Faha
Townland in the civil parish of Kildimo, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Fhaiche
- Area
- 92.2 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faha, from 54 m² to 120,109 m² (12.01 ha, 29.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Faha 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
23 Dec 2024Conditional
side and rear extension to existing dwelling and all ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461315
24 Oct 2024Conditional
changes made from planning permission 06/193, namely: 1. Attic conversion to rooms with internal stairs at the ground floor; 2. Raising of the external wall heights of the dwelling which also raises the roof height; 3. Additional rooflights at sides and rear; 4. Additional windows at attic floor rooms at rear; 5. Additional window at North West side; 6. Raising height of front boundary walls and entrance; 7. Boiler door at rear. Retention permission also required for single storey domestic store and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2461054
25 Aug 2022N/a
change of house design & garage with plant room & garden store from house, garage, wastewater treatment plant, entrance and associated site works granted permission under planning permission reference 14/1227 and extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference 19/7018
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22929
16 Feb 2021Refused
the construction of a new dwelling, garage, vehicular entrance, the installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 21169
3 Jul 2019Conditional
Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 14/1227: the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 197018
16 Nov 2018Conditional
a single storey dwelling house, garage, new entrance gates, onsite treatment system and percolation area, connection to public watermain and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 181118
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore 000435
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Faha.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Faha.
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 10 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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_815 (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 Faha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Faha · An Fhaiche
- Area
- 922,378 m² (92.24 ha, 227.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildimo, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Ballynacarriga, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballynacarriga electoral division: 947 people in 310 households; 88% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyculhane, Ballyvareen, Court
- Placenames
- Faha 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.