Brackvoan

104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brackvoan, from 9 m² to 97,334 m² (9.73 ha, 24.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  amendments to an approved development at Ballygrennan, Bruff, Co. Limerick. Previous planning ref no. 23/60794. 1. Amendments to previously approved houses numbers 1-30, 35-42 and 47-74 (types A, A1, A2, B/B1, C/C1, D/D3, F/F1, G/G1, H/H1, J/J1 K and K1). 2. Change of house type for numbers 31-34 and 43-46 (type E/E1 Elderly/senior living units) , 3. Amendments to road and finish floor levels, 4. Minor amendments to boundaries and landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2661035

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  construction of a single storey detached building, parking and associated site works for the purpose of recreation and leisure. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. No. 1033).

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560048

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  the development that comprises (i) 74 no. residential units including (a) 9 no. 4 bed detached units; (b) 3 no. 3 bed detached units; (c) 42 no. 3 bed semi-detached units; (d) 6 no. 3 bed terrace units; (e) 6 no. 2 bed terrace units; and (f) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached Elderly / Senior Living units (ii) significant open space area incorporating children’s playground; (iii) new estate road with access off the R512 incorporating footpath and cyclepath; (iv) new pedestrian crossing on the R512; (v) upgrade to exisitng pedestrian crossing serving the school; (vi) car parking and bicycle stands; and (vii) all associated site works including attenuation tank and surface water outfall to the Morningstar River

  Permission, 74 homes · Limerick County Council, 2360794

• 2 Oct 2023N/a

  the development that comprises (i) 74 no. residential units including (a) 9 no. 4 bed detached units; (b) 3 no. 3 bed detached units; (c) 42 no. 3 bed semi-detached units; (d) 6 no. 3 bed terrace units; (e) 6 no. 2 bed terrace units; and (f) 8 no. 3 bed semi-detached Elderly / Senior Living units (ii) significant open space area incorporating children’s playground; (iii) new estate road with access off the R512 incorporating footpath and cyclepath; (iv) new pedestrian crossing on the R512; (v) upgrade to exisitng pedestrian crossing serving the school; (vi) car parking and bicycle stands; and (vii) all associated site works including attenuation tank and surface water outfall to the Morningstar River

  Permission, 74 homes · Limerick County Council, 2360717

• 14 Mar 2023Conditional

  the carry out of development comprising the installation of a prefabricated building to carry out pre-school & after-school child care services. The development will include all necessary site/construction works and boundaries, connection to existing piped & cable services, revisions to existing car parking layout and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360147

• 14 May 2021Conditional

  the construction of a veterinary clinic, re-use of an existing farm entrance for access, installation of on-site domestic effluent treatment system and underground animal effluent storage tank, the provision of car parking, landscaping and site works. The veterinary clinic will include permission for the provision of clinic/surgery services associated with large and small animals along with equine treatment services, the retail of associated veterinary/animal products together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21644

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, replacement of existing septic tank system with a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, relocation of existing site entrance and existing field gate entrance in order to create a new site entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20740

• 10 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of an extension to their dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20629

• 12 Apr 2019N/a

  resurfacing of existing pitch and enlarging same. 2 no. full size multi use playing fields, access road, car parking, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19363

• 17 Aug 2018Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the existing dwelling, replacement of existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment system and polishing filter, relocation of the existing site entrance and existing field gate entrance in order to create a new site entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18821

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 the townland of Brackvoan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brackvoan.

Architectural heritage

• Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house over basement former presbytery, built c. 1870, with hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystack and overhanging eaves. Rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills, shouldered render surrounds, keystones and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Those to ground floor with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to north elevation having painted stone sill and spoked flanking over six-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window. Elliptical-headed opening with fluted pilasters, consoles and roll moulded hoodmoulding over cobweb fanlight over timber panelled door. Flight of limestone steps to entrance with cast-iron railings. Square-headed opening to rear (west) elevation having half-glazed timber battened door. Flight of rendered steps to entrance. Roughly dressed limestone elliptical-headed carriage arch to north with cut limestone voussoirs and double-leaf metal gates. Pair of recent square-profile brick gates to east.

• Saint Mary's Convent, convent/nunnery, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement convent, begun in 1856, now in use as a school. Recent porch to front (south) elevation, three-bay three-storey over basement projecting block to west with three-and-four-storey extensions, square-plan four-stage tower to east elevation, with chapel having chancel and lean-to extensions. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves having timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron cross finial to chapel. Hipped slate roof to tower with bracketed eaves course and cast-iron cross finial. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render strip quoins with wreath motifs and render plinth course. Render quoins and roundel to tower, east elevation with raised render lettering. Square-headed openings having limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed openings to west block with three-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed openings to tower having six-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed stained glass windows to chancel. Round-headed opening with glazed overlight over replacement half-glazed door with flanking sidelights. Flight of limestone steps to entrance. Pair of recent square-profile brick piers and double-leaf metal gates to east.

• Saint Mary's Convent, church/chapel, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached single-cell convent chapel, built in 1915, having lean-to to north and south elevations and chancel with dormer attic to east elevation. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and finial. Hipped roof to chancel. Rendered walls with render plinth course and limestone plaque to chancel wall. Round-headed Diocletian style openings to nave having render mouldings with keystones and stained glass windows. Square-headed openings to lean-tos with stained glass windows and render surrounds. Round-headed openings to chancel having stained glass windows. Curved rendered gallery to interior, entrance end. Render Doric columns set on square-profile plinths supporting round-headed arches to chancel with panelled soffits.

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).

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brackvoan.

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.

• Brackvoan, Bruff31 sales

Name

Brackvoan · An Bhreacmhóin

Area

484,082 m² (48.41 ha, 119.62 acres)

Civil parish

Bruff, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Bruff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bruff electoral division: 1,460 people in 542 households; 73% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlee, Ballinlee North, Ballygrennan, Bruff, Garbally

Placenames

Brackvoan 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.