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Church Avenue , Brackloon , Annascaul

Permission for development to construction a new vehicular site entrance including all necessary site works

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660843 · 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
361 m²
Received
4 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
29 Oct 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660843/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660843 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 9 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areasKE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-202815 Jun 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
S2
Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure
Health and Related: For the provision of health related facilitiesKE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-202815 Jun 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.

Sources: KERRY KE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-2028, KERRY KE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
KERRY KE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-2028—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
KERRY KE-007:DP:castleisland-corca-dhuibhne-municipal-district-settlements-plan-variation-3-kerry-cdp-2022-2028—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660636Conditional1 Sept 20260370 mto ( 1) retain as constructed dwelling house with public sewer connection and (2) retain existing dwelling within revised site boundaries
2560641Conditional19 Nov 20250204 mFull planning permission to A), demolish existing single storey rear extension & outbuilding. B) construct a new single storey rear extension onto existing dwelling house, C) elevation changes & internal alterations to existing house and all associated site works.
2560086Conditional21 May 20250265 m(A) Retention Permission to Retain the house with granny flat as constructed to date including elevational, plan & all variations from the original permission granted under planning ref no 20/248. AND. (B) Permission for development to complete construction of the dwelling house with granny flat including all necessary site works as per this application
2560243Conditional21 May 20250304 mto demolish existing pre-fabricated unit and to erect a new modular classroom building and to carry out all ancillary site works to facilitate the proposed development at St. Patrick's Secondary School, College Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry.
2560017Conditional24 Apr 20251186 mConstruct a dwelling house with parking to the rear, including connection to the existing onsite public sewerage and mains water connections and all necessary site works
251Refused27 Feb 20251138 mTO (A) CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE STOREY WELLNESS CENTRE CONSISTING OF RELAXATION AREA, HOT POOL, CHANGING ROOMS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (B) CONSTRUCT FOUR NEW PREFABRICATED EN-SUITE BEDROOM PODS, (C) NEW EXTERNAL COURTYARD WITH COLD WATER THERAPY POOL, RELOCATION OF ENTRANCE WALL AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT OUR SITE
2460231Conditional7 Oct 20241421 mPERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
2460298Conditional9 Jul 20241278 mPermission for a revised roof design to the proposed school extension comprising an A-pitched slate roof in lieu of a mono-pitched metal clad roof permitted under planning register number 23/60308

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
322564—pending20 May 2025186 m
317898—Granted with conditions28 Mar 2024300 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

  • 4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
  • 4 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.