# Ballybrennan, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cahernarry, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Bhraonáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 237,437 m² (23.74 ha, 58.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,506 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cahernarry, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/cahernarry.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Ballysimon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 16,540 people lived in 5,566 households in the Ballysimon electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31201 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120167 - Centre: latitude 52.62743, longitude -8.572587 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybrennan, from 26 m² to 117,213 m² (11.72 ha, 28.96 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1674540: 117,213 m² (11.72 ha, 28.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674540.md - Parcel 1601584: 57,777 m² (5.78 ha, 14.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601584.md - Parcel 2556843: 26,522 m² (2.65 ha, 6.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556843.md - Parcel 1665246: 16,018 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665246.md - Parcel 5526763: 2,621 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5526763.md - Parcel 1596582: 2,078 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596582.md - Parcel 1667309: 2,001 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667309.md - Parcel 2556844: 1,671 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556844.md - Parcel 1639377: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639377.md - Parcel 1641304: 1,576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641304.md - Parcel 1590216: 1,436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590216.md - Parcel 1612473: 1,085 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612473.md - Parcel 2556959: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556959.md - Parcel 1665911: 944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665911.md - Parcel 1593709: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593709.md - Parcel 1622150: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622150.md - Parcel 1647857: 477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647857.md - Parcel 1666628: 254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666628.md - Parcel 1669214: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669214.md - Parcel 2556956: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556956.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballybrennan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 6 Aug 2026, Limerick County Council 2660904: N/a. Permission. (1) a change of site layout to reposition the approved on-site waste water treatment system from that previously approved under permission 24/61017, (2) to extend the road side boundary piers and railing along remaining road frontage from that approved under permission 23/60544, and (3) permission to erect a signage structure at the approved site entrance position including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660904/0 - 13 Nov 2025, Limerick County Council 2561177: Conditional. Permission. the development will comprise the construction of a light industrial use building complete with all necessary staff/welfare accommodation, offices and all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561177/0 - 11 Oct 2024, Limerick County Council 2461017: Conditional. Permission. decommissioning an existing septic tank system and to install a new on-site effluent treatment system and polishing filter including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461017/0 - 28 Jul 2023, Limerick County Council 2360544: Conditional. Permission. amendments to planning permission 18/334, namely the relocation of existing site entrance including new splayed entrance walls, piers and gates, together with new roadside boundary and all necessary changes and amendments to existing site boundaries and site layout and all associated site works. (The proposed works will coordinate with footpath and bus stop improvement works proposed by Limerick City + County Council Active Travel Plan). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360544/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Limerick County Council 18334: Conditional. Retention. small extension to existing commercial yard and retention for change of use for part of yard to car sales outlet for a temporary 5 year period, retention of fence to this area and portacabin sales office and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18334/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Limerick County Council 18335: N/a. Retention. gate to agricultural field and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18335/0 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 Ballybrennan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballybrennan. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybrennan. ## 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 Ballybrennan, 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. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_999, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_999.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/limerick/ballybrennan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrennan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrennan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballybrennan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Coolyhenan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/coolyhenan.md - Drombanny: https://everytownland.com/limerick/drombanny.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/limerick/ballybrennan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballybrennan