# Mountoven, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilgobban, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnocán an Bhácúis. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,585,883 m² (158.59 ha, 391.88 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,092 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilgobban, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kilgobban.md - Barony: Corkaguiny - Electoral division: Kilgobban, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 297 people lived in 119 households in the Kilgobban electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24606 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72273 - Centre: latitude 52.216581, longitude -9.930164 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountoven, from 11 m² to 684,959 m² (68.5 ha, 169.26 acres); 36 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1210046: 684,959 m² (68.5 ha, 169.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210046.md - Parcel 5372140: 360,294 m² (36.03 ha, 89.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5372140.md - Parcel 5977649: 177,581 m² (17.76 ha, 43.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5977649.md - Parcel 3910229: 84,147 m² (8.41 ha, 20.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3910229.md - Parcel 1223104: 59,300 m² (5.93 ha, 14.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223104.md - Parcel 5570173: 43,059 m² (4.31 ha, 10.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5570173.md - Parcel 5528678: 28,161 m² (2.82 ha, 6.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5528678.md - Parcel 1239392: 21,176 m² (2.12 ha, 5.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239392.md - Parcel 5977633: 15,463 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5977633.md - Parcel 5528666: 14,955 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5528666.md - Parcel 1165103: 14,651 m² (1.47 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1165103.md - Parcel 1151736: 13,412 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151736.md - Parcel 1177675: 12,704 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1177675.md - Parcel 5037520: 10,663 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5037520.md - Parcel 4920062: 8,055 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4920062.md - Parcel 1182137: 5,727 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182137.md - Parcel 5543888: 4,115 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543888.md - Parcel 1229729: 4,068 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229729.md - Parcel 5468374: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5468374.md - Parcel 1228213: 3,495 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228213.md - Parcel 1209210: 3,381 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209210.md - Parcel 1226190: 3,151 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1226190.md - Parcel 5826965: 2,517 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5826965.md - Parcel 1193330: 1,572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193330.md - Parcel 1202502: 1,421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202502.md - Parcel 5977629: 1,079 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5977629.md - Parcel 5977637: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5977637.md - Parcel 5520706: 452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5520706.md - Parcel 4941583: 172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4941583.md - Parcel 5441966: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5441966.md - Parcel 5543876: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543876.md - Parcel 5543892: 49 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543892.md - Parcel 5528641: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5528641.md - Parcel 5543893: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543893.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountoven in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 23 May 2024, Kerry County Council 2460317: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention Permission to retain the following: The plant room to rear of the residential block, the link corridor between the residential block and the art studio, the storage shed to the west side of the site and the timber screen with doors to the front of the small courtyard between the residential block and the art studio and all ancillary site works associated with the development including revised parking layout and the stone front boundary wall & fence. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460317/0 - 8 Apr 2022, Kerry County Council 22388: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN EXISTING ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22388/0 - 11 Mar 2022, Kerry County Council 22273: N/a. Retention. RETAIN EXISTING ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22273/0 - 24 Jan 2022, Kerry County Council 2244: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. OPEN A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND LAY A HARDCORE ACCESS ROAD TO ALLOW ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2244/0 - 23 Nov 2021, Kerry County Council 211332: N/a. Permission. OPEN A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND LAY A HARDCORE ACCESS ROAD TO ALLOW ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211332/0 - 26 Mar 2019, Kerry County Council 19309: Conditional. Retention. CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING ART STUDIO (OLD CREAMERY BUILDING) TO RESIDENTIAL/TOURISM USE WITH A NEW LEAN TO GLAZED ROOF EXTENSION OVER AN OPEN PATIO AREA TO THE REAR, BUILD A NEW CORRIDOR LINKING THE OLD CREAMERY TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO THE EAST FORMING ONE NEW SMALL LUXURY STYLE SELF-CATERING/TOURISM RESIDENCE WITH 4 EN-SUITE BEDROOMS IN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND WITH THE KITCHEN/DINING/LIVING IN THE OLD CREAMERY BUILDING. PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND DECOMMISSION EXISTING POLISHING FILTER AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SAND POLISHING FILTER IN LIEU OF SAME, RELOCATE EXISTING STORAGE SHED NORTH OF ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND PERMISSION TO MAKE ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PARKING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19309/0 - 23 Oct 2018, Kerry County Council 181014: Refused. Permission, 6 homes. CONSTRUCT 6 TRADITIONAL STYLE SEMI-DETACHED HOLIDAY COTTAGES, CAR PARKING, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, TO CONSTRUCT A NEW RECEPTION STORE, THE INSTALLATION OF THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/181014/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mountoven. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE036-039: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-039----. A 'Gallaun' was marked on the OS maps on the N slopes of Corrin hill, overlooking Tralee Bay and the adjacent coastal plain. The rough, marshy land in which it stood has recently been reclaimed and there is no trace of the stone. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 158. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013 - KE036-040: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-040----. This site, marked on the OS maps as a single ring of hachures, was located on the NW facing slopes of Corrin mountain, overlooking the coastal strip that borders Tralee Bay. It was titled 'Fort' on the Fair Plan, and on an aerial photograph taken in 1949 (Ministry of Defence, V. 160/03627) it appears as a circular enclosure defined by a single bank or wall. The land has recently been reclaimed and there is no visible trace of any feature. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 726. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountoven. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Mountoven, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountoven. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountoven.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountoven.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountoven.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountoven with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballygarret: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballygarret-70250.md - Camp: https://everytownland.com/kerry/camp-70545.md - Cappaclogh East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cappaclogh-east.md - Cappaclogh West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cappaclogh-west.md - Cool: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cool.md - Doonore North: https://everytownland.com/kerry/doonore-north.md - Scrallaghbeg: https://everytownland.com/kerry/scrallaghbeg.md - Tonakilly: https://everytownland.com/kerry/tonakilly.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountoven - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/mountoven