Reenroe
Townland in the civil parish of Prior, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Rinn Rua
- Area
- 53 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 4,605 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reenroe, from 187 m² to 81,891 m² (8.19 ha, 20.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Reenroe 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
24 May 2024Refused
DEVELOPMENT AT A 28.5.6HA SITE AT REENROE, EMLAGHMORE WEST, BALLINSKELLIGS, CO. KERRY. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST Of AN INTEGRATED TOURISM/ LEISURE PARK FIRST COMPRISING OF THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION, EXTENSION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING DERELICT HOTEL, TO INCLUDE; 4 NO. SELF-CATERING STUDIO APARTMENTS; 3 NO. ONE BED SELF-CATERING APARTMENT; 15 NO. TWO BEDS SELF-CATERING APARTMENTS; A BAR; DINING ROOM; ROOFTOP RESTAURANT; SHOP; ESB SUBSTATION AND SWITCH ROOMS; STANDBY GENERATOR ROOM, AND BIN STORES. THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 6 NO. HOBBIT HUTS, 21 NO. GLAMPING PODS, 25 NO. HOLIDAY HOMES, 144 NO. MOBILE HOMES, 20 NO. CAMPERVAN STANDS, 0.8HA TENT CAMPING AREA, WASHROOM AND TOILET FACILITIES 58M2, MAINTENANCE BUILDING 618M2, LEISURE COMPLEX (WITH A SWIMMING POOL) 1,339.5M2, SURF SHOP 191.7M2/CAFÉ 126.5M2, NATURAL PLAY AREA, CENTRAL PARK AREA, 151 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING COACH PARKING, 40 NO. BICYCLE SPACES, EV CHARGING POINTS, INTERNAL ROADS, FOOTPATHS, WASTE STORAGE AREAS, WIDENING OF BEACH ACCESS ROAD TO 6M FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC INCLUDING A PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE PATHWAY, UPGRADING OF EXISTING CLIFF WALK, NEW ACCESS ROAD AND SERVICES LINES TO TWO NEIGHBOURING DWELLINGS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE, NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH CLEAR WATER PUMP STATION AND UV SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTED INTEGRATED WETLAND, SITE DRAINAGE, 2 NO. STANDBY GENERATORS, WATER SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING. THE PROJECT INCLUDES ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED WORKS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460322
12 Dec 2022Conditional
(A) RETAIN THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR REAR BOX DORMER EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITH ALL INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, (B) RETAIN THE VELUX ON BEDROOM ON FIRST FLOOR AS CONSTRUCTED, (C) RETAIN A CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING GARAGE TO A BEDROOM AS CONSTRUCTED, (D) RETAIN THE EXISTING CORRUGATED SHED AS CONSTRUCTED (E) PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD A CARPORT TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (F) PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD EXTERNAL STORAGE/GYM AREA FOR PRIVATE USE, (G) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND DEMOLISH THE EXISTING TANK, (H) PLANNING PERMISSION TO INSTALL NEW VELUX WINDOWS TO FRONT AND REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221306
25 Oct 2022N/a
(A) BUILD A CARPORT TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) BUILD EXTERNAL STORE/GYM AREA FOR PRIVATE USE, (C) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, (D) INSTALL VELUX WINDOWS TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 221108
21 Jun 2022Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A BOX DORMER EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW SITTING ROOM AREA IN THE ATTIC SPACE (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22648
19 Jun 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE GARAGE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18605
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: Ballinskelligs Bay and Inny Estuary SAC 000335
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinskelligs Bay And Inny Estuary 000335
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Reenroe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Reenroe.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Reenroe.
- 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 Reenroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Reenroe · An Rinn Rua
- Area
- 529,604 m² (52.96 ha, 130.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Prior, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iveragh
- Electoral division
- Emlagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Emlagh electoral division: 962 people in 381 households; 79% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 41% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloon, Emlaghmore West, Meelagulleen
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Reenroe 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.