Reen
Townland in the civil parish of Templenoe, barony of Dunkerron South, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Rinn
- Area
- 349.6 ha
- 864 acres
- Land parcels
- 99
- registered freehold, median 8,629 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reen, from 81 m² to 384,644 m² (38.46 ha, 95.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Reen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Jul 2026Conditional
to (a) retain the garage at the side of the house as constructed, and (b) permission to construct an extension at the rear of the house, permission to make changes to the elevations of the house and permission for all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660616
14 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, THE INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22968
17 Nov 2021Conditional
(A) RETAIN EXTENSION CONSTRUCTED TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) RETAIN STRUCTURE TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS A BEDROOM WITH ENSUITE FACILITIES (C) RETAIN TIMBER SHEDS ON THE SITE (D) RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, STRUCTURE TO THE SIDE,TIMBER SHEDS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS AS LOCATED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES (E) FULL PLANNING PERMISSIN TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO CREATE A LINK BETWEEN THE DWELLING HOUSE AND THE STRUCTURE TO SIDE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE BEING THE BEDROOM WITH ENSUITE FACILITIES (F) MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (G) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A TRICEL NOVO WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT FOLLOWED BY 2 NO. PURAFLO PEAT FILTERS TO SERVE THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 2 homes · Kerry County Council, 211299
26 May 2021Conditional
(A) PERMISSION TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE ALTERATIONS, RENOVATIONS AND THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS FROM AGRICULTURAL TO RESIDENTIAL INCORPORATING 2 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REERENCE NUMBER 05/2738 (B) PERMISSION TO MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE BUILDING DESIGN PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBER 05/2738 AND (C) PERMISSION TO INSTALL A SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING TO SERVICE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Retention, 2 homes · Kerry County Council, 21556
6 Aug 2020Conditional
RETAIN THE EXTENSION AS CONSTRUCTED TO THEIR EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TO RETAIN ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, RETAIN THE DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED, RETAIN THE TIMBER STORAGE SHED AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20708
20 Jan 2020Conditional
INSTALL A 96M2 ARRAY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES AT GROUND LEVEL, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2031
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kenmare River Islands 000363
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Reen.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Reen.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Reen.
- 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
- Reen, Kenmare6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Reen · An Rinn
- Area
- 3,495,891 m² (349.59 ha, 863.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templenoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkerron South
- Electoral division
- Reen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Reen electoral division: 172 people in 69 households; 82% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappamore, Carrig East, Dromcunnia, Dunkerron, Lacka, Letter
- Placenames
- Reen 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.