Milltown
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile an Mhuilinn
Parcel 1141237
- Area
- 4,701 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Milltown
Planning applications on this parcel
19 Dec 2024Conditional
To construct an extension to existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2461005
27 Sept 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231018
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 this parcel.
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 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_111 (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
- 21.8 ha
- 54 acres
- Land parcels
- 167
- registered freehold, median 253 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
167 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 8 m² to 26,347 m² (2.63 ha, 6.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built Up Area (Built up area)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 54 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 · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
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 · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Mixed/General services/community facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve, White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industrial/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 0 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
Permission for demolition of existing ramp, construction of new ramp, widening of pedestrian gateway, along with all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660821
20 Feb 2026Conditional
Permission for 1. Change of use from retail unit to clinic, 2. Carry out elevational changes to front elevation and re-cover existing roof
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660134
12 Jan 2026N/a
To (A) Demolish 3 No. derelict, mid-terrace dwelling houses, (B) Construct 1 No., 1 bed and 2 No.2 bed mid-terraced, 2-storey town houses, (C) Carry out all ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 264
19 Dec 2024Conditional
To construct an extension to existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2461005
8 Jul 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR ( NORTHERN ELEVATION) OF EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24283
19 Jun 2024Conditional
Full Planning Permission for permission to a) demolish existing garage / storage shed, b) construct single storey commercial unit, together with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460396
21 May 2024N/a
Full Planning Permission for permission to a) demolish existing garage / storage shed, b) construct single storey commercial unit, together with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460311
14 Dec 2023Conditional
RECONSTRUCT FIRE DAMAGED DWELLING HOUSE, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231173
27 Sept 2023Conditional
extend the existing Community Centre for increased ground floor storage along with minor alterations to the existing building and external services for this extension
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360189
27 Sept 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231018
9 Mar 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22261
31 Jan 2022Conditional
RETAIN EXTENSION TO REAR OF SHOP USED FOR STORAGE, TO RETAIN STORAGE SHED AND TO RETAIN TWO STORAGE CONTAINERS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, AND PERMISSION TO PROVIDE TWO METAL SHEDS FOR STORAGE TO REPLACE THE TWO STORAGE CONTAINERS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2284
7 Jan 2022Conditional
RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE FOR USE AS 2 NO.1 BED APARTMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES AND FOR THE CONNECTION OF PROPOSED APARTMENTS TO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAINS AND FOR ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 223
7 Jul 2021Conditional
CHANGE USE OF SCHOOL TO VETERINARY CLINIC AND TO ALTER RENOVATE AND EXTEND THE BUILDING
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21756
24 Mar 2021Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING RUIN AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21313
3 Dec 2020Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT 6 NR APARTMENTS, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED
Permission, 6 homes · Kerry County Council, 201166
9 Oct 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A EXTERNAL CANOPY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20949
25 Sept 2020Conditional
(A) THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING THREE STOREY BUILDING ONTO THE SQUARE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE STOREY BUILDING COMPRISING 2 NO. GROUND FLOOR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 2 NO. TWO BEDROOM DUPLEXES OVERHEAD, (B) A NEW PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE TO THE SQUARE, (C) RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING DERELICT STRUCTURE WITHIN THE SITE TO CREATE A TWO BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE, (D) THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DERELICT STRUCTURE ON CASTLEMAINE ROAD, (E) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE STOREY BUILDING TO THE REAR COMPRISING 3 NO. FOUR BEDROOM TERRACED DWELLING HOUSES, (F) ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCES AT CASTLEMAINE ROAD AND (G) ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER, PROVISION OF CAR PARKING , BIN STORES, BICYCLE STORES, SERVICES, BOUNDARIES AND LANDSCAPING, THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN AN ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA
Permission, 8 homes · Kerry County Council, 20887
18 Jun 2020Conditional
(A) CHANGE THE USE OF THE BUILDING FROM BETTING OFFICE ON GROUND FLOOR AND RESIDENTIAL ON 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS TO A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT, (B) TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ON THE REAR OF THE GROUND FLOOR AND 1ST FLOOR, AND CARRY OUT ELEVATIONAL CHANGES WHERE SHOWN, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20527
16 Apr 2020Conditional
(A) TO CHANGE THE USE OF THE BUILDING FROM PUBLIC HOUSE AND RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, COMPRISING OF MIXED USE COMMERCIAL UNIT ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND 2 NO. APARTMENTS ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS, (B) TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING 2 STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, (C) TO RECONSTRUCT A NEW 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING TO INCORPORATE AN ENTRANCE COURTYARD ALL WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, (D) TO CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW DOOR ON GROUND FLOOR AND CLOSING UP OF 2ND FLOOR WINDOW, REPLACING OF SIGNAGE AND OTHER ELEVATIONAL CHANGES WHERE SHOWN, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20355
16 Mar 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING CHILDCARE FACILITY TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20262
5 Feb 2020Conditional
INSTALL AN ATM MACHINE IN THE FRONT ELEVATION OF SUPERMARKET
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2092
24 Jul 2019Refused
CONSTRUCT 4 SEMI-DETACHED, TWO STOREY DWELLINGS, AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 4 homes · Kerry County Council, 19793
12 Jul 2019Refused
DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT 3 NO. TERRACED HOUSES
Permission, 3 homes · Kerry County Council, 19731
5 Jun 2019Conditional
RETAIN EXTENSIONS TO SUPERMARKET AND PERMISSION TO CHANGE USE OF PART OF SUPERMARKET TO OFF LICENSE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 19584
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Milltown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Milltown.
Architectural heritage
- Milltown Church (Kilcolman), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, dated 1819, with three-bay nave, single-bay full-height gabled breakfront (false transept) to north-west and to south-east elevations and single-bay two-stage entrance tower to south-west gable end. Renovated and extended, c. 1865, with single-bay single-storey rubble stone-built vestry projection on a skewed angle to north corner. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, sandstone raking copings and having stepped castellations to tower with corner hexagonal turrets. Rendered rubble stone walls with red brick and sandstone diagonal buttresses, rendered and lined to imitate brickwork. Ashlar string courses to tower and sandstone date plaque. Pointed arch openings with red sandstone surrounds and hood mouldings to transepts and tower openings. Square-headed nave windows. Limestone tracery to east window c. 1865. Limestone doorcase and iron framed lattice window to vestry. Burial ground to site with group of cut-stone grave markers, c. 1820-1920. Gateway, built c. 1820, to south-west comprising pair of rubble stone piers with cast-iron gates.
- Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, built c. 1880, designed by Daniel O'Connell. Comprising three-bay nave with single-bay double-height transepts to north-west and to south-east elevations, single-bay double-height chancel to south-west gable, entrance bay to north-east gable end and single-bay two-stage tower to north corner on a square plan with polygonal upper stage and spire. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, raking gable ashlar copings, ashlar hexagonal spire, cast-iron gutters and downpipes, and part re-roofing beside tower. Rock-hewn random coursed limestone walls with smooth finished dressings. Paired pointed lancets with smooth limestone surrounds. Triple lancets to transepts, chancel and above entrance. Pointed arch door opening with limestone surround, trefoil headed openings and double-leaf door with strap hinges. Cruciform-plan interior with exposed truss roofs, profiled compartmented ceiling to chancel, mosaic tiling to walls of chancel, c. 1910. Chancel remodelled retaining marble reredos, altar, lectern and sedilae. Burial ground to site with group cut-stone grave markers, c. 1880-1910. Gateway, built c. 1880, to north-east comprising three limestone ashlar Gothic Revival style piers with cast-iron gates and railings.
- The Monastery, convent/nunnery, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey convent, built c. 1850, comprising three-bay two-storey main block with two-bay two-storey recessed end bay to north-west and originally with range to south-east. Extended to north-west, c. 1885, comprising three-bay three-storey gable-fronted sandstone-built projecting block with dormer attic at right angles with three-bay side elevations. Undergoing renovation, 1998, including demolition of range to south-east. Pitched slate roofs with ashlar chimneystack. West section ridge runs right angles to front. Roughcast rendered walls to east and centre and red sandstone coursed rubble with limestone string course. Timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows with stone sills to east section and timber door with four-pane overlight. Red brick flat arches and reveals to west section. Replacement uPVC windows to centre and west sections. Arched doorway with spoked fanlight. Set back from road behind wall.
- The Old Bridewell, court house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay single- and two-storey former courthouse and bridewell, built c. 1830, comprising three-bay two-storey advanced central block with two-bay single-storey flanking lateral wings with dormer attics and single-bay full-height canted projecting bay to rear to north-east. Renovated in late twentieth century to accommodate residential use. Pitched and hipped artificial slate roofs with ashlar chimneystack. Limestone ashlar walls with chamfered full-height bay at rear. Limestone lintels and sills, with timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows to rear bay and replacement timber casements and door to front. Gateway to forecourt comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with inscribed panel over.
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, 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_111 (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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Milltown · Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 217,861 m² (21.79 ha, 53.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcolman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Milltown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Milltown electoral division: 2,439 people in 858 households; 68% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyoughtragh North, Cloonmore, Kilcolman, Killaclohane, Knockavota, Lyre
- Placenames
- Milltown 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.