Derreen
Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry
Parcel 5475559
- Area
- 2,651 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Derreen
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
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 10 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_208 (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
- 28.5 ha
- 70 acres
- Land parcels
- 154
- registered freehold, median 221 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
154 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 2 m² to 39,309 m² (3.93 ha, 9.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 143 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Amenity or buffer space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Mixed/general 'green' /recreation/conservation, other (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 1 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
2 Sept 2025Conditional
Full planning permission to (A) erect new extensions to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house along with internal alterations, (B) carry out elevational changes to existing dwelling house along with all ancillary site services.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560770
25 Aug 2025Conditional
A/ Planning Permission for the Change of use of existing one and a half story dwelling to 1 apartment and 1 dwelling B/ Permission to construct a porch Extension to the front of existing structure and elevational alterations and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560735
24 Jul 2025N/a
Invalid: Permission for the Change of use of existing one and a half story dwelling to 2 apartments and 1 dwelling . B/Permission to convert lower ground floor to 1 no apartment and C/ Permission to construct a porch Extension to the front of existing structure and elevational alterations and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560638
26 May 2025Conditional
the demolition of an existing dwelling house and decommissioning of an existing on-site septic tank to facilitate the construction of a residential development comprising 70 no. dwelling houses and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development consists of the construction of 14 no. 4 bedroom two storey detached/semi-detached/townhouse dwelling houses and 37 no. two storey 3 bedroom semi-detached/townhouse dwelling houses. The proposed development also includes 4 no. two storey mews buildings providing 16 no. 2 bedroom dwellings and 3 no. 3 bedroom dwellings. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance from St. Margaret's Road to the south. Ancillary site development works include all landscaping, drainage and servicing proposals which include the undergrounding/diversion of existing overhead lines. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560435
26 Mar 2025Conditional
the construction of a part 1-2 storey dwelling house and all ancillary site development works including the demolition of 2 no. existing shed structures at Saint Margaret's Road, Derreen, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Access to the proposed development will be provided from Saint Margaret's Road.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560222
27 Feb 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for Construction of a new at-grade carpark providing a total of 10 no. parking spaces along with all associated site works including stormwater drainage and public lighting at Cluain Fhionnain, Ballydribeen, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560125
18 Dec 2024Conditional
Lidl Ireland GmbH intends to apply for permission for development comprising the demolition of the existing single level Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore (1,787.6 sq m Gross Floor Space) and the construction of a new single level mono-pitched Licensed Discount Foodstore with ancillary Infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,631.5 sq m Gross Floor Space and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys), at this site of approximately 0.941 hectares located at the existing Lidl Licensed Foodstore, Tralee Road (N22) / Bóthar Hans Liebherr (N72), Townland of Derreen, Killarney, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of: The demolition of the existing single level Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore building (1,787.6 sq m Gross Floor Space) with Net Retail Floor Space of 1,245 sq m; The construction of a new single level mono-pitched Licensed Discount Foodstore (2,517sq m Gross Floor Space) with Net Retail Floor Space of 1,670 sq m to include an ancillary off-licence use and bakery, an entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. welfare lobbies, toilets, cloak/change rooms, staff canteen, meeting room and operational office), IT room, plant room, delivery area and storage (incl. cold storage), and external covered trolley bay area with 8 no. long term bicycle parking spaces; Rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 840 sq m; Corporate signage (3 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board and 1 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole sign at primary vehicular and pedestrian entrance); 92 no. surface car parking spaces (5 no. disabled, 4 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging, 17 no. EV, and 64 no. regular); 28 no. bicycle parking spaces (8 no. long-term undercover and 20 no. short-term uncovered); Boundary treatments, retaining walls, hard and soft landscaping , services (incl. site drainage accommodation works and underground surface water attenuation storage), and all other ancillary infrastructure (incl. ESB substation and switch room building of 24.5 sq m Gross Floor Space) and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed new Licensed Discount Foodstore development will be provided via the enhancement of the existing vehicular and pedestrian access from Bótha
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460991
8 Dec 2023Conditional
CHANGE OF USE FROM COMMERCIAL USE TO A DENTAL SURGERY AND TO CARRY OUT ALL INTERNAL FIT-OUT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHANGE OF USE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 231158
27 Jun 2022Conditional
(A) PERMISSION TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AMENITY SPACE IN LIEU OF FORMER TENNIS COURT, (B) PERMISSION TO ERECT STEEL RAILING ON EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL AND SET BACK THE ENTRANCE, WING WALLS, SLIDING ENTRANCE GATE, (C) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ALL REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 22675
15 Jun 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING HEALTH CARE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO AN OUTPATIENT HEALTHCARE FACILITY PROVIDING TEAM BASES, CLINICAL SPACES AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21641
19 Apr 2021N/a
TO RETAIN A DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21416
9 Mar 2021N/a
RETAIN A DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21237
20 Dec 2019N/a
(A) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVING THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO CONNECT EXISTING DWELLING TO THE COUNCIL SEWER (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SERVICE ROAD AND TWO NUMBER TWO STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES (C) PERMISSION TO CLOSE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR NEW ENTRANCE TO SERVE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM THE NEW SERVICE ROAD AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 191323
23 Oct 2019Conditional
REPLACE EXISTING FLOODLIGHTING WITH NEW PROPOSED FLOODLIGHTING
Permission · Kerry County Council, 191090
17 Jun 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DRIVEWAY LEADING TO HOUSE NUMBER 19
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19631
14 May 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19497
7 May 2019Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING (B) DEMOLISH EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BARN BUILDING AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 19472
26 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT 12 NO. TWO BEDROOM AND 6 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS IN ONE THREE STOREY BLOCK AS WELL AS 4 NUMBER 3 BEDROOM TERRACED TOWNHOUSES IN 1 BLOCK OF 4, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO REPLACE THE 14 NO. I BEDROOM COTTAGE FLATS AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 15/765
Permission, 22 homes · Kerry County Council, 19435
20 Dec 2018Conditional
(A)PERMISSION TO RETAIN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AS CONSTRUCTED, ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES (B) PERMISSION TO ALTER AND CONSTRUCT NEW BOUNDARIES AROUND HOUSE NUMBERS 5 AND 8, AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 181270
30 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A FAMILY FLAT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE& FOR A CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER & DECOMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES&
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18517
27 Mar 2018Conditional
FOR THE CHANGE OF DESIGN OF PORTION OF APPROVED PLANNING APPLICATION REF. NO. 16/1296, TO ALTER THE DESIGN OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ANNEX TO THE SOUTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING CONTAINING A KENNEL ROOM, TO AN ENLARGED ANNEX TO CONTAIN AN ADDITIONAL CONSULTING ROOM AND EXTENDED WAITING ROOM, ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18277
21 Feb 2018Conditional
FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM A COMMERCIAL UNIT, TO AN OFF LICENCE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18158
5 Feb 2018Conditional
(A) RETAIN EXTENSION AS CONSTRUCTED (B) RETAIN THE CONVERSION OF THAT EXTENSIION INTO A FAMILY FLAT (C) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT REAR EXTENSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1873
6 Nov 2017Conditional
(A)PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING FOUNDATIONS AND COMPLETE 4 NO. DWELLINGS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG. NO. 07/204689; (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT ACCESS ROADS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 171103
31 Oct 2017Conditional
FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM A COMMERCIAL UNIT TO A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171084
The 25 most recent of 26 applications.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
- Special Protection Area: Killarney National Park SPA 004038
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365
Recorded monuments
- KE066-052 Standing stone
Description
At the W side of a field boundary which divides two football pitches. The stone (dims. 1.63m x 0.67m; H 1.97m) is rectangular in shape and ovoid in plan and orientated E-W. A field boundary is built against the N, S and E faces of the stone. The stone is of sandstone and partially covered with ivy. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derreen.
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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_208 (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 Derreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Derreen
- Area
- 285,144 m² (28.51 ha, 70.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Killarney Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killarney Rural electoral division: 7,735 people in 2,446 households; 71% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnamweely, Ballydowny, Ballydribbeen, Cleeny, Coolcorcoran, Coollegrean, Deer Park, Knockreer
- Placenames
- Derreen 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.