Cloonbrane
Cloonbrane is a townland in the civil parish of Murher, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is Cluain Braon.
- Area
- 129.2 ha
- 319 acres
- Land parcels
- 57
- registered freehold, median 1,039 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Village Centre
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonbrane, from 9 m² to 300,856 m² (30.09 ha, 74.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve, White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 2 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 Aug 2026N/a
RED III Moyvane Solar Farm Limited intend to apply for permission for a 10-year planning permission for development at this site at Tarmon East, Leitrim East, Leitrim Middle, Aughrim, Glannalappa West, Glannalappa Middle, Ahalahana and Moyvane North, Co. Kerry. This development will consist of the construction of a solar photovoltaic (‘PV’) farm and associated ancillary development on ca. 272-hectare (‘ha’) site consisting of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays on ground-mounted frames, covering an area of ca. 823,310m2; II. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays supported by ballast footing covering an area of ca. 8,948m2; III. String inverters attached to selected solar panel arrays; IV. 27No. transformer units (ca. 6.1m x 2.4m); V. 33kV underground collector circuit and communications cabling within private lands and within the L1012, L1015, L1014, L6023 and L1021 public roads; VI. Pole-mounted security cameras; VII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; VIII. Upgrade of 8No. existing permanent Site entrances on the L1015, L1012, L1014 and L6023 public roads; IX. Development of 4No. new permanent Site entrances on the L1015, L1021 and L6023 public roads; X. 3No. temporary main construction compounds and 1No. temporary staging area; XI. The installation of 20No. new box culverts across drainage ditches, 10No. new box culverts across watercourses and the upgrade of 2No. existing box culverts across watercourses; XII. 2No. Horizontal Directional Drilling (‘HDD’) crossings (i) under the L1021 local road and (ii) under Ahalahana River to facilitate 33kV underground collector circuit cabling to the future 110kV looped-in substation; XIII. 4No. storage containers (ca. 2.6m high x 3m wide x 12.2m long); XIV. Ca. 11ha of Habitat Management Lands; and, XV. Drainage infrastructure, internal access tracks, landscaping, reinstatement works and all associated ancillary development. A 40-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the entire solar farm is being sought for all works (other than temporary works specified above), and the subsequent decommissioning. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660763
13 Jan 2025Conditional
(A) PERMISSION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT/STORE TO A HABITABLE DWELLING WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, (B) PERMISSION TO PROVIDE FIRST FLOOR HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION OVER GROUND FLOOR AREA AND CORRESPONDING PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH REAR WALL OF STRUCTURE AND RE-CONSTRUCT AND RAISE SAME REAR WALL IN ORDER TO ALTER THE ROOF PITCH TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING TO CATER FOR THE PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR HABITBALE ACCOMMODATION, AND (C) PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH THE REAR FLAT ROOF EXTENSION AT REAR OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT/STORE, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 256
29 Nov 2024Conditional
the renovation and extension of an existing dwelling. The works include the demolition of previously constructed rear extension and attached side garage, the construction of new rear extension , and elevational changes to the original house to include new windows, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and installation of a new replacement wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460928
15 Dec 2021Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH SINGLE STOREY SHEDS, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF PART TWO STOREY, PART SINGLE STOREY DWELLING (ATTACHED TO EXISTING SHED STRUCTORE TO WEST), (C) NEW PEDESTRIAN GATE TO FRONT AND NEW BOUNDARY WALL TO REAR, (D) CONNECTION TO PUBLIC FOUL SEWER AND (E) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211461
22 Dec 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT (A) A DWELLING HOUSE CONSISITING OF A PART SINGLE STOREY AND STOREY AND A HALF ELEMENTS (B) A DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED (C) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201268
23 Sept 2020Conditional
(A) EXTEND EXISTING MILKING COMPLEX BY ERECTING A SHED CONSISTING OF A CALVING AREA, CUBICLES WITH AUTOMATIC SCRAPERS, A SLURRY DUCT AND AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY TANK (B) PROVIDE A CATTLE CRUSH AND FEED PASSAGES (C) EXTEND EXISTING MILKING COMPLEX AND EXTEND EXISTING CUBICLE SHED (D) REMOVE EXISTING CANOPY AND PROVIDE A ROOF OVER EXISTING FEED PASSAGE ALSO REUSE EXISTING CANOPY ON NORTH WEST ELEVATION (E) CONSTRUCT A CATTLE UNDERPASS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS ON PUBLIC ROAD ADJACENT TO FARMYARD
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20871
7 Jun 2017Conditional
FOR ALTERATIONS TO HOUSE DESIGN, FROM THE HOUSE DESIGN PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 12/174
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17537
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 Cloonbrane.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cloonbrane.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonbrane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Cloonbrane, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonbrane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cloonbrane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonbrane · Cluain Braon
- Area
- 1,292,261 m² (129.23 ha, 319.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Murher, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Newtownsandes, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,135 people lived in 451 households in the Newtownsandes electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughrim, Glannalappa West, Gortdromasillahy, Moyvane North, Moyvane South
- Placenames
- Cloonbrane 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.