Camheen
Camheen is a townland in the civil parish of Mungret, barony of Pubblebrien, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Caimchín.
Parcel 1596812
- Area
- 2,287 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 251 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Camheen
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_908 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 75.4 ha
- 186 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 1,983 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Camheen, from 22 m² to 186,511 m² (18.65 ha, 46.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 May 2023Conditional
the demolition of existing single storey extension to rear of dwelling house and the construction of new extension to the rear of the dwelling house, alterations to existing elevations including raising existing ridge height; new recessed vehicular entrance; new wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360368
14 Mar 2022Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22293
19 May 2021Conditional
a first floor bedroom to the rear of the house, existing shed to the rear of the site and entrance walls as constructed and planning permission to construct a granny flat to the side and rear of dwelling and to make elevational changes to the shed and all other associated works
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21671
8 Nov 2018Conditional
a) construction of a single storey extension to the side of existing house, b) internal modifications and alterations to elevations of existing house including new plaster finish to existing elevations, realignment of windows/doors & new roof lights, c) convert existing attic for use as storage space, d) new front boundary wall to include removal of one of the two existing vehicular entrances, e) demolition of existing garden shed and construction of a new replacement garden shed and f) all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 181081
24 May 2018Conditional
the construction of a single storey side, rear and front extension, garage, alterations to front elevation and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18514
8 Mar 2018Conditional
a ten year permission to develop a solar farm. The proposed solar farm will comprise the construction and operation of solar PV arrays mounted on metal frames on a 12.1 hectare site, inclusive of a single electrical control building, onsite substation, up to 2 no. inverter units, up to 2 no. temporary construction areas with ancillary facilities, boundary fencing with CCTV units, use of existing access, an access track and all ancillary works (inclusive of gross floor space of proposed works up to 100.4 sqm). The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Report and stage 1 screening for appropriate assessment
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18215
31 Oct 2017Conditional
RETENTION for the unauthorised development of extensions and alterations to elevations and permission for the installation of a new waste water treatment system together with associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 171004
6 Jul 2017N/a
a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17646
16 Feb 2017N/a
dwelling house, front entrance gates & connection to existing services
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 17132
27 Jan 2017N/a
the unauthorised development of extensions and alterations to elevations and an unauthorised vehicular entrance to the site together with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1761
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 Camheen.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Camheen.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Camheen.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Camheen, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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_908 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Camheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Camheen · Caimchín
- Area
- 753,952 m² (75.4 ha, 186.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mungret, and its townlands
- Barony
- Pubblebrien
- Electoral division
- Ballycummin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 19,394 people lived in 6,719 households in the Ballycummin electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycarney, Ballyduane, Caheranardrish, Islandduane, Moneteen, Rahina, Rathmale
- Placenames
- Camheen 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.