Ballysimon Commons

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballysimon Commons, from 108 m² to 85,907 m² (8.59 ha, 21.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballysimon Commons in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 12 Aug 2026N/a

  - the construction and operation of a wellness facility incorporating 2no. sauna cabins, 4 no. cold plunge tubs, 2no. changing area, 1no. WC, reception area, maintenance yard and associated ancillary structures - Installation of wastewater treatment facilities and all associated site works - Provision of 14no. car parking, 8no. bicycle parking, signage, landscaping, boundary treatments and connection to existing services - And all ancillary and associated development works above and below ground

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660923

• 9 Apr 2026Conditional

  extensions previously constructed to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660401

• 6 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single story extension ( 13 sqm) to the side of existing Licensed premises, for the sale of take-away hot food & beverages accessed from existing car park, installation of a replacement waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360124

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  amendments to planning permission 20/983. The development will comprise carrying out part demolition of, and revised alterations and extension to existing dwelling including all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22147

• 30 Jun 2021Refused

  the construction of permanent catering unit for the sale of hot food and beverages within the car park of Morrisons Licenced premises

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21919

• 6 Apr 2021Refused

  existing steel structure catering unit for the sale of hot beverages

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21429

• 2 Oct 2020Conditional

  alterations and extensions to existing dwelling including all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20983

• 5 May 2020Refused

  conversion, alteration and enlargement of 2 no. existing residential units (granted planning permission under 18-293) into one single residential unit, consisting of 4 no. bedrooms including all ancillary site works. Planning permission for effluent treatment and vehicular entrance has already been granted under 18-293 for a similar type development. The proposed development is necessary in order to upgrade the current minimal standards of living accommodation in accordance with more appropriate sustainable urban housing design standards for such accommodation

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20358

• 9 May 2019N/a

  (a) the amalgamation of 2 no. existing residential units (granted retention permission under 18/293) into one single 2 bed residential unit and (b) construction of a new residential unit consisting of an extension to same. Planning permission for effluent treatment system and vehicular entrance has been granted under 18/293. The proposed development is necessary in order to upgrade the current minimum standards of living accommodation in accordance with more appropriate sustainable urban housing design standards for such accommodation

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19457

• 29 Mar 2018Conditional

  (a) constructed existing ground floor residential unit, (b) constructed existing first floor residential unit, (c) constructed existing vehicular entrance. (d) Permission is sought to construct external access/escape stairs to residential unit first floor and replace existing septic tank and percolation area with new proprietary effluent treatment system to service both existing residential units

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18293

• 13 Feb 2017Refused

  a development (a) to carry out alterations renovation and extention of existing stable yard dwelling unit and (b) upgrade existing effluent treatment system including all associated site works and services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17123

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  construction of a two storey house, entrance, driveway, garage, the installation of a waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1763

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 Commons.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballysimon Commons.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballysimon Commons, 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_1022 (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.

No address of the register names Ballysimon Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballysimon Commons · Coimín Bhéal Átha Síomoin

Area

154,562 m² (15.46 ha, 38.19 acres)

Civil parish

Derrygalvin, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballysimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,540 people lived in 5,566 households in the Ballysimon electoral division. 59% of households owned 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), Coolyhenan, Knockananty, Milltown

Placenames

Ballysimon Commons 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.