# Wolfesburgess West, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Burgáiste an Bhulbhaigh Thiar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 585,973 m² (58.6 ha, 144.8 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,563 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 Agriculture, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathkeale, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathkeale.md - Barony: Connello Lower - Electoral division: Rathkeale Urban, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Rathkeale Urban electoral division: 1,408 people in 544 households; 58% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32271 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121935 - Centre: latitude 52.522232, longitude -8.955103 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wolfesburgess West, from 22 m² to 117,173 m² (11.72 ha, 28.95 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1618674: 117,173 m² (11.72 ha, 28.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618674.md - Parcel 2640365: 116,741 m² (11.67 ha, 28.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2640365.md - Parcel 1645350: 116,658 m² (11.67 ha, 28.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645350.md - Parcel 2640366: 95,387 m² (9.54 ha, 23.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2640366.md - Parcel 1643112: 33,500 m² (3.35 ha, 8.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643112.md - Parcel 1589283: 32,748 m² (3.27 ha, 8.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589283.md - Parcel 1627060: 27,557 m² (2.76 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627060.md - Parcel 1672018: 15,364 m² (1.54 ha, 3.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672018.md - Parcel 1599226: 7,578 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599226.md - Parcel 1588190: 6,563 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588190.md - Parcel 1598522: 2,870 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598522.md - Parcel 1673559: 2,755 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673559.md - Parcel 1596932: 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596932.md - Parcel 4720932: 2,472 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4720932.md - Parcel 4662577: 1,442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662577.md - Parcel 2495362: 1,208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2495362.md - Parcel 2495363: 591 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2495363.md - Parcel 4720926: 32 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4720926.md - Parcel 4720930: 22 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4720930.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 Agriculture: Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65 - G5 Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65 - C2.1 Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65 - N3.4 Utilities (Other gas and electricity uses): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 23 Jan 2025, Limerick County Council 2518: N/a. Permission. the erection of a new viewing stand between the two existing pitches, 2 no. new dugouts and the erection of 6m high, ball stop nets at the North end of the playing pitches and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2518/0 - 5 Jul 2022, Limerick County Council 22751: Conditional. Retention. the recreation roofed structure and outdoor recreation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22751/0 - 25 Mar 2021, Limerick County Council 218003: Conditional. Permission. change of use to Unit 2 from Light Industrial/Business Centre Units to Laundry and all associated elevational alterations. Change of use to Unit 10 from Veterinarian Clinic to Light Industrial/Business Centre Units. Extension to Unit 11 and all associated elevational alterations. Widening of existing access road to Units 10,11,12,13,14,15A and 15B and new access gates to these units. Alterations to existing parking. New access to road from the development to Rathkeale Industrial Estate adjacent to Unit 2 to the North of the site. New palisade fencing and access gate to the proposed yard of Unit 2 and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/218003/0 - 19 Dec 2019, Limerick County Council 191270: Conditional. Permission. change of use from warehouse storage to offices and training room and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/191270/0 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 Wolfesburgess West. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI029-017: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-017----. In pasture, at base of SW-facing slope, on N bank of River Deel. No visible surface trace of 'mill in ruins' depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI029-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-018----. In pasture, atop E end of ridge. Monument, depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Steep scarped edge (H 3.3m; Wth 7.7m) NNW->SE in area of site is more likely result of quarrying than remains of enclosure. Otherwise, No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI029-023: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-023----. Monument, depicted as isolated embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map has since been incorporated into gardens of Fort George country house. A roughly circular area (21.5m N-S; 24m E-W) is enclosed by earthen bank SSW->NNE. Bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.5m) has been ornamentally paved over with stone and brick. A paved footpath follows line of bank NNE->SW. Interior under lawn, with paved circular area (diam. c. 4m) containing sundial at centre. Steps lead up to interior from adjoining house at SSW and SE. 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 Wolfesburgess West. ## 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; parts are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_553, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_553.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/wolfesburgess-west.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/wolfesburgess-west.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/wolfesburgess-west.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Wolfesburgess West 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) - Castlematrix: https://everytownland.com/limerick/castlematrix.md - Cloghanarold: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cloghanarold.md - Enniscoush: https://everytownland.com/limerick/enniscoush.md - Knockaunavad: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockaunavad.md - Kyletaun: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kyletaun.md - Rathkeale: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rathkeale.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/wolfesburgess-west - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/wolfesburgess-west