# Ballylahiff, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Fhlaithimh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 592,039 m² (59.2 ha, 146.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,543 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/newcastle.md - Barony: Glenquin - Electoral division: Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Newcastle Rural electoral division: 2,491 people in 875 households; 68% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31899 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120285 - Centre: latitude 52.473989, longitude -9.060391 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylahiff, from 30 m² to 283,875 m² (28.39 ha, 70.15 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1589674: 283,875 m² (28.39 ha, 70.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589674.md - Parcel 1665105: 143,389 m² (14.34 ha, 35.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665105.md - Parcel 1663259: 106,040 m² (10.6 ha, 26.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663259.md - Parcel 1639192: 9,654 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639192.md - Parcel 1658058: 4,654 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658058.md - Parcel 2494986: 4,349 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494986.md - Parcel 3265768: 4,278 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265768.md - Parcel 1596729: 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596729.md - Parcel 1605406: 3,573 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605406.md - Parcel 1604377: 3,010 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604377.md - Parcel 2746228: 2,973 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2746228.md - Parcel 1590553: 2,559 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590553.md - Parcel 1658781: 2,543 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658781.md - Parcel 1602466: 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602466.md - Parcel 1606359: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606359.md - Parcel 1595532: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595532.md - Parcel 1597722: 1,927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597722.md - Parcel 1650804: 1,630 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650804.md - Parcel 1629197: 1,362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629197.md - Parcel 1589141: 1,175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589141.md - Parcel 1664490: 1,011 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664490.md - Parcel 1664196: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664196.md - Parcel 1612604: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612604.md - Parcel 1605853: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605853.md - Parcel 1657530: 30 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657530.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballylahiff 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. - 26 Mar 2026, Limerick County Council 2681: Conditional. Retention. the existing storage shed and office space and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2681/0 - 19 Sept 2024, Limerick County Council 24362: Conditional. Retention. front porch extension and conversion of attic space with front first floor windows. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24362/0 - 12 Jan 2023, Limerick County Council 238: Refused. Permission. the demolition of a section of the existing fence and construction of a new vehicular entrance to service the existing development with a proposed new entrance sign. Siteworks to include connection to the R521 carriageway road, alterations to existing landscape, new hard surface road, relocation of existing car parking spaces and all ancillary site works and services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/238/0 - 22 Apr 2022, Limerick County Council 22456: Conditional. Permission. the erection of 814.13 m2 or 151.30 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of our factory of Pallas Foods, Newcastle West with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22456/0 - 26 Nov 2021, Limerick County Council 211639: Conditional. Permission. demolition of part of the existing building, alterations to the existing elevations of food distribution centre with the change of use of 753 sqm existing warehouse area into office accommodation, signage, alterations to the existing site layout and the provision 24 no. new car parking spaces which include accessible spaces, EV charging areas and set down area to front of building with all an ancillary landscaping and associated site works & services. Retention permission for the change of use of 328 sqm of existing warehouse into office accommodation. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211639/0 - 3 Sept 2019, Limerick County Council 19876: Conditional. Permission. the change of use of part of the ground floor of the existing building from warehouse storage to offices, meeting rooms, gym, locker rooms, shower room, comms room, plant room including elevational alteration and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19876/0 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 Ballylahiff. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI028-132: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-132----. In waterlogged pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (39m NE-SW; 43m NW-SE) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse; enclosing element is covered with dense overgrowth. Inner bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.9m) incorporated into linear field boundary E->SSE. Gap in bank (Wth 3.4m) at SSW. Fosse (Wth 4.6m) evident all round but best defined NNW->ENE. Outer bank (int. H 1.3m to base of fosse; ext. H 1.1m) only evident NNW->NE. A linear field boundary extends SE from NE end of outer bank to form corner with field boundary which incorporates part of inner bank. Interior waterlogged and slopes gently down to NE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 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 Ballylahiff. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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_437, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_437.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/ballylahiff-120285.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballylahiff-120285.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballylahiff-120285.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballylahiff 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) - Churchtown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/churchtown.md - Doocatteen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doocatteen.md - Garranekeevan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garranekeevan.md - Killard: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killard.md - Kilrodane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilrodane.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/ballylahiff-120285 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ballylahiff-120285