Ruan Commons

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ruan Commons, from 11 m² to 7,407 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Ruan Settlement Plan, Clare · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Ruan Settlement Plan, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ruan Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Ruan Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Ruan Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Ruan 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.

• 5 Jan 2026N/a

  for (1) Demolition of existing public house, residence and shed at the rear. (2) Construction of the following development works: (A) 1no. commercial unit to replace public house including 1no 2 bedroomed apartment at first floor. (B) 5no. two storey 3 bed terrace houses. (C) 8no. single storey bungalows for the elderly. (D) 1no. two storey assisted living apartment for people with disabilities. (E) 1no. single storey 3 bed assisted living house for people with disabilities. (F) Associated car parking area. (G) New vehicular and pedestrian access. (H) New connection to existing public water supply. (I) New stormwater drainage system including on site percolation area. (J) New wastewater treatment system.(K) On-site percolation area. (L) All site works ancillary to the development. Residences in the development are intended to be provided to a disability, voluntary or co-operative housing body for social housing.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660002

• 22 Jul 2025N/a

  to build a new house, garage, connect to mains sewerage and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25238

• 11 Jul 2023N/a

  (a) demolition of existing public house, residence and shed at the rear. Construction of (b) 1no. licensed premises/restaurant to replace public house, with 2 bed apartment on first floor above (c) 5no. two storey 3 bed terrace houses (d) 8no. single storey houses for the elderly (e) 1no. two storey assisted living apartments for people with disabilities (f) 1no. single storey 3 bed assisted living house for people with disabilities (g) associated car parking area (h) new vehicular and pedestrian access (i) new connection to existing public water supply (j) new connection to public sewer (k) new stormwater drainage system (i) new connection to existing public water supply (j) new connection to public sewer (k) new stormwater drainage system (l) on-site wastewater treatment unit and all ancillary site works. The housing aspects of the development will be for social housing to be provided by a disability, voluntary or co-operative housing body.

  Permission, 15 homes · Clare County Council, 2360246

• 16 Jun 2023Conditional

  of dwelling house, store buildings, site boundaries including upgrading existing sewage treatment system along with all associated site works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23350

• 5 Apr 2022N/a

  for development consisting of (a) demolition of existing public house, residence and shed at the rear, construction of (b) 1 no. licensed premises/restaurant to replace public house, with 2 bed apartment on first floor above (c) 5 no. two storey 3 bed terrace houses (d) 8 no. single storey houses for the elderly (e) 1 no. two storey assisted living apartments for people with disabilities (f) 1 no. single storey 3 bed assisted living house for people with disabilities (g) associated car parking area (h) new vehicular and pedestrian access (I) new connection to existing public water supply (j) new connection to public sewer (k) new stormwater drainage system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22306

• 8 Sept 2020N/a

  the development will consist of the demolition and removal of the existing public house, residence and shed at the rear, and the construction on Main Street of 3 two storey 3 bedroom houses and a commercial unit with a two bedroom flat overhead, a new access road and park, with four 2 bedroom dormer homes, and 4 two storey 3 bedroom houses with parking spaces on the existing and proposed roads for 24 cars, and new footpaths on this site. The proposed development will be connected to the existing waste water treatment facility and water supply in the village

  Permission, 11 homes · Clare County Council, 20621

• 31 Mar 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of an extension of Ruan Burial Ground

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20224

• 12 Nov 2018Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18905

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 Ruan Commons.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ruan Commons.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1910, comprising nave gable to street front with three-stage entrance tower and spire to left hand side, six-bay side elevations and two-bay transepts. Three-bay single-storey lean-to sacristy added to left transepts and two-bay single-storey porch added to right transept, c. 1990. Pitched artificial slate roofs with cut-stone gable copings and cross finials. Octagonal slate roof to sprocketted spire. Rendered walls with cut-limestone corner buttresses. Lancet windows with hood mouldings and leaded stained glass. Pointed arch door opening with moulded cut-stone surround and pair of timber double leaf doors. Retaining interior features.

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ruan Commons.

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 Ruan Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ruan Commons

Area

61,647 m² (6.16 ha, 15.23 acres)

Civil parish

Ruan, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Ruan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ruan electoral division: 767 people in 276 households; 84% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonnagloghaun, Dromore, Lissyline, Portlecka, Toormore, Tullyodea

Placenames

Ruan Commons 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.