Ballyoughtragh South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Baile Uachtarach Theas
- Area
- 127.4 ha
- 315 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 4,146 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyoughtragh South, from 40 m² to 262,202 m² (26.22 ha, 64.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyoughtragh South 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
31 Jul 2026N/a
permission to a) renovate the existing dwelling, b) demolish and rebuild the existing porch, c) decommission the existing septic tank, d) install a mechanical treatment unit and raised polishing filter and e) construct all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660719
17 Oct 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF 4 NO. STABLES WITH TACK ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 221084
2 Jul 2021Conditional
INSTALL BATTERY ARRAYS, LOCATED WITHIN CONTAINER UNITS (20 NUMBER UNITS, EACH 30m2 BY C.2.6M TALL), A CONTROL BUILDING (C.160.5m2 BY C.6.4M TALL) AND TRANSFORMER (C.5M TALL). THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE FOR ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS, SECURITY FENCING, SEPARATION WALL, LIGHTING, CCTV, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS AND DRAINAGE. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SITE IS C.1.1.HA. THE APPLICATION INCLUDES A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21739
22 Dec 2017Conditional
FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF A 10 YEARS PERMISSION FOR A SOLAR FARM WITHIN A SITE AREA OF 10.19 HECTARES COMPRISING: (A) APPROXIMATELY 32,000 SQM OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED FRAMES, (B) A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ONTO R563, (C) 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION, (D) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY INVERTER STATIONS, (E) 1 NO. SWITCHGEAR STATION, (F) 1 NO. BATTERY STORAGE STATION, (G) SECURITY FENCING, (H) SATELLITE MAST, (I) CCTV, (J) UNDERGROUND CABLE DUCTS, (K) A TEMPORARY SITE COMPOUND AREA AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES AND (L) ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY LANDSCAPE AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS AT A SITE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 171305
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 Ballyoughtragh South.
Recorded monuments
- KE047-058 Standing stone
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.
- KE057-008 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 Ballyoughtragh South.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_111 (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 Ballyoughtragh South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyoughtragh South · An Baile Uachtarach Theas
- Area
- 1,274,029 m² (127.4 ha, 314.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcolman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Milltown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Milltown electoral division: 2,439 people in 858 households; 68% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyoughtragh North, Ballyvirrane, Farranmanagh, Killaclohane, Knockreagh, Lyre
- Placenames
- Ballyoughtragh South 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.