Dromalivaun
Townland in the civil parish of Aghavallen, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish Drom an Leamháin
- Area
- 147.2 ha
- 364 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,677 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromalivaun, from 147 m² to 375,051 m² (37.51 ha, 92.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Dromalivaun 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 Mar 2026Refused
Construct a community Playground including associated ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2656
14 Nov 2024Conditional
Planning permission for the following: Extend existing protected structure “RPS-KY-0134” including the removal of the North West corner wall of the existing rear extension, erect a new single story extension with attic storage to the north west of existing thatched house, decommission existing septic tank and install a new mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter, retention permission to retain existing porta cabins (One as a home office & One as a store) and old shed and retention permission to retain existing mobile home until proposed extension is finished. Permission for all ancillary site works associated with the development including parking and turning areas on our site
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460885
30 Oct 2024N/a
Invalid: Planning permission for the following: Extend existing protected structure “KY006-001” including the removal of the North West corner wall of the existing rear extension, erect a new single story extension with attic storage to the north west of existing thatched house, decommission existing septic tank and install a new mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter, retention permission to retain existing porta cabins (One as a home office & One as a store) and old shed and retention permission to retain existing mobile home until proposed extension is finished. Permission for all ancillary site works associated with the development including parking and turning areas on our site
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460849
16 Mar 2023Conditional
APPLY FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM OF 146.6 HECTARES, ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS CONSISTING AS DESCRIBED HERIN: WEST PARCEL( BALLYMACASY, BALLYLINE EAST AND BALLYLINE WEST TOWNLANDS) C 58.48 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL ( COOLNAGRAIGUE TOWNLAND) C. 53.8 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL ( LEANAMORE AND DROMALIVAUN TOWNLANDS) C 34.32 HECTARES, A ROUTE CORRIDOR FOR AN UNDER GROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C 3772 METERS IN LENGTH.THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 146.6 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 794,430 SQ METERS OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES, INVERTER/TRANSFORMER STATIONS, UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING, 2 NO.MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UPGRADE OF 1 NO. SITE ENTRANCE OFF THE LIO12 LOCAL ROAD AND 1 NO. NEW SITE ENTRANCE OFF THE L 6021 LOCAL ROAD, CCTV/LIGHTING POSTS, 5 NO. CULVERT CROSSINGS, BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF AN INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6021 AND APPROXIMATELY 3,737 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS.AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION , PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WOTH ELECTRICAL CONTROLBUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANALA IN DUE COURSE. THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF DROMALIVAUN WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING OVERHEAD LINES IN EITHER THE EAST PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF DROMALIVAUN OR THE CENTRAL PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF LENAMORE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RELATION TO THE PROJECT AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION .
Permission · Kerry County Council, 23284
29 Oct 2021Conditional
RETAIN DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention · Kerry County Council, 211233
14 Apr 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EASY FEED CATTLE SHED FOR OVER WINTERING COWS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21386
16 Dec 2020Conditional
ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE , INSTALL AN IRL8 TRICEL NOVA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERITARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201221
6 Jul 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN UNROOFED UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK WITH CONCRETE SLATS AND ASSOCIATED FEED PASSAGE AND CONCRETE FLOOR FOR OVER WINTERING COWS COMPLETE WITH EASY FEED BARRIERS, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS. ALL THIS WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT ON HIS FARM
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20591
16 Jun 2020Conditional
RETAIN AN EXISTING 80 METER HIGH TEMPORARY METEOROLOGICAL MAST (MET MAST) AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTATION AND WORKS AND THE CONTINUATION OF ITS USE TO MEASURE LOCAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS FOR A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 20515
18 Dec 2019N/a
ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL AN IRL8 TRICEL NOVA WASTE WATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON HIS SITE
Outline permission · Kerry County Council, 191296
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 Dromalivaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dromalivaun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dromalivaun.
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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_255 (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 Dromalivaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Dromalivaun · Drom an Leamháin
- Area
- 1,471,907 m² (147.19 ha, 363.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghavallen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Lislaughtin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lislaughtin electoral division: 552 people in 230 households; 86% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyline East, Ballyline West, Bunnaruddee, Leanamore, Tullamore
- Placenames
- Dromalivaun 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.