Brackhill
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Bhreac-choill
- Area
- 218.7 ha
- 540 acres
- Land parcels
- 150
- registered freehold, median 1,725 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
150 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brackhill, from 32 m² to 229,126 m² (22.91 ha, 56.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve, White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 0 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
14 Mar 2025Conditional
For permission to retain the car parking area for staff parking and car sales display area, and for permission to retain the entrance off the N70 as constructed together with all associated ancillary site works.
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560182
8 Jul 2024Conditional
(A) TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION ONTO BOTH SIDES AND THE REAR OF AN EXISTING DWELLING, (B) TO MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW DOOR AND OTHER MINOR WORKS AS DOCUMENTED ON THE DRAWINGS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION AND (C) TO CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24286
6 Mar 2024N/a
for permission to retain the overflow car parking area together with all associated ancillary site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460131
8 Dec 2023Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SITE ENTRANCE AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO DE-COMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231160
25 Aug 2023Conditional
TO (A) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED, AND (B) RETAIN WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23933
4 Oct 2021Conditional
(A) ERECT A TRADITIONAL 1-1 AND A HALF STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY (IN PART) DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE . (B) INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA. (C) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211119
1 Apr 2021Conditional
CHANGE USE OF PARTS OF EXISTING SHOP TO THAT OF OFF LICENCE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21344
24 May 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19544
9 Apr 2018Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ON REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18321
21 Feb 2018Refused
(1)CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A STAND ALONE DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ACCESS WITH SPLAYED FRONT BOUNDARY ENTRANCE WALLS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS (3) PERMISSION TO INSTALL A NEW SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION WILL INCLUDE A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18156
20 Dec 2017Conditional
RETAIN THE ALTERATION, RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171280
29 Nov 2017N/a
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 171190
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 Brackhill.
Recorded monuments
- KE047-042 Megalithic structure
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 Brackhill.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_132 (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
- Brackhill, Castlemaine7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Brackhill · An Bhreac-choill
- Area
- 2,186,906 m² (218.69 ha, 540.4 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
- Ardmeelode, Ballymacandy, Cloonalassan, Cloonmore, Gransha Lower, Killaclohane, Rusheen
- Placenames
- Brackhill 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.