Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Spunkane , Waterville , Co. Kerry

to A). construct a gable side extension, B). add additional Velux to the front elevation and associated site works

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 17 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: 2660848 · 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: 614 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660848/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660848 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 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.
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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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	Units	Distance	Description
2660400	Conditional	30 Jun 2026	0	176 m	Permission for Change of Use from Holiday Home to Permanent Residence
2560447	Conditional	16 Sept 2025	0	438 m	Planning permission to erect new glazed extension to rear of 'D' the Cottage
23382	Conditional	8 Dec 2023	1	59 m	RETAIN PRIVATE SHED/STORE
23962	Conditional	27 Oct 2023	0	386 m	THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY SEARCH AND CLIFF UNIT VEHICLE STORE OF +5.65M IN HEIGHT TO RIDGE LEVEL AND OF 171M2 IN AREA TO THE REAR OF IVERAGH COASTGUARD STATION, WITH EXTERNAL TIMBER CLADDING, PITCHED CORRUGATED ROOFING, SECTIONAL FOLDING ENTRANCE DOOR ONTO REAR COURTYARD, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND SUNDRY OTHER MINOR WORKS
23879	Conditional	27 Sept 2023	1	290 m	DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF NON HISTORIC FRONT BOUNDARY WALL, REPOSITIONING OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCES, NEW DRIVEWAY, INSTALLATION OF PV PANELS TO REAR ROOF SLOPE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF: RPS-KY-1253
23178	Conditional	13 Apr 2023	1	470 m	CONSTRUCT AN ENCLOSURE WALL FOR COMMUNITY BIN FACILITY
221323	Conditional	27 Mar 2023	1	351 m	RENOVATE AND EXTEND THE EXISTING SHED TO FORM A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS
221187	Conditional	17 Jan 2023	1	235 m	RETAIN A PARTIALLY COMPLETED EXTENSION TO HIS HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE THE EXTENSION

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313862	—	Withdrawn	3 Aug 2023	290 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.