Ballinvoher
Ballinvoher is a townland in the civil parish of Ardfert, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is Baile an Bhóthair.
Parcel 1212215
- Area
- 2,063 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 385 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballinvoher
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_57 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 29.5 ha
- 73 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 998 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvoher, from 30 m² to 102,694 m² (10.27 ha, 25.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinvoher 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
31 Oct 2025Conditional
Permission to a) Extend and renovate the existing dwelling, b) Demolish an existing shed on site, c) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area, d) install a new mechanical treatment unit and soil polishing filter and e) construct all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561014
25 Jul 2025Conditional
to retain: (A) attic conversion with first floor extension to the rear that consists of a bedroom with balcony accessed from rear of house by external stairs, ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and office space (B) rear extension that consists of a storage area (C) 2 rooflights to front elevation and 2 roof lights to the rear elevation (D) existing septic tank and percolation (E) retain front boundary wall as constructed Permission to: (F) Create door opes and install doors between main dwelling for access to bedroom 3 and Playroom/games room (G) Reinstate blockworks to external access door to Playroom/games room on the west gable (I) Reinstate blockwork to internal access door between bedroom 3 and Playroom/Games room
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560646
12 Jul 2025N/a
Invalid: (a)existing dwelling as constructed that includes the conversion of part of the dwelling under planning number 04/2298 that is now used as a ‘Granny Flat’ with access door on West elevation (b) attic conversion that consists of a bedroom with balcony accessed from rear of house by external stairs, ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and office space (c) rear extension that consists of a storage area (d) 2 rooflights to front elevation and 2 roof lights to the rear elevation (e) existing septic tank and percolation at Banna East, Ardfert, Co. Kerry.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560604
21 Apr 2021Conditional
ERECT NEW BUGALOW STYLE DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE ON TO THE PUBLIC ROAD
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21430
20 Feb 2019Conditional
RETAIN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19155
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 Ballinvoher.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinvoher.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinvoher.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballinvoher, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_57 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballinvoher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinvoher · Baile an Bhóthair
- Area
- 295,318 m² (29.53 ha, 72.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Ballynorig, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 549 people lived in 196 households in the Ballynorig electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinprior, Banna East, Clooncreestane, Garrynaneaskagh, Lerrig North
- Placenames
- Ballinvoher 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.