Ballinorig West
Townland in the civil parish of Ratass, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile an Óraigh Thiar
- Area
- 53.8 ha
- 133 acres
- Land parcels
- 111
- registered freehold, median 1,417 m²
- Zoning
- C6
- Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinorig West, from 1 m² to 73,563 m² (7.36 ha, 18.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C6Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Jan 2026N/a
Planning permission for the following: Refurbish and extend existing dwelling including the demolition of the existing rear extension, erect a new flat roof two storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, erect a new single storey extension to the East side of the new rear extension and fit all new windows and doors to both the existing and new buildings, block up the existing entrance to the site from the public road and open up a new splayed entrance complete with all ancillary site works associated with the development including driveway, parking and turning area on our site and retention permission to retain existing slatted unit and dairy shed
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660043
4 Jul 2025Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a storage yard and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560566
19 Feb 2025Conditional
Full planning permission to (a) demolish existing dwelling in part (b) renovate existing dwelling (c) to build a private single storey extension to front , rear and side of existing dwelling (d) new private garage (e) decommission existing septic tank and install a new septic tank and percolation area (f) remove existing access and replace with new sprayed access and Retention Permission to retain development within revised site boundaries
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560102
20 May 2024Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (CIRCA 9,000M2) FROM A WEAVING PLANT TO A WHISKEY MATURATION STORE AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS . THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO AN ESTABLISHMENT TO WHICH THE MAJOR ACCIDENTS DIRECTIVE APPLIES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 24196
11 May 2022Conditional
(A) RETAIN EXISTING MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER (B)PERMISSION TO MAKE MINOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING LAYOUT (C) PERMISSION TO CHANGE THE USE OF THE EXISTING CRECHE/PLAYSCHOOL TO A ONE BEDROOMED DETACHED GRANNY FLAT, TO MAKE MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION (D) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN OPEN CANPOY LINK FROM EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROPOSED GRANNY FLAT (E) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22492
3 Feb 2022N/a
CONSTRUCT A RAW MATERIALS INTAKE BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THEIR FACILITY
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2298
26 Jan 2022Refused
DEMOLISH EXISTING GOLF ACADEMY SHOP AND FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD 2 NO. INDUSTRIAL UNITS WITH PARKING FACILITIES, SERVED WITH TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2262
30 Apr 2021Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21476
2 Mar 2021N/a
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING IN PART ALL WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21203
6 May 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, SERVICED BY A PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20411
30 Apr 2020N/a
RETAIN EXISTING GOLF ACADEMY SHOP AND PARKING FACILITIES ALL WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARY; ALSO FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD 1NO. WAREHOUSE, PARKING, TREATMENT UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20396
24 Oct 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A BUNGALOW WITH PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER WITH ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 181024
3 May 2017Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING 2 NO. DWELLING HOUSES (B) ERECT 2 NO SINGLE STOREY WITH ATTIC STYLE DWELLINGS AS REPLACEMENTS (C) INSTALL 2 NO. MECHANICAL AERATION UNITS AND POLISHING FILTERS TO SERVE DWELLINGS (D) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALSO SITE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 2 homes · Kerry County Council, 17407
14 Feb 2017Conditional
RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES, WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS,
Retention · Kerry County Council, 17111
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballinorig West.
Recorded monuments
- KE029-128 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinorig West.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_149 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballinorig West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinorig West · Baile an Óraigh Thiar
- Area
- 537,516 m² (53.75 ha, 132.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ratass, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Ratass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ratass electoral division: 1,080 people in 403 households; 90% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinorig East, Ballinorig South, Ballybeggan, Clash East, Ratass
- Placenames
- Ballinorig West 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.