Ardroe
Ardroe is a townland in the civil parish of Ballinvoher, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is An tArd Rua.
- Area
- 179.1 ha
- 443 acres
- Land parcels
- 100
- registered freehold, median 1,966 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardroe, from 29 m² to 997,759 m² (99.78 ha, 246.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ardroe 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Apr 2026N/a
Permission to include restaurant use in existing lounge/dining area of Guesthouse and to make alterations to the elevations of guesthouse at Inch Beach Guesthouse, Ardroe, Annascaul, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660343
29 Oct 2025Refused
construct a new single storey domestic dwelling house, including all associated site works and with a new mechanical treatment unit & sand polishing filter and a new connection to a private well
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560999
13 Oct 2025Conditional
Retention Permission to a) Retain the existing entrance walls and gates as constructed and b) Retain all associated site works at Ardroe, Inch, Co. Kerry
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560932
24 Feb 2025N/a
Permission for the following 1) Upgrade and Service Existing Hardstandings for Touring Pitches, 2) To Improve Existing Camping Area for Tents, 3) Extend Existing Toilet Block, 4) Install New Waste Water Treatment System, 5) Install Entrance Barrier, 6) Attach NIS Report for Existing Caravan and Camping Park at Inch, Annascaul, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560116
6 Dec 2024Refused
(A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AS IT EXISTS ON THE SITE. AND (B) PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT TO CONVERT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO A GLAMPING POD INCLUDING CONNECTING IT TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460949
6 Dec 2024Refused
Planning permission to construct a new single storey domestic dwelling house and adjacent single storey garage, including all associated site works and with a new mechanical treatment unit & sand polishing filter and a new connection to a private well all at, Ardroe, Inch, Co. Kerry.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460952
21 Oct 2024N/a
Invalid: Permission for development to construct a two storey camping site reception building which will contain the reception, campsite shop, staff rooms and associated rooms and all ancillary works and permission to decommission the existing septic tank and to install a new wastewater treatment system including a campervan cassette wastewater disposal unit and all ancillary works and Retention Permission to retain an extension to the existing toilet/services block which is a wash-up area
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460817
28 Aug 2024N/a
Planning permission to construct a new single storey domestic dwelling house, including all associated site works and with a new mechanical treatment unit & sand polishing filter and a new connection to a private well all at, Ardroe, Inch, Co. Kerry.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460621
8 May 2024Conditional
Permission for development to: (A) Renovate and extend the existing dwelling house including all necessary demolition, alterations and site works. (B) Decommission the existing septic tank and install a new septic tank and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460281
9 Feb 2024Refused
Permission for development to: (A) Demolish the existing dwelling house and two sheds including sections of the roadside wall. (B) Construct a new dwelling house, attached garage, dependent relative accommodation and sections of the roadside wall at new locations, including all necessary site works and connecting to existing sewerage, surface water, mains water, etc, services
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460074
18 Jul 2023Conditional
RETAIN STORAGE SHED BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE AND TO RETAIN BALCONY WINDOW TO SIDE OF GUEST HOUSE ON SITE AND FULL PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE ( SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTH- WESTERN ELEVATIONS) OF GUEST HOUSE ON SITE THUS CREATING SUNROOMS OFF THE EXISTING ROOMS AND INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION TO UPGRADE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ON SITE TO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SAND POLISHING FILTER
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2360043
29 Sept 2022Conditional
CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF HOUSES, 1, 4, 7, 8 AND 9
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221030
29 Jun 2022Conditional
RETAIN (A) EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES (B) CHANGE OF USE OF ATTIC SPACE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR STORAGE USE ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (C) CHANGE OF USE OF DOMESTIC GARAGE TO USE AS A HOME OFFICE (D) RETAIN INSITU IN-FILL SUN ROOM BETWEEN ORIGINAL DOMESTIC GARAGE AND THE DWELLING HOUSE (E) RETAIN ALL ELEVATIONAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING DWELLING (F) RETAIN STORAGE SHED TO THE WESTERN GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON SITE AND INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RAISED SAND POLISHING FILTER
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22700
5 May 2022Conditional
TO CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF HOUSE 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22464
15 Mar 2022N/a
CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF HOUSE 2, 3, 5 AND 6
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22297
17 Nov 2021Refused
(A) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211303
28 Sept 2021N/a
(A) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211098
25 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRCUT A SERIES OF EXTENSIONS AND MATERIAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21978
22 Apr 2021Conditional
(A) RETAN THE EXISTING SHORT TERM STAY CAMPING SITE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES (B) RETAIN THE ALTERATION AND RENOVATION WORKS TO THE EXISTING TOILETS AND SITE AS CONSTRUCTED (C) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING TOILETS INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING TOILETS (D) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A CAMPING SITE RECEPTION BUILDING WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE RECEPTION , CAMPSITE SHOP, STAFF ROOMS AND ASSOCIATED ROOMS. (E) PERMISSION TO EXTEND THE CAMP SITE WITH ACCES TO SAME INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY LANDSCAPING AND SITE WORKS (F) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A WASTEWATER TREATMENT TANK WITH PURAFLO MODULES AND POLISHING FILTER INCLUDING DECOMMISSIONING THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK. AN NIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21438
4 Oct 2019N/a
RETAIN THE RENOVATION AND ALTERATION WORKS CARRIED OUT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING IN THE CARAVAN AND CAMPING SITE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 191026
10 Sept 2019Refused
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, (B) CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, (C) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19945
17 Dec 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A 15 METRE HIGH MULTI-USER MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE, CARRYING ANTENNA AND DISHES ENCLOSED WITHIN A 2.4 METRE HIGH PALISADE FENCE COMPOUND INCLUDING NEW ACCESS TRACK TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT CABINETS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 181237
12 Mar 2018Conditional
INSTALL A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND PERCOALTION AREA
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18223
23 Feb 2018Conditional
INSTALL A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18168
7 Mar 2017Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ONTO THE WESTERN GABLE END OF THE COTTAGE ON SITE NO. 3 OF INCH BEACH HOLIDAY COTTAGES, FOR USE AS A LOUNGE/SITTING AREA (B) INSERT VELUX WINDOWS INTO THE EXISTING ROOF OF THIS SAME COTTAGE AND INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 119693
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
- Special Protection Area: Castlemaine Harbour SPA 004029
- Special Protection Area: Dingle Peninsula SPA 004153
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlemaine Harbour 000343
Recorded monuments
- KE045-087 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. c. 20m. This circular univallate rath is situated on the level summit of a local rise at the foot of Brickany mountain overlooking Dingle Bay. The earthen enclosing bank is overgrown with gorse and briars and is no more than .3 to .4m high internally and .8m high externally. Due to the poor and overgrown condition of the remains, it was not possible to identify an entrance. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 293. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardroe.
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 Ardroe, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardroe.
- 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 Ardroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ardroe · An tArd Rua
- Area
- 1,791,203 m² (179.12 ha, 442.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballinvoher, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Inch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 160 people lived in 68 households in the Inch electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ardroe 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.