Castlelough , Muckross , Killarney

What’s proposed

Permission for (a) Demolition of detached residential annex and 1no. bay of existing light industrial warehouse; (b) change of use of existing residential dwelling to hostel reception and lounge area (c) construction of a 2-story vertical extension over existing shop (d) construction of a new-build 3-storey building to south of existing shop and light industrial warehousing to include retail, offices and GP surgery on ground and first floors and hostel accommodation on second floor (e) extension of existing car park to serve proposed development; and (f) block-off 1no. existing site entrance to north and convert 2no. existing site entrances to pedestrian / cycle entrances, and (g) block off 1 no. site entrance to existing car park to N71 together with all associated site works including connections to public drainage services, internal circulation roads, footpaths, car parking / cycle storage, refuse storage, lighting and signage. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application

2560208 is a planning application to Kerry County Council for permission for (a) Demolition of detached residential annex and 1no. bay of existing, received on 22 Mar 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Apr 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560208
Local authority: Kerry County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 22 Mar 2025
Observations close: 28 Apr 2025 (closed 511 days ago)
Decision due: 23 Apr 2026 · decided 23 Apr 2026
Decision: Conditional on 23 Apr 2026
Proposed development: Permission for (a) Demolition of detached residential annex and 1no. bay of existing light industrial warehouse; (b) change of use of existing residential dwelling to hostel reception and lounge area (c) construction of a 2-story vertical extension over existing shop (d) construction of a new-build 3-storey building to south of existing shop and light industrial warehousing to include retail, offices and GP surgery on ground and first floors and hostel accommodation on second floor (e) extension of existing car park to serve proposed development; and (f) block-off 1no. existing site entrance to north and convert 2no. existing site entrances to pedestrian / cycle entrances, and (g) block off 1 no. site entrance to existing car park to N71 together with all associated site works including connections to public drainage services, internal circulation roads, footpaths, car parking / cycle storage, refuse storage, lighting and signage. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.15 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 378640). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560208/0.

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