Observation pack · Kerry County Council
Unit 2 , Tiernaboul Industrial Estate , Killarney
to construct an additional work area extension to the rear Unit 2
Observations close 20 Oct 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26140 · full record
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 748 m²
- Received
- 15 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 9 Nov 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/26140/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26140at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kerry County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 20 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kerry County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Industrial, Enterprise, Employment: For the provision of Industrial/Enterprise/Employment | KE-006:DP:killarney-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-2-kerry-cdp-2022-2028 | 19 Jan 2026 → 14 Aug 2028 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: KERRY KE-006:DP:killarney-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-2-kerry-cdp-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERRY KE-006:DP:killarney-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-2-kerry-cdp-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Recorded monument × 1R110415
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660098 | Conditional | 1 Apr 2026 | 0 | 77 m | The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) are seeking Planning Permission for development consisting of: (a) Refurbishment and internal reconfiguration of the existing depot building; works involving material alterations to the front elevation, including removal and infill of selected openings and provision of a revised window arrangement to reflect the internal layout; and, (b) Installation of 3 No. external access ramps with associated handrails/guarding to serve the three entrances; and, (c) installation of a PV solar system, including the installation of PV solar panels on the roof of the existing Depot structure; and, (d) Demolition of the existing single storey link corridor (13.5 sqm) between the subject depot building and an adjoining depot building in separate ownership, with making good to exposed wall surfaces; and, (e) Demolition of two single storey outbuildings (165 sqm & 175 sqm respectively); and, (f) The replacement of the existing sheet roof for the stores building (290 sqm), replaced with proposed insulated roof panel system; and, (g) Material alterations to the external elevations of the existing stores building, including the infill and installation of new windows and roller shutter access. The application includes all ancillary works associated with the development located at the existing depot site. |
| 2561089 | Conditional | 28 Jan 2026 | 0 | 389 m | Planning Permission to construct a single storey extension in order to extend the existing multi-purpose room on the ground floor |
| 2561061 | Conditional | 21 Jan 2026 | 0 | 350 m | I, Patrick Coffey, intend to apply to the above named authority for planning permission for proposed works to comprise: 1) construction of new single-storey extension to front of existing 2-storey, semi-detached dwelling; 2) construction of new part single-storey and part 2-storey extension to rear of dwelling; 3) minor alterations to existing elevations; 4) and all associated ancillary site works, including minor alterations to the existing front boundary wall and pedestrian access gate, at 125 Ballyspillane Estate, Ballyspillane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 NXV5. |
| 2560071 | Conditional | 4 Apr 2025 | 0 | 61 m | The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) are seeking Planning Permission for new entrance and security arrangements consisting of; (a) The erection of 135m of Palisade fencing (2.4m high), to form new boundary between ESB & EIR Operational Depots and; (b) the installation of 2 No. 5m wide sliding security access gates to control access to ESB area, consisting of 2 No. gate panels, 5m wide x 2.4m high, Innova 280 Models, and; (c) The demolition of an existing security hut (3.5m x 3.5m x 3.5m) at the existing entrance of the depot yard and; (d) the demolition of the existing entrance arrangement including, 1 No. 6m roller gate and 1 No. 6m Mesh swing gate, and associated 2 No. connected pillars at the entrance of the property, and; (e) the erection of 10 No. CCTV cameras on 4.5m high poles and 3 No. CCTV cameras fixed to existing buildings, and; (f) the installation of 2 No. swing palisade gates to secure access to eir area, consisting of 2 No. 2m wide x 2.4m high, and 4m of palisade fencing, 2.4m high. The application includes all ancillary works associated with the development located at the existing depot. |
| 2460783 | Conditional | 19 Mar 2025 | 0 | 89 m | Planning Permission for a revised industrial development previously granted permission under Planning Register No 16/226 and extended under Planning Register No 16/9226 to construct an 80 metre x 30 metre industrial unit for the purposes of steel manufacturing with associated welfare facilities, external carparking and associated site works at the IDA Industrial Estate, Tiernaboul, Killarney, Co. Kerry. |
| 2460275 | Conditional | 9 Dec 2024 | 0 | 41 m | Planning permission to construct a new employee car park with combined vehicular and pedestrian entrance, inclusive of all associated drainage, ancillary site works and landscaping all at the Ballyspillane Industrial Estate, Ballyspillane, Killarney, County Kerry. |
| 2460308 | Refused | 12 Jul 2024 | 1 | 450 m | KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL: ‘I, Mrs. Bridget Casey, wish to apply to Kerry County Council for planning permission to construct a domestic granny flat apartment. I furthermore apply for permission for all ancillary works associated to the development. The proposed unit is located to the north of my property located at No.13 Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, Co. Kerry. |
| 2460306 | Refused | 12 Jul 2024 | 1 | 450 m | KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL: ‘I, Mrs. Bridget Casey, wish to apply to Kerry County Council for retention permission of a private domestic mobile home unit located to the north-east of my property. Furthermore, I apply for retention permission of all ancillary site works. The application site is located at No.13 Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, Co. Kerry. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318509 | — | Granted with conditions | 21 Mar 2024 | 374 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
- 15 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.