Caherslee
Townland in the civil parish of Tralee, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cathair Slí
- Area
- 15.9 ha
- 39 acres
- Land parcels
- 196
- registered freehold, median 465 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
196 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherslee, from 7 m² to 22,146 m² (2.21 ha, 5.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 65 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)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 200 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), 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
23 Jul 2026N/a
to a) Construct a new dwelling, b) connect to the public sewer and c) construct all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660697
23 Apr 2026Conditional
Construct 85no. residential units, consisting of, A) 2no. two storey detached houses (4 bed), B) 26.no two storey semi-detached houses (3 bed), C) 4.no two storey semi-detached houses (4 bed), D) 35.no two storey terrace units (2&3bed), E) 2.no Duplex terrace blocks (three storey) consisting of 8 no. terrace house units (2 bed), and 8.no 1 Bed Apartments, F) ancillary crèche with 2.no 1 Bed Apartments over. The proposed development also includes a dedicated pedestrian / cycle path traversing the site with new access at the proposed main entrance off Caherslee Road (R551) & a second dedicated pedestrian / cycle path connection also proposed off Caherslee Road (R551). Ancillary infrastructure works will include connection to the public sewer, construct a new wastewater pumping station and infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utilities services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle racks, landscaping, new vehicular access to the development via 1.no new site entrance from Caherslee Road (R551) and all associated site development works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660350
23 Mar 2026Conditional
Permission to construct an independent canopy structure and all associated site works to the front of St.John’s Laundry at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.:21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660247
11 Feb 2026N/a
Permission to construct an independent canopy structure and all associated site works to the front of St.John’s Laundry at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.:21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660097
11 Feb 2025N/a
Construct 85no. residential units, consisting of, A) 2no. two storey detached houses (4 bed), B) 26.no two storey semi-detached houses (3 bed), C) 4.no two storey semi-detached houses (4 bed), D) 35 no. two storey terrace units (2&3 bed), E) 2.no Duplux terrace blocks (three storey) consisting of 8 no. terrace house units (2 bed), and 8.no 1 Bed Apartments F) ancillary créche with 2 no. 1 Bed Apartments over. The proposed development also includes dedicated pedestrian / cycle paths traversing the site with access at the proposed main entrance off Caherslee Road. The proposals include a junction upgrade to a signalised crossroads at the intersection of Caherslee Rd (R551) and Carrigeendaniel to facilitate vehicular access to the site. Ancillary infrastructure works will include connection to the public sewer, construct a new wastewater pumping station and infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utilities services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle racks, landscaping, vehicular access to the development via 1.no new site entrance from Caherslee Road and all associated site development works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560073
5 Feb 2025N/a
Planning permission to construct an independent canopy structure to the front of St.John's Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure (Reg. No.: 21002098)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560060
30 Jan 2025Conditional
Construction of an A-type roof onto an existing flat roof extension; Height of proposed new A-type roof 4.6 meters
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560042
19 Dec 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to a) Extend and renovate the existing dwelling, b) Convert the existing garage to an attached granny flat c) all associated site works 1 LEEDALE, CAHERSLEE, TRALEE, CO. KERRY V92 V0RX
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2461007
15 Mar 2024Conditional
RETAIN 3 NO. STEEL STORAGE CONTAINSERS
Retention, 3 homes · Kerry County Council, 24113
13 Mar 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a two storey stairs and lift enclosure to the rear courtyard, to remove the existing staircase and to renovate the first floor of the St. Johns Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460152
13 Mar 2024Refused
Planning Permission to construct an independent colonnade and canopy structure to the front of the St. Johns Laundry, all at Balloonagh Convent, Tralee, Co.Kerry. This building is a protected structure.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460154
24 Jul 2023Conditional
Application to construct an independent carport in front of dwelling house at no.11 Ard Charraig, Caherslee, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360053
7 Mar 2023Conditional
SINGLE STOREY REAR KITCHEN EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR DRESSING ROOM EXTENSION TO SIDE OF DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23237
20 Sept 2022Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO GROUND FLOOR AREAS OF THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR AREAS OF THE EXISTING TWO STOREY BUILDING (A PROTECTED STRUCTURE) FOR DAY CARE ASSOCIATED USE, INCLUDING INTERNAL CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING DAY CARE FACILITY AND ALL RELATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22993
24 Aug 2022Conditional
EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22889
20 Jul 2022N/a
EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22779
24 Aug 2017Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING STRUCTURE AS (PARTIALLY) CONSTRUCTED ON SITE AND COMPLETE SAME WITH ALTERATIONS TO HOUSE DESIGN PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 16/692 TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17842
25 May 2017Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM AND PRIVATE OFFICE WITH ELEVATION CHANGE TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING, ALSO TO RETAIN EXISTING GARAGE AT REAR OF DWELLING
Retention · Kerry County Council, 17482
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 Caherslee.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Caherslee.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Caherslee.
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 low, 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_106 (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 Caherslee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Caherslee · Cathair Slí
- Area
- 158,913 m² (15.89 ha, 39.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tralee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Tralee Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tralee Rural electoral division: 19,032 people in 7,091 households; 60% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balloonagh, Carrigeendaniel, Croogorts, Gallowsfields, Mounthawk, Pluckeen
- Placenames
- Caherslee 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.