Gortonora
Townland in the civil parish of Dingle, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Gort Onóra
- Area
- 34.3 ha
- 85 acres
- Land parcels
- 130
- registered freehold, median 369 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortonora, from 1 m² to 36,405 m² (3.64 ha, 9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 51 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)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 82 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built Up Area (Built up area)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industrial/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, 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
4 Jun 2025Conditional
modify, alter and extend exiting buildings on site to create 8 no. residential units and to incorporate the following: (a) alter, extend and change the use of vacant building on site (former creamery building) to create 7 no. residential units with attic development (b) construct a new single storey with attic development residential unit at the existing eastern side of the building (c) demolish existing storage building on site (d) make alterations to the wall between the Spa Road and the Mall River (e) widen and enhance the existing vehicular access to the site off the Conor Pass road, create a new parking layout on site and all associated site development works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560479
7 Feb 2025Conditional
RETAIN A DWELLLING HOUSE SERVED BY A STORAGE SHED ALL AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2529
7 Feb 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, ALSO TO ALLOW FOR ALL PUBLIC SERIVICE CONNECTIONS AND TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2530
5 Jun 2024N/a
TO RENOVATE AND CONVERT EXISTING TWO STOREY DETACHED LEISURE CENTRE BUILDING TO 14 NO. SELF CONTAINED TWO-BEDROOM TOWN HOUSES AND PROVIDE ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, SITE WORKS, CAR PARKING AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWERS AND SERVICES AT THIS SITE, OUR LANDS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 24227
5 Apr 2024N/a
CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISITNG DINGLE CREAMERY/BREWERY BUILDING TO RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING INTO 9 RESIDENTIAL LIVING UNITS, ONE SINGLE STOREY AND EIGHT SINGLE STOREY UNITS WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, ALSO TO INCLUDE A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION SERVING UNITS 8 AND 9. ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO BE SERVED BY PUBLIC/PRIVATE AMENITY SPACES, COMMON CAR AND BICYCLE PARKING AND TO BE CONNECTED TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED
Permission · Kerry County Council, 24140
11 Mar 2024Conditional
PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERING SOME OF THE INTERNAL LAYOUT, FITTING AN ESCAPE VELUX TO THE REAR OF AN EXISTING BEDROOM & ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460143
15 Sept 2023Conditional
TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231003
6 Sept 2023Conditional
planning retention permission to (a) retain an as-constructed dwelling house with public sewer connection and a garden shed with all associated ancillary services / site works and ( b) retain all buildings within revised site boundaries
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360147
28 Feb 2023Refused
RETAIN CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING USE TO SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AND (B) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23209
28 Feb 2023Refused
(A) RETAIN THE CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING USE TO SHORT TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AND (B) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23210
15 Feb 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT A TERRACED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23153
23 Jan 2023N/a
CONSTRUCT AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 35 ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM LIVING UNITS, SERVED BY ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND AN INTERNAL BICYCLE STORE, THE UNITS TO BE CONNECTED TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2351
29 Jun 2022Refused
(A) RETENTION PERMISSION, TO RETAIN THE CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING USE TO SHORT TERM RENTAL ACCOMODATION AND (B) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22696
29 Jun 2022Refused
(A) THE CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING USE TO SHORT TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AND (B) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22702
20 May 2022Conditional
PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF A WALL ALONG JOHN STREET AS WELL AS A SMALL LEAN-TO-SHED (12M2) TO FACILITATE ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 39 NO. TWO AND THREE STOREY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, COMPRISING 2 NO. TWO-STOREY 2-BED HOUSES, 13 NO. TWO-STOREY 3-BED HOUSES , 12 NO. TWO STOREY 3-BED DUPLEX OVER GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS AND 12 NO. ONE-STOREY 2-BED GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT WITH DUPLEX OVER. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF 37 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES FOR RESIDENTS AND 18 VISITOR CAR PARKING SPACES. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES 40 NO. BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, BIN STORAGE, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, INTERNAL ROADS, DRAINAGE, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, LANDSCAPING AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.
Permission, 28 homes · Kerry County Council, 22542
23 Dec 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211516
2 Nov 2021Conditional
RETAIN (1) EXISTING CONCRETE GROUND SLAB (11) RETAIN AN EXISTING TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION VEHICULAR ENTRANCE EXISTING ON TO THE DINGLE RELIEF ROAD SERVING AN OPEN YARD AREA
Retention · Kerry County Council, 211242
2 Nov 2021Conditional
(A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN WORKS TO FLOOR LAYOUT PLANS AND ELEVATIONS TO NO.1 BRIDGE HOUSE JOHN STREET A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS REF 21400618) ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUDNARIES (B) PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM A SHOP/BAKERY AND RESIDENCE TO A PUBLIC HOUSE, TO INCLUDE FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION TO A REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH EXTERNAL ANCILLARY SPACES ALL OF WHICH WILL TO BE SERVED BY A CAR PARKING AREA AND (C) PERMISSION FOR 4 NUMBER APARTMENTS UNITS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIAGTED STIE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 211243
28 May 2021N/a
PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF A WALL ALONG JOHN STREET AS WELL AS A SMALL LEAN-TO-SHED (12M2) TO FACILITATE ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF 39 NO. TWO AND THREE STOREY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, COMPRISING 2 NO. TWO STOREY 2 BED HOUSES, 13 NO. TWO STOREY 3 BED HOUSES, 12 NO. TWO STOREY 3 BED DUPLEX OVER GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS AND 12 NO. ONE STOREY 2 BED GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT WITH DUPLEX OVER. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE PORVISION OF 37 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES FOR RESIDENTS AND 18 VISITOR CAR PARKING SPACES. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES 40 NO. CYCLE PARKING SPACES, BIN STORAGE, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, INTERNAL ROADS, DRAINAGE, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, LANDSCAPING AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21575
1 May 2019N/a
(A). RETAIN INTERNAL WORKS ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR OF THE BRIDGE HOUSE, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS REF 21400618). (B) FOR CHANGES TO THE LAYOUT OF THE HOTEL AS GRANTED UNDER PDA 15244 AND (C) FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENCE TO PUBLIC HOUSE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 19455
12 Apr 2019Conditional
RETAIN INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE NUMBERS 49, 50 AND 51
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19379
20 Feb 2019Conditional
RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19161
22 Jun 2018Conditional
RETAIN MODIFICATIONS CARRIED OUT DURING EXTENSION/ RENOVATION WORKS AT GREENMOUNT GUEST HOUSE INCLUDING: (1) TO FRONT ELEVATION: (A) THE INCLUSION OF A PITCHED ROOF OVER DINING ROOM IN PLACE OF FLAT ROOF, (B) THE INCLUSION OF 3 NO. VELUX SLOPING/VERTICAL COMBINATION WINDOWS IN PLACE OF STANDARD WINDOWS, (C) THE INCLUSION OF TWO NO WINDOWS TO FF LINK CORRIDOR, (D) FOUR NO SOLAR PANELS TO ROOF, (E) MODIFICATIONS TO ROOF OVER PORCH SERVING ENTRANCE TO LOBBY NO. 2. (2) TO REAR ELEVATION: (A) THE RETENTION OF 4 NO. WINDOWS SERVING GF AND FF CORRIDORS, (B) FIRST FLOOR EXTERNAL DOOR TO ESCAPE STAIRWAY, (C) PLANT ROOM WITH 'LEAN- TO' TYPE ROOF, (D) EXTENSION TO BEDROOM NO.10 AT FF LEVEL INCLUDING BAY PROJECTION WITH PATIO DOOR TO REAR GARDEN AND (E) WINDOW TO GF OFFICE. (3) TO SIDE ELEVATION (TO N/W): (A) WINDOW IN THE PLACE OF ESCAPE DOOR AT FF LEVEL AND (B) VELUX ROOF WINDOW SERVING STAIRWELL TO BEDROOMS 10 AND 11. (4) TO SIDE ELEVATION ( TO S/E ): INCLUSION OF A DOOR TO LAUNDRY ROOM, (5) AT ENTRANCE LEVEL: MODIFICATIONS TO LAYOUT INCLUDING A SAUNA AND CORRIDOR TO STAFF ROOM, (6) AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL: THE CREATION OF A BEDROOM/ENSUITE (NO. 12) IN PLACE OF RAISED CEILING OVER LIBRARY, (7) (A) DETACHED STORAGE SHEDS 1 AND 2 AND (B) DETACHED HOT TUB TO REAR GARDEN, (8) GUESTHOUSE SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (9) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. W.C's ONE FOR PUBLIC/STAFF USE (ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT) AND AN EN-SUITE TO BEDROOM AND REQUIRING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL EXTENSION AND ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 18621
13 Nov 2017Conditional
RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE NUMBERS 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31, 32 AND 33
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171133
7 Nov 2017Conditional
RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE NUMBERS 20,22,34,35,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,49,50,51,53,54,55,56,57,58,59
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171108
The 25 most recent of 29 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortonora.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortonora.
Architectural heritage
- The Bridge House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1860, with single-bay three-storey side elevation to north-west. Two-bay two-storey lower return to north-east. Renovated, c. 1885, with openings partly remodelled to ground floor having render façade enrichments added including consoled moulded entablatures to window openings to right ground floor and moulded sill course to first floor. Pitched slate roof at rear with artificial slate to front, rendered gable chimneystacks and cast-iron gutter. Painted rendered walls with moulded string course to first floor sill level. Timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows to upper floors of facade with thick sections, and two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to rear and return having painted stone sills. Unequal panes and coloured glass to side wall timber sliding sash window. Timber two panel door. Section of rubble stone-built mill race, built c. 1860, along north-west elevation. Street frontage.
- Bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over mill race, built c. 1860, with cut-stone voussoirs.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, 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_16 (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
- Gortonora, Dingle44 sales
The townland
- Name
- Gortonora · Gort Onóra
- Area
- 343,437 m² (34.34 ha, 84.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dingle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Dingle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dingle electoral division: 1,671 people in 580 households; 51% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Gortonora 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.