Crabb's-Land

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crabb's-Land, from 17 m² to 29,352 m² (2.94 ha, 7.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 71 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.2Retail Warehousing (Retail warehouse)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  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.

• 12 Dec 2025Conditional

  the development of a site which adjoins the existing Northern Trust offices and comprises that area of land currently utilised for car parking purposes. It is proposed to modify the car parking layout and car parking numbers as part of the development proposal, including the removal of temporary car parking provided to facilitate construction on site, which shall be restored to green space. This proposed development will replace all un-built and incomplete elements of the development permitted under the planning permission Register Reference 16/693 (extended under Register Reference 21/7006) and planning permission Register Reference 18/1009. The un-built and incomplete elements to be replaced under permission 18/1009 comprise 1 no. 3 storey facility building (4,075sqm) comprising medical, meeting rooms and security facility. The unbuilt and incomplete elements under permission 16/693 extended under 21/7006 include (a) 1 no. 4 storey commercial office building of 9480sqm; (b)1 no. 5 storey commercial office building of 11,850sqm save for groundworks which were commenced; (c) 1 no. level of decked car parking; (d) 2 no. convenience service kiosks to accommodate retail and café uses; (e) 2 no. ESB substations; and (f) upgrade of existing pumping station. The proposed development seeks (i) construction of 3 no. 5 storey buildings each with a floor area of 7,208sqm, to be used for Class 3 office use and / or Class 8 Medical Use, with provision for screened roof top plant; (ii) modification of existing water, surface water and foul sewer infrastructure to facilitate construction of 3 no. buildings; (iii) reconfiguration of existing car parking provision resulting in an overall reduction in car parking numbers, incidental to the provision of commercial buildings, on site; (iv) modification to existing covered bicycle parking to result in increased provision on site with provision for 6 no. bicycle storage buildings with external bin storage facilities (v) provision of landscaping within the public realm and (vi) all associated site works including upgrade of an existing watermain for a distance of circa 900m. Existing access to the site shall be maintained. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies the planning application

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561317

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  the construction of an extension to the side of the existing warehouse storage facility. Permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing single-storey goods arrival section at the rear of the building to a two-storey section including a new first floor. New signage & associated site works and services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461147

• 8 Aug 2024Conditional

  (a) construct a single storey extension (66 SqM) to rear containing a trade shop (for the sale of building related products principally to trade) associated with the existing warehouse use, (b) reconfigure and extend the existing customer parking area in rear yard and (c) carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460791

• 11 Mar 2024Conditional

  the development that will consist of: a change of use of the ground floor area from a children’s activity centre to light industrial warehousing to include a ground floor showroom and new first floor level offices. New windows and signage to the front and side elevations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460209

• 24 Nov 2023N/a

  the development that will consist of: a change of use of the ground floor area from a children’s activity centre to light industrial warehousing to include a ground floor showroom and new first floor level offices. New windows and signage to the front and side elevations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360869

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  the demolition of an existing car wash tunnel and erect a modular office building to be used as a car rental hub along with the construction of an adjoining canopy to be used as a car wash/valeting bay. Site works to consist of car parking, Ev charging spaces, landscaping, bicycle rack, lighting, signage, connection to public mains, access via existing entrance way and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360750

• 28 Nov 2022Conditional

  modifications to an existing planning permission 22/570, which include the relocation of and increase in floor area of the ancillary administration areas within the existing building, the addition of 2 dock levellers with associated roller shutter doors to the rear of the building, elevational alterations to include additions of pedestrian and fire escape doors and the increase in glazing to the office space area at the front of the building, signage to the front, side and rear of the building including a free-standing totem sign to the front of the building, with change of use from general warehousing for trade persons(wholesalers) and all associated site works above and below ground

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221253

• 2 Nov 2022Refused

  a change of use of part of the first floor from retail warehousing to a coffee shop

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221177

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  the relocation of the existing freestanding Totem Advertising sign at the entrance to delta retail park together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221032

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  the demolition of the existing plant room to rear(30SqM), construct a ground floor single storey extension(80SqM) to rear containing Admin/Sales Offices, Trade Counter, Goods In/Out Office and Server Room which are associated with the warehouse use. To construct a first floor extension(18.5SqM) containing a new office, to existing Admin Block which is associated with the warehouse use. To provide new signage to external elevations and boundaries, provide new customer parking to rear yard and modify existing staff parking to front yard. To provide a storage area and install external steel racking/shelving systems to rear yard and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22816

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  erecting 203 sq.m or 38.64 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the retail shop, Richardsons Foods, with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22806

• 23 May 2022Conditional

  the change of use form the existing leisure/sports use to use as warehousing (in line with the original planning permission ref 00/2954)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22570

• 17 May 2021Conditional

  existing mezzanine floor for retail/storage purposes with associated accommodation stairs, existing curtain walled panel in lieu of previous roller shutter to front elevation. Planning permission is also sought for the provision of 2no. fire escape stairwells, 1no. passenger lift, minor modifications to the front and rear elevations to incorporate new fire escape doors

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21658

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  an existing telecommunications support structure(previously granted under Planning ref. no. 10/221), together with associated ground equipment container and security fencing

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21493

• 25 Nov 2019Conditional

  the construction of an extension to the rear of the existing building, construction of a first floor mezzanine structure and the use of the facility, (ground floor and first floor mezzanine levels) as a warehouse storage facility. Permission is also sought for minor modifications to the front elevation incorporating two canopies over the existing entrances, fire escape door and signage. Minor modifications to the side elevation to incorporate a fire escape door, and a fire escape door to the rear elevation

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191154

• 30 Oct 2019Conditional

  change of use from a warehouse/storage unit to a waste transfer facility for washroom waste

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191070

• 3 Sept 2019Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing Volvo showroom providing 3 no. car service bays and a parts store as well as all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19878

• 18 Jul 2019Conditional

  a car sales yard and portacabin and all associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19711

• 11 Jul 2019Conditional

  the valet building to protect employees from the elements, and 3 no. temporary storage containers, and all ancillary equipment and site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19687

• 28 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of a mezzanine floor with internal alterations, new signage, and all associated works and permission for change of use from industrial/warehousing to retail warehousing

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19637

• 29 May 2019N/a

  the valet building to protect employees from the elements, and 3 no. temporary storage containers, and all ancillary equipment and site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19523

• 23 Nov 2018Refused

  a change of use of part of the existing ground floor area (200 sqm) from light industrial warehousing (class 4) to local shop (class 1)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181137

• 10 Jul 2018Conditional

  Retention permission for change of use from kickboxing/recreational gym to use as car retail unit and associated car service garage.

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 18704

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  the construction of a new internal first floor extension within the existing building consisting of provision of additional office accommodation, alterations to elevations (to include new windows and doors and surface finish changes), car parking to rear of site and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18608

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 Crabb's-Land.

Recorded monuments

• LI005-081 Furnace
  Description

  In low-lying poorly drained pasture, c. 60m to W of a stream, on S edge of Eastlink Business Park, and on N side of Ballysimon Road. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 2000 as a mound during the course of field walking and investigated provisionally during test trenching (Licence no. 00E0852) in advance of the Limerick Southern Ring Road, Contract One: Rosbrien to Annacotty (Coyne 2000, 4). Described initially as a scatter of cremated and unburnt bone found beneath the topsoil (ibid, 30). This was excavated in 2001 to reveal a crescent-shaped spread covered in a mantle of clay (Coyne 2001, 32). The clay covering is thought to have been used to mask the site during the medieval times owing to the finding of a crutch headed pin (find no. 00E0852: 28: 1) which had been deliberately placed under a stone on this site and which can be closely dated to this period (ibid). The primary mound material comprised of heat-shattered stone with very little charcoal. Neither the trough nor the hearth were found and may have been located outside of the excavation area. The presence of two small furnaces and iron slag on top of the clay mantle suggests that the site had an industrial function during the medieval period, when it seems to have been used for iron smelting. It is not possible to clarify from the evidence if the burnt mound and the industrial site are mutually exclusive or if they are directly associated. The presence of animal bone does show that some domestic activity took place on the site. Radiocarbon dating of the charcoal recovered from the heat-shattered stone deposit will be able to confirm if the burnt mound is closely associated with the industrial activity and artefacts recovered from above the clay sealing layer (ibid, 33). Area now developed as a road and a car park visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 June 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Crabb's-Land.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_998 (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.

No address of the register names Crabb's-Land with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Crabb's-Land · Fearann na Manach

Area

141,523 m² (14.15 ha, 34.97 acres)

Civil parish

St. Nicholas', and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Limerick South Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Limerick South Rural electoral division: 2,215 people in 721 households; 82% of households own their home; 64% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crossagalla, Garryglass, Monaclinoe, Towlerton

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.