Anhid West
Townland in the civil parish of Anhid, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish Aithnid Thiar
- Area
- 152.4 ha
- 377 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 5,177 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Anhid West, from 348 m² to 212,918 m² (21.29 ha, 52.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Anhid West in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Mar 2026Conditional
construction of new single storey extension & all ancillary works to existing dwelling house
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660339
16 May 2024Conditional
(1) an increase in child numbers from 100 children to 110 children, in the existing 5 no. classrooms (22 children per class from 20 previously) and all accessed via the existing approach avenue to the south on the Aithnid road. (2) Revised opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm inclusive. (3) Environmental improvement measures to the existing Wastewater treatment system. The Old Rectory is a recorded Protected Structure
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460467
18 May 2023Refused
(1) for an increase in child numbers from 100 children to 110 children, in the existing 5 no. classrooms (22 children per class from 20 previously) and all accessed via the existing approach avenue to the south on the Aithnid road. (2) Revised opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm inclusive. The Old Rectory is a recorded Protected Structure
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360328
20 May 2021Conditional
5no. preschool classes, and 5no. afterschool classes in the Swallow House on both levels, the Coach House at ground floor level only, the barn building at ground floor level only and the main reception room of the Rectory at ground floor level only as well as the use of all the attendant grounds for outdoor play, between the hours of 8am to 6pm inclusive, Monday to Friday. Retention permission is also sought for a single occupancy maisonette at first floor level in the Coach House with independent access. The Old Rectory is a recorded protected structure RPS No. 299
Retention · Limerick County Council, 21684
10 Jul 2017Conditional
1. Changes as constructed made to the front and side elevations and extensions of the existing cottage. 2. Retention permission for the existing store shed as constructed
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17664
3 Jul 2017Conditional
construction of cubicle house with slatted tank & feeding passage
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17631
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 Anhid West.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Anhid West.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Anhid West.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_884 (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
No address of the register names Anhid West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Anhid West · Aithnid Thiar
- Area
- 1,524,321 m² (152.43 ha, 376.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Anhid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshma
- Electoral division
- Croom, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Croom electoral division: 1,931 people in 671 households; 68% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anhid East, Carrow, Croom, Dohora, Tooreen
- Placenames
- Anhid West 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.