Farranwilliam

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farranwilliam, from 39 m² to 29,634 m² (2.96 ha, 7.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• M2Town/Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use, General Development (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 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.

• 28 Jan 2026Conditional

  to reain 3 existing storage containers and planning permission to erect two portacabins for use as 1. Changing rooms & accessible toilet and 2. Equipment store & servery all to serve the ARC sports facilities complete with associated siteworks at Farranwilliam, Ardfert, Co Kerry.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660054

• 27 Feb 2025Refused

  permission to construct an apartment block consisting of 10 number two bedroom living units, served by associated car parking and an internal bicycle and wheeled bin store, the units shall be connected to all public services & also to include all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560129

• 9 Oct 2024Conditional

  to retain an existing function room/music venue and planning permission for an extension to the same all at my premises

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24392

• 1 Aug 2024Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES, (B) MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING 2 STOREY DWELLING TO A STORE FOR A NEW COLD ROOM AND BOTTLE STORAGE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND TO A 1 BED APARTMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, (C) DEMOLISH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION ON THE REAR WEST ELEVATION AND (D) CONSTRUCT A NEW EXIT DOOR ON THE REAR WEST ELEVATION (E) CONSTRUCT A NEW ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE DOOR ON THE FRONT EAST ELEVATION WHICH WILL SERVE AS ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED APARTMENT (F) DEMOLISH EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL AT THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460511

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  RETAIN DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED WITH HARDSTAND AREA TO FRONT OF SHED LOCATED TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING FOR THE ANCILLARY USE OF THE DWELLING

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231198

• 28 Sept 2023Refused

  (A) RETAIN STORAGE UNIT FOR COMMERCIAL STORAGE OF PV UNITS LOCATED ON A SECURE SITE AT REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) RETAIN SIGNAGE AS INSTALLED ON BOUNDARY WALL AND GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 231019

• 1 Mar 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCT A 2 STOREY CHILDCARE CENTRE WHICH WILL BE SERVED BY A NEW CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23227

• 4 Nov 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED TO REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FOR THE ANCILLARY USE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 221150

• 15 Aug 2022Conditional

  (1) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN 2 NO. EXISTING METAL CLAD STORAGE SHEDS,(2) PLANNING PERMISSION (A) TO CHANGE USE OF PART OF EXISTING DWELLING INTO GRANNY FLAT; (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR PORCH EXTENSION TO GRANNY FLAT; (C) CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSIONS, AND (D) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22859

• 13 Feb 2019Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 90M X 55M APPROX ALL WEATHER PLAYING PITCH COMPLETE WITH A PERIMETER BOUNDARY FENCE, BALL STOP NETTING AND FLOOD LIGHTING, (B) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW 138M X 86M APPROX. GRASSED PLAYING PITCH FOR GAELIC GAMES COMPLETE WITH FLOODLIGHTING AND BALL STOP NETTING BEHIND GOALS, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF PERIMETER JOGGING TRACK, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY SPORTS PAVILION COMPRISING 34.5M X 20M SPORTS HALL, 4 NO CHANGING ROOMS WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AS REQUIRED TOILETS, SHOWERS, STORAGE, PLANT ROOM ETC., AND INTERNAL VIEWING BALCONY, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF SPORTING LANE AND RUN OUT AREAS FOR LONG JUMP AND HIGH JUMP, (E) CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED VIEWING SHELTER BETWEEN PITCHES, (F) CONSTRUCTION OF 5M HIGH BALL WALL WITH LIGHTING AND BALL STOP NETTING, ALL COMPLETE WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARKING AND PERIMETER PALISADE BOUNDARY FENCING. (THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A DURATION OF TEN YEARS)

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19126

• 6 Apr 2017Conditional

  RETAIN THE DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ON REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 17307

• 29 Mar 2017Conditional

  RETAIN A LOUNGE EXTENSION TO BAR

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 17274

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 the townland of Farranwilliam.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Farranwilliam.

Architectural heritage

• Ardfert Abbey, gate lodge, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gatehouse, built c. 1815, by John Crosbie, Earl of Glandore, known as "Glandore Gate". Comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with lancet arch to centre having battlemented parapet over, cast-iron gates and curved screen wall to north. Attached two-bay single-storey flat-roofed Gothic Revival style gate lodge, built c. 1815, to south, comprising single-bay linking bay with lancet arch openings and single-bay advanced end block having battlemented parapet and curved screen wall to south. Relocated and reconstructed at present site, 1880. Snecked limestone ashlar walls with hammered finish, battered buttresses to centre, carved crest with arrow loop over and having carved limestone plaque c. 1880 in archway. Pointed archway with smooth limestone reveals. Paired and triple lancet windows to lodge with timber lattice glazing bars. Iron repousse double-leaf gates with crest.

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

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_71 (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.

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

Name

Farranwilliam · Fearann Liam

Area

98,682 m² (9.87 ha, 24.38 acres)

Civil parish

Ardfert, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Ardfert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardfert electoral division: 1,100 people in 424 households; 60% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardfert, Cloon Glebe, Commons East, Gortaspiddale

Placenames

Farranwilliam 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.