Cantra

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cantra, from 60 m² to 49,279 m² (4.93 ha, 12.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Park (Open space, park)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Landscape Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 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.

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  Permission for development to renovate and extend the existing house including alterations to the site layout and all necessary site works. This application is to replace the previously granted permission (Ref No 26/60056)

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660404

• 16 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct an extension at her property with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2649

• 29 Jan 2026Conditional

  Permission for development to renovate and extend the existing house including alterations to the site layout and all necessary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660056

• 15 Nov 2024N/a

  for planning retention permission to retain ( a) as constructed dwelling house served by a septic tank system with all associated ancillary site services and ( b ) detached storage shed and (c ) retain all buildings within revised site boundaries

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460888

• 26 Mar 2024Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT EXTENSIONS TO THEIR DWELLING HOUSE AND ADJOINING DOMESTIC GARAGE, (B) CONTSTRCT NEW REPLACEMENT ROOF OVER DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING DORMER WINDOWS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR LIVING SPACE, (C) MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGE TO ONE WINDOW ON EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION AND (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24127

• 21 Nov 2023Conditional

  TIGH CÓNAITHEACH AON STÓR LE CEANGAIL LEIS AN SÉARCHAIS POIBLÍ A THÓGAINT CHOMH MAITH LE NA SEIRBHÍSÍ COIMHDEACHA A BHAINEANN LEIS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL HOUSE WITH CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC AINS AS LL AS ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231127

• 11 May 2023Refused

  IS É A BHEIDH I GCEIST LEIS AN BHFORBAIRT SEO NÁ TIGH CÓNAITHEACH AON STÓR LE TRÍ SHEOMRA LEAPAN A THÓGAINT. BEIDH DÍON CLAONTA CHUN TOSAIGH AGUS DÍON COTHROM FÉARA TAOBH THIAR. SAN ÁIREAMH IN OIBREACHA COIMHDEACHA AN LÁITHREÁIN TÁ TÍRDHREACHÚ, LEATHNÚ AR AN MBEALACH ISTEACH TALMHAÍOCHTA ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR CHOMH MAITH LE AONAD COIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE CAIDÉALAITHE, SCAGAIRE SNASÚCHÁIN AGUS POLL SÚITE UISCE DROMCHLA A CHUR ISTEACH THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL INVOLVE THE BUILDING OF A THREE-BEDROOM ONE-STOREY RESDIENTIAL HOUSE. THERE WILL BE A PITCHED ROOF IN FRONT AND A FLAT GREEN ROOF TO THE REAR. ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDE HARD LANDSCAPING, WIDENING OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SITE ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A PUMPED WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, POLISHING FILTER AND SURFACE WATER SOAKWAY

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23534

• 22 Mar 2023N/a

  IS É BHEIDH I GCEIST LEIS AN BHFORBAIRT SEO NÁ TIGH CÓNAITHEACH AON STÓR LE TRÍ SHEOMRA LEAPAN A THÓGAINT. BEIDH DÍON CLAONTA CHUN TOSAIGH AGUS DÍON COTHROM FÉARA TAOBH THIAR. SAN ÁIREAMH IN OIBREACHA COIMHDEACHA AN LÁITHREÁIN TÁ TÍRDHREACHÚ, LEATHNÚ AR AN MBEALACH ISTEACH TALMHAÍOCHTA ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR CHOMH MAITH LE AONAD COIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE CAIDÉALAITHE, SCAGAIRE SNASÚCHÁIN AGUS POLL SÚITE UISCE DROMCHLA A CHUR ISTEACH THE DEVLOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE, SINGLE-STOREY, THREE BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE. THE HOUSE WILL HAVE A PITCHED ROOF TO THE FRONT AND A FLAT GREEN ROOF TO THE REAR. ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDE HARD LANDSCAPING, WIDENING OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SITE ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A PUMPED WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, POLISHING FILTER AND SURFACE WATER SOAKWAY

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23314

• 15 Mar 2023Conditional

  CHUN LÁTHAIR GHLAMPÁLA A THÓGÁIL Í GCOMHAIR (A) 6 CHINN D'FHAIGHREOGA GHLAMPÁLA LE DEICRE AGUS A BHEIDH CEANGAILTE DON GCÓRAS SÉARACHAIS POIBLÍ, (B) BEALACH ISTEACH NUA, (C) CARR CHLÓS AR AN LÁTHAIR, (D) BÓTHAR/COSCÁIN ROCHTANA AGUS (E) IONAD STORÁLA BRÚSCAIR CHOMH MAITH LE OIBREACHA COIMHDEACHA CONSTRUCT A GLAMPING SITE CONSISTING OF (A) 6 NO. GLAMPING PODS WITH DECKING AREA AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, (B) NEW SITE ENTRANCE, (C) ONSITE CAR PARKING, (D) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD/ACCESS FOOTPATHS AND (E) BIN STORGAE AREA WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23277

• 25 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SIDE EXTENSION TO THEIR DWELLING HOUSE, WITH AN ELEVATIONAL CHANGE TO ONE WINDOW ON EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360

• 1 Sept 2022Conditional

  (1) RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS AND (2) ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN REVISED STIE BOUNDARIES AND (B) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO (1) CONSTRUCT TWO NUMBER EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22925

• 6 Apr 2022Refused

  TIGH CÓNAITHEACH AON STÓR LE TRÍ SHEOMRA LEAPAN A THÓGAINT. BEIDH DÍON CLAONTA CHUN TOSAIGH AGUS DÍON COTHROM FÉARA TAOBH THIAR. SAN ÁIREAMH IN OIBREACHA COIMHDEACHA AN LÁITHREÁIN TÁ TÍRDHREACHÚ, LEATHNÚ AR AN MBEALACH ISTEACH TALMHAÍOCHTA ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR CHOMH MAITH LE AONAD COIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE CAIDÉALAITHE, SCAGAIRE SNASÚCHÁIN AGUS POLL SÚITE UISCE DROMCHLA A CHUR ISTEACH CONSTRUCT ONE, SINGLE - STOREY, THREEE BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE. THE HOUSE WIL HAVE A PITCHED ROOF TO THE FRONT AND FLAT GREEN ROOF TO THE REAR. ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDE HARD LANDSCAPING, WIDENING OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SITE ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF A PUMPED WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, POLISHING FILTER AND SURFACE WATER SOAKAWAY

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22377

• 20 May 2020Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING ATTACHED SHED/ RESTAURANT PREP AREAS TO NORTH WESTERN ELEVATION SIDE AND TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESTAURANT KNOWN AS THE SKIPPER RESTAURANT, (B) DEMOLISH DETACHED SHED TO REAR OF RESTAURANT (C) CONVERT EXISTING COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT TO PRIVATE ACCOMODATION USE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION PRIVATE USE TO THE REAR OF SAME WITH ASSOICATED FRONT ELEVATION MODIFICATIONS (D) CONSTRUCT AN ATTACHED STOREY AND A HLAF EXTENSION TO THE NORTH WESTERN ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FOR USE AS A CAFÉ WITH ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SERVICES SERVING SAME AND (E) ASSOCIATE SIGNAGE TO CAFE. ALL THE ABOVE SERVED BY EXISTING ONSITE CAR PARKING AREA AND PUBLIC SEWER CONNECTION WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20443

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  ALTER DWELLING HOUSE DESIGN FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG NO. 18/672

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20263

• 4 Jul 2018Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. ALL WITH ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SERVICES/SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18672

• 9 May 2018Refused

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, SITE ENTRANCE, ACCESS DRIVE AND TO INSTALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18430

• 4 Apr 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, SITE ENTRANCE ACCESS DRIVE AND TO INSTALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS, SERVICING AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18309

• 1 Sept 2017Refused

  CONSTRUCT A SPLIT LEVEL 2 STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, SITE ENTRANCE ACCESS DRIVE AND TO INSTALL A WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS, SERVICING AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17871

• 31 May 2017Conditional

  (A) CEAD COINNEALA (1) AONAID SAILTILITE CURAMH LAE AGUS REAMH SCOILE AGUS (2) ATHRU USAIDE O 3 SHEOMRA CHUIG USAID O AM GO CHEILE MAR SHEOMRAI RANGA DO CHOLAISTE GAEILGE / AONAID SAITILITE CURAMH LAE AGUD REAMH SCOILE, (3) D'IONAD POBAIL FAOI MAR ATA SE AGUS SAN AIREAMH LEIS SIN, MIONLEASUITHE LAISTIGH AGUS LASMUIGH SA BHREIS AR AN GCEAD PLEANALA A TUGADH FAOI RIALACHAN PLEANALA UIMHIR 86/538, (4) ATHRU USAIDE O 2 SHEOMRA AR AN GCEAD URLAR, PRIOMH-HALLA AGUS AN LAITHAIR STAITSE CHUIG USAID O AM GO CHEILE MAR SHEOMRAI RANGA / IONAD POBAIL AGUS (5) CORAS MEICNIUIL UM AERU AGUS AONAD AERU MAR ATA SE A COIMEAD AGUS (B) GACH A CHOINNEAIL LAISTIGH DE NA TEORAINNEACHA LEASAITHE AG (ENGLISH: RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN FOR (1) SATELLITE DAY CARE CENTRE AND PRE-SCHOOL, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF 3 ROOMS TO USE AS CLASSROOMS OCCASIONALLY FOR IRISH COLLEGE, SATELLITE DAY CARE CENTRE AND PRE-SCHOOL, (3) AS A COMMUNITY HALL AS IT IS AND AS WELL AS THAT MINOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHANGES TO THE PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER 86/538, (4) CHANGE OF USE OF 2 ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, MAIN HALL AND THE STAGE LOCATION TO USE OCCASIONALLY AS CLASSROOMS / COMMUNITY HALL, (5) TO RETAIN THE MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT UNIT AND (B) ALL TO BE RETAINED WITHIN AMENDED SITE BOUNDARY)

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 17505

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ventry Dunes And Marshes 001384

Recorded monuments

• KE052-046001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  This site lies in rough, rocky pastureland on the SW slopes of Caherard Hill overlooking Ventry Harbour. Its precise nature, and the relationship of the various features to one another, are not clear. On the Fair Plan, 2 roughly circular enclosures are marked at this point, the NE named 'Cantra village (site of)' and the other named 'fort'. On the published editions of the OS map, the former is marked only by its name and the 'site of symbol. The latter is untitled on the published editions and the depiction on the 2nd edition indicates that the enclosure had been bisected NW-SE by a very irregular field wall and that part of the enclosure to NE of the wall had been removed. At present, the latter site is represented by a level platform abutting the S side of the field wall, and it appears to be the remains of a ringfort, possibly a cashel. The platform measures 27m E-W x 17m N-S and is enclosed by a low stony bank. The souterrain noted on the 1st edition of the OS map runs under the field wall which defines the NE side of the platform. On the SW side, the drystone-built side walls are visible for a length of 2.5m and define an area, possibly the entrance, .5m wide and .25m deep. A depression on the other side of the wall may indicate the line of a further section of the souterrain. A tall standing stone, located adjacent to the NE side of the field wall, on line with the enclosing bank, may have been part of an entrance feature; it stands 1.45m high. A wide area on the NE side of the field wall is occupied by stony mounds and depressions and amongst these the ruined and overgrown foundations of at least 3 rectangular house sites are discernible. These may be associated with the 'village', but their date and relationship to the ringfort cannot be determined from a surface inspection alone. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 552. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE052-046002 Souterrain
  Description

  KE052-046001- lies in rough, rocky pastureland on the SW slopes of Caherard Hill overlooking Ventry Harbour. The souterrain KE052-046002- noted on the 1st edition of the OS map runs under the field wall which defines the NE side of the platform. On the SW side, the drystone-built side walls are visible for a length of 2.5m and define an area, possibly the entrance, .5m wide and .25m deep. A depression on the other side of the wall may indicate the line of a further section of the souterrain. A tall standing stone, located adjacent to the NE side of the field wall, on line with the enclosing bank, may have been part of an entrance feature; it stands 1.45m high. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 552. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE052-046003 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Settlement cluster or 'Cantra Village' described by Cuppage (1986, 195-7, no. 552) as follows; 'This site lies in rough, rocky pastureland on the SW slopes of Caherard Hill overlooking Ventry Harbour. Its precise nature, and the relationship of the various features to one another, are not clear. On the Fair Plan, 2 roughly circular enclosures are marked at this point, the NE named 'Cantra village (site of)' and the other named 'fort'. On the published editions of the OS map, the former is marked only by its name and the 'site of symbol. The latter is untitled on the published editions and the depiction on the 2nd edition indicates that the enclosure had been bisected NW-SE by a very irregular field wall and that part of the enclosure to NE of the wall had been removed. At present, the latter site is represented by a level platform abutting the S side of the field wall, and it appears to be the remains of a ringfort, possibly a cashel. The souterrain noted on the 1st edition of the OS map runs under the field wall which defines the NE side of the platform. On the SW side, the drystone-built side walls are visible for a length of 2.5m and define an area, possibly the entrance, 0.5m wide and 0.25m deep. A depression on the other side of the wall may indicate the line of a further section of the souterrain. A tall standing stone, located adjacent to the NE side of the field wall, on line with the enclosing bank, may have been part of an entrance feature; it stands 1.45m high. A wide area on the NE side of the field wall is occupied by stony mounds and depressions and amongst these the ruined and overgrown foundations of at least 3 rectangular house sites are discernible. These may be associated with the 'village', but their date and relationship to the ringfort cannot be determined from a surface inspection alone'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 7 April 2022

• KE052-046004 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on the SW slopes of Caherard Hill, overlooking Ventry Harbour, this large upright slab stands .9m high and is 2.55m long and .25m thick; NNE-SSW. Though the surrounding hill slope is strewn with rock outcrop and loose boulders, this one appears to have been deliberately set standing. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 89. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cantra.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Cantra, 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 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 Cantra.

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.

No address of the register names Cantra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Cantra · Ceann Trá

Area

578,890 m² (57.89 ha, 143.05 acres)

Civil parish

Ventry, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Ventry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

422 people lived in 182 households in the Ventry electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballytrasna, Caherard, Cloghane, Emlaghslat, Laherfree

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Cantra 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.