Ballysimon

318 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballysimon, from 9 m² to 180,890 m² (18.09 ha, 44.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 290 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Groody Valley Green Wedge (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Jun 2026N/a

  the modification of the Large-Scale Residential Development granted under Application Ref. 23/60842 and Appeal Ref. ABP-319009-24.The proposed modifications comprise of: The replacement of 57 no. units comprising of; 06 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses (139.2 sq.m.), 15 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses / townhouses (108 sq.m.), 06 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments (Block A) (54.1 sq.m. – 114.1 sq.m.), 14 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments (Block B)(54.1 sq.m. – 114.1 sq.m.) and 16 no. 1, 2, and 3 bed apartments (Block D)(50.2 – 123.2 sq.m.) With 59 no. units comprising of; 04 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses (134.0 sq.m.), 22 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (104.4 – 108.6 sq.m.), 04 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (115.8 sq.m.), 08 no. 3 bed townhouses (109.8 sq.m.), 06 no. 2 bed townhouses (80.2 sq.m.) and 15 no. 1 and 2 bed apartments (61.6 – 71.9 sq.m.) The provision of 5no. additional townhouse units (2 no. 3 beds and 3 no. 2 beds). The omission of the permitted childcare facility with capacity to accommodate 58no. children and the construction of a childcare facility on a site to the west at Evanwood with capacity to accommodate 102no. children. The development will also include the provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; public lighting; substations; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works including nature-based suds measures. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application and has been submitted to the Planning Authority. The application and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) may be inspected online at the following website: www.oldorchardlrd.ie

  Permission, 64 homes · Limerick County Council, 2660675

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  demolition of an existing detached dwelling and the demolition of an existing detached garage. Construction of two detached two storey dwellings, new attached garage, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 25400

• 3 Apr 2025Refused

  the demolition of existing garage building and the construction of a new two storey extension, comprising of an independent family residence, to existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560285

• 20 Jan 2025N/a

  the Construction of a Private Dwelling within the grounds of Mill Race (Eircode: V94 H9KE), The Demolition of Existing Garage Building and Associated Site Works, including proposed connections to watermain and foul sewer

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560024

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  construction of a granny flat to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 253

• 1 Mar 2024Conditional

  an extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460179

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  the demolition of existing single storey volume to rear and construction of 2no. single storey extensions to rear/side, construction of new boundary wall to side and including all associated landscaping and drainage works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23601

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site: Golf Links Road, Newtown, Monaleen, Co. Limerick. The development will consist of the provision of 122 residential house and apartment units on a site of 3.2ha. The site is generally greenfield land with one existing residential dwelling (119.9m2) which is to be retained and integrated into the new development. The site is bound by the Kylemore Estate to the east, Evanwood Estate to the south and south west, Ashfort Estate to the north west and open land to the north which contains a ring fort. Access to the site is off School House Road. The proposed development will provide as follows; (1) Demolition of existing agriculture buildings on site with a total gross floor area of 284.4m2; (2) 65 no. housing units comprising a variety of forms to include detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, all two storey in height. The mix of proposed houses include 6 no. four bedroom units and 59 no. three bedroom units to provide a total of 6,820.8m2 of residential house gross floor area; (3) 57 no. apartment units across 7 no. 3 storey blocks throughout the development. The apartment units provide a mix of one, two and three bedroom units, comprising 29 no. one bedroom units, 26 no. two bedroom units, and 2 no. three bedroom units to provide a total of 4,929.1m2 of residential apartment gross floor area.The proposed development also includes; (i) A childcare facility measuring 352.2m2, providing 58 childcare places, located at the northern most edge of the development. (ii) The provision of 114 no. car parking spaces within the curtilage of the proposed dwelling houses and 89 no. public car parking spaces and 311 no. bicycle parking spaces. (iii) The provision of 1 no. ESB sub-station, ancillary services and infrastructure works including foul and surface water drainage, blue roofs, landscaped public open spaces (approximately .5 ha or 15.9% of the overall site area), landscaping, lighting, internal roads, cycle paths, footpaths. In total, the proposed development would provide a total residential gross floor area of 11,749.9m2 and a creche facility of 352.2m2. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application may be inspected online at the following website URL, setup by the applicant: www.golflinksroadlrd.com.

  Permission, 122 homes · Limerick County Council, 2360842

• 4 Jan 2023Conditional

  an extension to the front of the dwelling to include a proposed draught lobby and enlarge the 2 existing bedrooms with an additional ensuite for each bedroom

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 232

• 28 Mar 2022Conditional

  extension of duration for 16/621 for construction of 20 no. two storey dwelling houses and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 227010

• 3 Sept 2021N/a

  construction of a single storey pre-school building, new site entrance, boundary walls and connection to services with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211241

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  demolition of Ballysimon Bridge over the River Groody on Golf Links Road L1116, Ballysimon Bridge is on the record of protected structures as Protected Structure RPS 1596, construction of a new bridge over the River Groody, construction of flood defence walls along the River Groody, including a weir wall upstream of the new bridge, road widening and upgrade of 350 metres of roadway on Golf Links Road L1116 and 300 metres of roadway along Old Ballysimon Road L1171, construction of boundary walls, footpaths, cycleways, traffic lights and public lighting, installation of surface water sewers, foul sewers, gas main, telecommunications, utility services and associated services, installation of traffic calming measures on the Old Ballysimon Road including a new gateway entry to the City, new road surfacing, new road markings, upgraded road signage and street furniture and all ancillary works necessary for completion

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 218006

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 13/447: the construction of 12 no. two storey dwelling houses and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 197025

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  demolition of an existing haybarn and construction of a residential development comprising 6 units (2 block of 3 terrace houses), with site entrance, and all ancillary site development works. Ancillary site development works include a new connection to the public water main, foul and surface water drainage, access roads, footpaths, vehicle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works above and below ground

  Permission, 6 homes · Limerick County Council, 191037

• 14 Aug 2019Conditional

  construction of a first floor extension incorporating a bedroom and bathroom en-suite over existing single storey annex to gable of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19806

• 27 Jun 2019Conditional

  a change of house type from that granted under planning reference 16/621 and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19627

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181123

• 12 Jul 2018Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling house, an entrance, connection to public foul and storm water sewers and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18711

• 25 May 2018Refused

  the provision of electronic gates at the existing vehicular and pedestrian entrances to the development and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18515

• 28 Mar 2018Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear and a single storey extension (garage and home gym) to the side of the existing dwelling (house number 27 - granted under planning register ref. 13/447) (An Bord Pleanala ref. no. PL 91.243690) and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18288

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 Ballysimon.

Recorded monuments

• LI005-041 Water mill - vertical-wheeled
  Description

  A watermill mill is depicted on the 17th-century Down Survey parish map of Kilmurry (NLI, Ms 718) in this vicinity but an archaeological excavation by Tracy Collins (98E0607) revealed that the 'Ballysimon Mills' depicted on the OS map is 19th-century in date with no evidence of the medieval mill. The excavation results were summarised as following; 'This site is marked as a mill on the 17th-century Down Survey Map of the area. There is a small building c. 5m x 7m) at this location, of undressed limestone of roughly coursed rubble construction. The building was investigated to see whether this was the 17th-century structure or there had been an earlier building at this site. Owing to the recent usage of the site as a creamery and later a farmyard the only available position for a trench was in the interior of the extant structure. Because of the unstable condition of much of the remains, a trench, 1.5m x 3.5m, was hand-excavated in the south-east corner of the building. The mill had been filled with a large amount of modern debris, such as household refuse and loose masonry (no architectural features were noted). The original floor surface was of rough cobbles and a reused limestone flag. The floor was set in a bed of gritty, white mortar with a brick, stone and mortar mix below as a foundation. The walls of the structure rested on the underlying red boulder clay material, with the east wall being partially strengthened by the addition of a plinth, 0.1m wide, along its base. This strengthening, it is assumed, would have made the wall more secure, as it was the wall that would have held the original overshot wheel. It would also have guarded against the wall being undermined by the lapping of the mill-race water. The investigation did not reveal any artefacts of archaeological significance and proved that an earlier building did not exist on the site of the extant mill structure'(www.excavations.ie). See attached 1657 Down Survey barony map of Kilmurry parish (NLI, MS 718) showing Ballysimon Castle (LI005-057----) and two watermills (LI005-041-/042-). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2020

• LI005-069 Enclosure
  Description

  On low-lying pasture, c. 60m to E of the Groody River. Ballysimon watermill (LI005-041----) lies c. 80m to N. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Described in 2003 as a slightly raised area (diam. 30m) defined by traces of a ditch (Collins 2003, 13). Visible as a suboval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 06/02/2018. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 24 June 2020

• LI005-082001 Burial
  Description

  Archaeological excavation in 2001 under licence No. 01E0030 was summarised by Aegis Archaeology as following; 'The leg bones of a skeleton were revealed during monitoring of the destruction of a badger sett by the Wildlife Section of Dúchas. This monitoring was undertaken as part of the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring-Road. Upper leg bones were first recovered, and two kneecaps. It was thought that the remainder of the skeleton would be present, but upon excavation it was found that only the upper portions of the lower legs were left in situ. It was clear from the remains that they had been cut in antiquity and post-mortem. The bones recovered represented an adult individual of undetermined sex. The remains were found only c. 0.15m below the surface ground level of the badger sett. They were covered with a light mid-brown silty loam topsoil and were cut into and resting upon a very similar material. It appeared from the excavation that the remains had been surrounded by a crude stone setting of twelve stones. Despite the fact that it appeared as though the leg bones had been cut in antiquity and the lower legs and both feet were missing, the stone setting had not been truncated, which was thought to be unusual. Two isolated features located in the same field as the human remains were excavated under the same licence. Both features were circular in plan and showed evidence for heating or burning within them. They were partly filled with heat-reddened subsoil and both had tentative evidence for flues. No finds were recovered from the features' (www.excavations.ie)

• LI005-082002 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, c. 260m to N of the Groody River. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified in 2001 as human remains and two isolated features discovered during topsoil stripping in advance of the Limerick South Ring Road and subsequently excavated (License No. 01E0030) (Collins 2001, 4). The lower leg bones of a skeleton were revealed during monitoring of the destruction of a badger sett by the Wildlife Section of Dúchas (ibid). These were discovered 0.15m below the ground surface and consisted of the lower portions of the upper leg bones, two kneecaps and the upper portions of the lower leg bones (ibid, 15). The remainder of the lower legs were not in situ and these had been cut post-mortem, in antiquity. The rest of the body was missing from the pelvis upwards. It was clear from the remains that they had been cut in antiquity and post-mortem. The bones represent an adult individual of undetermined sex. The remains had been surrounded by a crude stone setting of twelve stones, which despite the partial recovery of this skeleton, remained undisturbed (ibid). Two isolated pits were recovered in the same field. Both features were circular in plan and showed evidence for heating or burning within them (ibid, 16-18). They were partly filled with heat-reddened subsoil and both had tentative evidence for flues. No finds were recovered from the features (ibid). Area now occupied by the Ballysimon M7 interchange visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/11/2019. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• LI005-102 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  In field 150m N of the Groody River now occupied by the Ballysimon Roundabout. The archaeological site (LI005-102----) includes four separate areas of archaeological activity investigated in a ploughed field (‘Field 3’) in advance of the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road (Coyne & Hayes 2001). The site covers a large area (dims. 240m N-S and 200m E-W). The excavated features include; a pit (3:66); pits and postholes (3:339); two pits (3:425); and surface complex of postholes (3:447). The features contained charcoal and included deposits of burnt clay. No artefacts were recovered from the excavated pits and post-holes. Surface finds from the topsoil included a dispersed flint scatter of worked flint and chert, and a Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age barbed a tanged arrowhead. The identification of the prehistoric flint suggests an early prehistoric date for the excavated features. No function has been ascribed to the excavated material by the excavator. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballysimon.

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Ballysimon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballysimon · Béal Átha Síomoin

Area

664,439 m² (66.44 ha, 164.19 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmurray, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballysimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballysimon electoral division: 16,540 people in 5,566 households; 59% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysimon (Dickson), Ballysimon (Staunton), Garryglass, Kilbane, Newtown, Peafield, Towlerton

Placenames

Ballysimon 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.