Inchinaleega West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcrohane, barony of Dunkerron South, Co. Kerry; in Irish Inse na Líge Thiar
- Area
- 47 ha
- 116 acres
- Land parcels
- 127
- registered freehold, median 319 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Inchinaleega West, from 52 m² to 59,926 m² (5.99 ha, 14.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 67 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve, White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030, 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
31 Aug 2026N/a
1. Permission to demolish existing out buildings, 2. Permission to demolish sections of the existing dwelling, 3. Permission to construction a new front, side and rear extension to the existing dwelling and 4. Permission to make changes to the elevations of the existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660820
26 Aug 2026N/a
Permission to Demolish Hardware Shop and Construct New Hardware Shop with Associated Site Development Works at Inchinleegha West, Sneem, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660806
29 Jul 2026N/a
Permission to Demolish Hardware Shop and Construct New Hardware Shop with Associated Site Development Works at Inchinleegha West, Sneem, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660712
3 Mar 2026N/a
Permission to demolish existing storage shed, erect three holiday homes and all associated site works and services to facilitate this development including new connections to public water, sewer and drains
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660180
21 Apr 2025Conditional
The development consists of (a) retention planning permission to retain both dwelling houses and all associated site works as constructed, and (b) retention planning permission to retain the dwelling houses within revised site boundaries.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560319
31 Jan 2025Conditional
The development will consist of an upgrade to the existing Sneem Wastewater Pumping Station, comprising; a new 280m3 below-ground storage tank; replacement of existing kiosk with two new kiosks (kiosk 01 = 3.6m x 0.8m, 1.8m in height, kiosk 02 = 2m x 1.2m,1.8m in height); a ground mounted solar PV array (50m2 total); and associated ancillary works, all on a site of 0.08ha. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560044
10 Jul 2024Conditional
Planning permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to the public sewer at Inchinaleega West, Sneem, Co. Kerry. (1 dwelling)
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460442
11 Apr 2024Conditional
The development will consist of (a) The partial demolition of the single storey area to the front of the existing building and the disused water tower, and the demolition and relocation of the front boundary wall and landscaping features. (b) The construction of a single storey Special Educational Needs extension to the side and rear of the existing building including an outdoor sensory garden and outdoor play spaces. ( c) New pedestrian and vehicular access including a new boundary wall, relocated vehicle parking, and additional vehicle parking and drop-off spaces for school use. (d) All associated landscaping and siteworks.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460210
9 Mar 2021Conditional
ALTER, RENOVATE AND EXTEND HARDWARE SHOP
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21240
3 May 2018Conditional
RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18409
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: Kenmare River SAC 002158
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Inchinaleega West.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Inchinaleega West.
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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_32 (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 Inchinaleega West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Inchinaleega West · Inse na Líge Thiar
- Area
- 469,974 m² (47 ha, 116.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcrohane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkerron South
- Electoral division
- Sneem, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sneem electoral division: 836 people in 272 households; 62% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derreenavurrig, Derry East, Drimna Beg, Inchinaleega East, Lomanagh South, Moularostig
- Placenames
- Inchinaleega West 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.