Observation pack · Kerry County Council

No 16 Demense , Ross Road , Killarney

(A) Planning Permission for change of use of existing garage from garage to family flat extension, (B) Planning Permission to construct an extension onto the existing Garage which will form part of the Family Flat extension including a connecting corridor to the existing dwelling house, (C) Planning Permission to demolish existing drying room which is attached to the existing garage and all site development works.

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26155 · 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: 1,167 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 3 Dec 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/26155/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26155 at 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 13 Nov 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas	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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Kerry County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660290	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	382 m	Planning Permission for the Construction of 1No dwelling incorporating a ‘granny flat’, and all ancillary services including driveway entrance and carparking area
2660378	Conditional	23 Jun 2026	273 m	Planning Permission to Construct extensions and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated sites work
2660365	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	212 m	Planning Permission to install a new window on the side elevation, install a new roof light on the front elevation, to install 1 additional roof light and increase the size of the existing roof light on the rear elevation, and to carry out alteration to rear elevation including new patio door, first floor window, and to extend ground floor window
2660007	Conditional	25 May 2026	128 m	Construct a dwelling house, ancillary site works and areas
2660255	Conditional	18 May 2026	417 m	Full Planning Permission to construct a new extension to the rear of existing dwelling with all associated site services
2660214	Conditional	5 May 2026	484 m	Permission to demolish part of existing storage buildings and form a new gated access from the existing grass area at the northern side of the storage buildings to facilitate movement of horses, horse personnel, and equipment including gators and similar vehicles to the stables area
2561213	Conditional	20 Feb 2026	273 m	Planning Permission to Construct extensions and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated sites work
2561208	Conditional	20 Feb 2026	476 m	(i) Retention Planning Permission to retain elevational changes to the fenestration (ii) Planning Permission for the provision of pitched roofs in place of the originally proposed curved roofs to the design previously granted under planning ref: 22/218, and (iii) Planning Permission to construct a single storey extension at the side of the dwelling

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501441	—	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2026	484 m
502018	—	pending	2 Sept 2026	382 m
323813	—	Granted with conditions	9 Feb 2026	90 m
323125	—	Granted with conditions	25 Nov 2025	104 m
320749	—	Granted with conditions	26 Sept 2025	415 m
315088	—	Granted with conditions	2 Feb 2024	367 m
316866	—	Other	14 Aug 2023	103 m
311322	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2022	472 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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.