Cloosmore
Townland in the civil parish of Dingle, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Chluais Mhóir
Parcel 1152345
- Area
- 1,618 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 194 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cloosmore
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_8 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 47 ha
- 116 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloosmore, from 221 m² to 153,932 m² (15.39 ha, 38.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Cloosmore 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
24 Aug 2026N/a
(a) construct new extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling (b) all other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 26135
9 Apr 2026N/a
retain an existing dwelling house served by an existing garden shed, both as constructed
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2663
22 Jul 2025Conditional
Retention Permission to retain the existing dwelling house and garage within revised site boundaries and Permission for the renovation of the existing bungalow (total gross floor area 117m2) and detached garage (50m2), to include demolishing the attached lean-to shed (total gross floor area 11m2), demolishing the rear wall, rear gable façade and internal walls of the bungalow, forming new window and door openings, the provision of a new insulated floor slab, installation of a new rendered external wall insulation system, replacing the existing concrete tile roof with an insulated natural slate roof, and the construction of a new single-storey flat-roof extension to the side and rear of the bungalow (total gross floor area 58m2), a new attic conversion and dormer extension at first floor level of the bungalow (total gross floor area 30m2), the installation of a new on-site wastewater treatment system & percolation area, and associated site works, including converting the existing detached garage into a storage/utility facility serving the main house, with upgraded access road, new site entrance and landscaping.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560629
30 Jun 2025Conditional
RETENTION PERMISSION TO REATIN AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 2 NUMBER EXTENSIONS, ONE TO THE SIDE AND ONE TO THE FRONT AND ALSO MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO INCLUDE, BLOCK UP EXISTING AND REDESIGN SOME WINDOW OPENINGS, ADD ROOF LIGHTS TO SERVE THE GROUND FLOOR AREA, ALSO TO ALLOW FOR MINOR INTERNAL LAYOUT ALTERATIONS AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION AND REMOVE AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SOAK PIT ON SITE AND IN ITS PLACE INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING TO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 25175
22 Dec 2022Conditional
REFURBISH AND REMODEL EXISTING DETACHED HOUSE, INCLUDING (A) REPLACEMENT OF (1) DWELLING HOUSE ROOFS, (2) WINDOWS AND DOORS, (3) FIRST-FLOOR BALUSTRADING, AND (B) (1) DEMOLITION OF GROUND FLOOR CONSERVATORY TO FRONT ELEVATION, AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXTENSION TO FRONT ELEVATION, AND (C) (1) ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW AND DOOR POSITIONS, AND SIZES (2) RECONFIGURATION OF GROUND FLOOR FRONT ELEVATION TO INCLUDE FACING BRICKS WITH RE-DECORATION OF REMAINING EXTERNAL WALLS, AND (D) NEW SOFT LANDSCAPING, EXTERNAL LIGHTING, INTERNAL RECONFIGURATION AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221345
24 Feb 2022Conditional
RETAIN AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22201
18 Nov 2020Conditional
RETAIN (1) AS CONSTRUCTED DETACHED GARAGE AND (2) ALL BUILDING WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201111
12 Oct 2018Conditional
(A)PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH FRONT PORCH & CONSTRUCT NEW FRONT PORCH,ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING TWO STOREY HOUSE TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO ROOFS & EXTERIOR OF SIDE EXTENSION& EXTENSIONTO REAR RETURN STRUCTURE & 2 VELUX WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION,TOGETHER WITH TWO NEWWINDOWS TO EXISTING DWELLING ON THE EAST FACING ELEVATION AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL (B) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING SHED STRUCTURE TO NEW CORRIDOR WITH LINK TO THE NEW REAR EXTENSION CONSISTING OF FAMILY ROOM, UNDER STAIRS WC/SHOWER ROOM, AND GROUND FLOOR LEVEL BEDROOM, AND FIRST FLOOR LEVEL DORMER BEDROOM TO MATCH ROOF LEVEL OF EXISTING DWELLING (C) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING LEAN TO SHEDS TO THE FORGE BUILDING AND TO PROVIDE CAR PARKING IN PLACE OF SAME (D) PROVIDE A NEW WINDOW TO THE FRONT SIDE (WEST FACING) AND REAR ELEVATION OF THE FORGE ANNEXE ROOM AND (E) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER ALL WITH ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SERVICES/ SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18982
4 May 2018Conditional
(A) BLOCK UP A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE SERVING AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND REMOVE ITS PILLARS AND WING WALLS AND (B) OPEN A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE WITH ASSOCIATED PILLARS AND WING WALLS IN A NEW LOCATION TO REPLACE THE ABOVE, AND ALSO TO RECONFIGURE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY AND PARKING ARRANGEMENT WITHIN THE SITE AND TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18412
19 Jan 2018Conditional
(A) RETAIN AN EXISTING WINDOW ON SOUTH WESTERN ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (B) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE NORTH EASTERN ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1826
9 Feb 2017Conditional
RETAIN AN AS CONSTRUCTED DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND DETACHED STORAGE SHED ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17100
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Burnham Inlet 001960
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cloosmore.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloosmore.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_12 (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 Cloosmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Cloosmore · An Chluais Mhóir
- Area
- 469,741 m² (46.97 ha, 116.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dingle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Glinn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glinn electoral division: 1,806 people in 654 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Burnham East, Burnham West, Cliddaun, Knocknahow, Milltown, Monaree
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Cloosmore 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.