Aghanagran Lower

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghanagran Lower, from 685 m² to 436,444 m² (43.64 ha, 107.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Aghanagran Lower 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.

• 20 Jul 2023Conditional

  A new grid connection route connecting the permitted Ballylongford windfarm (Kerry County Council planning ref 19/381) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08.304807) at Aghanagran Middle And Lower, Ballyline West And Tullahennel South, Ballylongford, to the proposed 38kVsubstation (Kerry County Council planning ref 23/431) at Tullamore, Listowel, Co Kerry. The route will entail the installation of approximately 7.3km of 38kv underground electric cable passing through townlands of Aghanagran Lower, Ballyline West, Kilgarvan, Coolkeragh, and Tullamore in County, Kerry The proposed grid route is proposed to be via underground cables located along the public roads : L10028, R552, and L-1009, and private property. The new grid route is a change a previously granted permission for a 12.1km grid connection route (Kerry County Council planning ref 20/438) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08308643) from the permitted wind farm to the 38kva /110kva substation at Kilpaddoge, Tarbert. The proposal includes alterations to the permitted windfarm (Kerry County Council planning ref 19/381) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08.304807), the permitted 38 kV substation at the wind farm is to be relocated and redesigned. The altered substation proposal will be located in a new substation compound that includes a control building, and all associated electrical plant and apparatus, fencing, and an access track within the townland of Aghanagran Lower. The proposed substation at the windfarm will be connected to the windfarm via underground cabling from Turbine T4. The project includes all ancillary and associated works necessary to facilitate the development, including three temporary construction compounds. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360050

• 27 Jan 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A BELLMOUTH FOREST ROAD ENTRANCE, FOR TRUCKS TO ACCESS FORESTRY PLANTATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2051

• 2 Dec 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A BELLMOUTH FOREST ROAD ENTRANCE, FOR TRUCKS TO ACCESS FORESTRY PLANTATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191220

• 12 Apr 2019Refused

  CONSTRUCT A WINDFARM CONSISTING OF SIX WIND TURBINES WITH AN OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126.5 METERS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BATTERY UNITS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND THE PROVISION OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING ENTRANCES ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK, THE PROVISION OF A WIND ANEMOMETRY MAST (HEIGHT UP TO 80 METRES), A PEAT DEPOSITION AREA, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES/ CABLING, AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL ROOM AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT , TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT , VIA UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF AGHANAGRAN LOWER, BALLYLINE WEST., BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG, MEELCON, CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER, TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19381

• 12 Sept 2017Refused

  CONSTRUCT A WINDFARM CONSISTING OF 8 WIND TURBINES WITH AN OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126.5 METERS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BATTERY UNITS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND THE PROVISION OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING ENTRANCES ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK, THE PROVISION OF A WIND ANEMOMETRY MAST (HEIGHT UP TO 80 METERS), 1 NO. PEAT DEPOSITION AREA, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES / CABLING, 2 ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS WITH CONTROL ROOM AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, VIA UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES, TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF: AGHANAGRAN LOWER, BALLYLINE WEST, BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULLARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG, MEELCON, CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER, TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE, CO KERRY. THE APPLICANTS IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EIS / EIAR

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17902

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 the townland of Aghanagran Lower.

Recorded monuments

• KE005-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 24m N-S, 26m E-W Situated on high ground, this site presents an excellent view of the surrounding countryside. This univallate ringfort consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank and exterior fosse. The fosse has been deepened and the top of the bank made higher by modern drainage works. The enclosing earth and stone bank rises to a height of 2.6m externally and 1.2m above the interior. The width of the bank at the base measures c 5m on average. The enclosing fosse measures 1.3m wide and 1.2m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. To the NNE a gap of c 3m provides access to the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 250. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghanagran Lower.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Aghanagran Lower, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_226 (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.

No address of the register names Aghanagran Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Aghanagran Lower · Achadh na gCrann Íochtarach

Area

1,984,988 m² (198.5 ha, 490.5 acres)

Civil parish

Aghavallen, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Carrig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

374 people lived in 157 households in the Carrig electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghanagran Middle, Ballyline West, Tullahennel South

Placenames

Aghanagran Lower 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.