts. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone bellcote, pinnacles, finials and having chimneystack to sacristy. Roughcast rendered walls with cut-stone quoins, plat band and panel to gable. Lancet openings with replacement uPVC windows. Leaded coloured glass to entrance gable. Tudor arch opening with label mouldings and timber matchboard double leaf doors. Retaining interior features. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers. Cut-stone piers with cast-iron gates and railings.
- Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, built c. 1820, with cut-stone voussoirs.
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 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 Kilbane.
- 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 Kilbane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Kilbane · An Choill Bhán
- Area
- 3,212,612 m² (321.26 ha, 793.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killokennedy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Killokennedy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killokennedy electoral division: 158 people in 54 households; 94% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrownagowan, Cloongaheen East, Cloonyconry Beg, Cloonyconry More, Killeagy (Goonan), Killokennedy, Shannaknock
- Placenames
- Kilbane 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.