Woodlawn
Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Cheapach
- Area
- 27.3 ha
- 68 acres
- Land parcels
- 158
- registered freehold, median 328 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 39
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
158 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Woodlawn, from 6 m² to 64,315 m² (6.43 ha, 15.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 162 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Mixed/general 'green' /recreation/conservation, other (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 2 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
28 Apr 2026N/a
Planning Permission to construct an extension and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works .
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660362
11 Feb 2026Conditional
(i) Retention Planning Permission to retain the front access entrance (ii) Planning Permission for a new access gate (iii) Planning Permission for the provision of a footpath and cycling path, (iv) Planning Permission for the provision of 19No carparking spaces, including a disabled carparking space (v) planning permission for the tarmacadam surfacing of the existing access road and the provision of ancillary road services (vi) Planning Permission for the construction of a natural SUDs (Sustainable Urban Drainage System) designed bioretention system, for new storm water road drainage (vii) Planning Permission for 2No signs at the front access entrance
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660096
23 Oct 2025Conditional
Retention permission to retain the existing bedroom and bathroom on ground floor of the existing dwelling house with external alteration, retain and complete as constructed with all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560964
29 Sept 2025N/a
Retention permission to retain the existing bedroom and bathroom on ground floor of the existing dwelling house with external alteration, retain and complete as constructed with all associated site works at N0 93 Woodlawn Park, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560876
27 Aug 2025Conditional
A/ Retention Permission to Retain existing partially built dwelling. B/ Permission to Construct extension and completion of dwelling and all associated site works.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560755
11 Aug 2025Conditional
Construct a new grass soccer pitch, including the provision of ball stop netting, installation of perimeter fencing surround, construction of proposed walkways to connect and link with existing soccer pitches, and all ancillary works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560694
25 Jul 2025Conditional
Permission for the following works, 1) Permission to demolish existing garage 2) Permission to construct modifications and extension to existing dwelling house, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560643
12 Jan 2025Conditional
change the use of part of the existing building from holistic therapy use to full time private residential use to match the existing use of the remaining part of the existing building and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560006
30 Oct 2024Refused
(i) Retention Planning Permission to retain the front access entrance and to retain the widening of the access road, (ii) Planning Permission for 2No signs at the front access entrance.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460843
3 Jul 2024N/a
RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING VEHICULAR SITE ENTRANCE AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS TO A DWELLING
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460432
24 Jun 2024Conditional
TO DEVELOP OUTSIDE EATING AND DRINKING AREAS AND TO ERECT AWNINGS AND COVERED PERGOLA AT THE FRONT OF THE WHITEGATES HOTEL AT MUCKROSS ROAD, KILLARNEY, CO. KERRY
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460409
18 Apr 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLISH THE EXISTING GARAGE, UTILITY ROOM, AND WC ON THE EASTERN SIDE AND THE HALL AND COVERED PORCH ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EASTERN GABLE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDES OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, (3) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Permission · Kerry County Council, 24164
15 Jan 2024Conditional
(a) realign 2 no. existing grass pitches (b) replacement/re-design of existing floodlights throughout the site (c) installatin of 6 no. 15.0m high floodlights (d) new 2.4 perimeter fence along the southern boundary of the site (e) extension to existing carpark and all associated site development works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460017
16 Jul 2023Conditional
“…Full planning permission for: (A) The demolition of existing single storey sunroom to the rear (west) of our existing dwelling, (B) The construction of a single-story flat roof extension to the rear (west) of our existing dwelling, (C) Elevational changes, (E) internal alterations, and all associated ancillary site works on our site at 23 Muckross Grove, Muckross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 D9NF…”
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360040
20 Feb 2023Conditional
RETAIN THE FOLLOWING: (A) CHANGE OF USE OF ATTIC AREA TO GUEST ACCOMMODATION, (B) CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR FAMILY AREA TO GUESTHOUSE KITCHEN, DINING AREA AND GUEST ACCOMMODATION, (C) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, AND (D) STAFF QUARTERS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 23176
28 Jul 2022Refused
PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE OF USE TO ALLOW FOR SHORT TERM LETTING AT THEIR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22799
19 May 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22536
6 Apr 2022N/a
PROVIDE FOR A CHANGE OF USE TO ALLOW FOR SHORT TERM LETTING AT THEIR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22375
3 Feb 2022Conditional
CONVERT EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE ACCOMODATION; NEW HIPPED ROOF TO GARAGE AND EXTENDING OUT OVER FRONT OF DWELLING; NEW ACCESS RAMP TO FRONT FOR LEVEL ACCESS; NEW DOORS AND WINDOWS TO REAR AND SIDE OF PROPERTY AT GROUND LEVEL; INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2299
9 Apr 2021Conditional
A) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED 2) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO REAR OF THE DWELLING, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21372
26 Mar 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21321
22 Dec 2020Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT 3 IN NUMBER DETACHED DWELLINGS AND (B) ACCESS ROAD TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ADJACENT PROPOSAL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 3 homes · Kerry County Council, 201257
3 Nov 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201049
12 Oct 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20961
10 Feb 2020N/a
CONVERT THE EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A DOMESTIC GRANNY FLAT. PERMISSION IS FURTHER SOUGHT TO ALTER, RENOVATE AND EXTEND THIS STRUCTURE AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20119
The 25 most recent of 39 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Woodlawn.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Woodlawn.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_210 (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 Woodlawn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Woodlawn · An Cheapach
- Area
- 273,445 m² (27.34 ha, 67.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Killarney Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killarney Urban electoral division: 10,487 people in 3,610 households; 51% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycasheen, Cahernane, Coolclogher, Dromhale, Poulnamuck, Scrahane
- Placenames
- Woodlawn 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.