Observation pack · Kerry County Council

The Fairview Hotel , College Street , Killarney Co. Kerry

Permission to (a) construct a single storey orangery extension to the front of the Fairview Hotel and (b) alter and extend the existing gas and bin storage areas including all ancillary services and areas

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 window closed

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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660886 · 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: 867 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/2660886/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660886 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 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses	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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660575	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	0	446 m	Retention Permission to Retain the attic floor, minor Elevational Alterations, additional outdoor play areas at 1st floor level of the creche and roof lights all as constructed within revised Site Boundaries. Planning Permission for A) The change of use of attic floor to childcare use. B) To construct revised Parking/Drop off areas. C) Construct Bin Storage Area. D) Erect signage on southeast elevation and E) Construct a canopy area above the existing entrance and all ancillary site works.
2660718	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	0	472 m	1. Construction of a 123 no. dwellings in a mix of duplex, maisonette and apartment typologies comprising 16 no. 1 bed apartments, 6 no. 2 bed apartments, 11 no. 1 bed duplex apartments, 11 no. 2 bed duplex maisonettes, 28 no. 2 bed duplex apartments, 28 no. 3 bed duplex maisonettes and 23 no. 3 bed terrace houses, all in building heights ranging from 2 to 4 storeys. 2. A total of 139 no. surface car parking spaces, including 4 no. car-share parking spaces, 6 no. visitor spaces, and 5 no. assigned Part M/accessible spaces. 3. Bicycle parking comprising of 272 no spaces in total, comprising 124 no. spaces within the private open space of ground floor residential units and 96 no. spaces within secure sheltered structures and designated secure bicycle parking areas, and 52 no. short stay/visitor spaces. 4. 3,600 sq.m of public open space, including arrival pocket park, central pocket park and amenity landscape areas (including 117 sq.m of play), grass lawns, kickabout areas, picnic areas and seating areas; 5. 956 sq.m of communal external open space, including seating areas, nature trails, and amenity grass lawns. 6. Additional environmental open space of 1,790 sq.m, including landscape buffers, protection and enhancement of existing hedgerows and trees. 7. A new vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access from the existing estate road adjoining the site to the south. 8. Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road and footpath network, ESB cabinets/substations/switchrooms, site and external building lighting, site drainage works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, communal bin stores, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground.
2660597	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	0	315 m	Full planning permission for (a) the change of use from restaurant to 4no. residential apartments at first floor level, (b) minor elevational alterations at first floor level and (c) minor internal alterations at ground floor level to accommodate the works at The Granary, Beech Rd, Killarney, Co. Kerry
2660565	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	0	187 m	Permission for the change of use of the permitted Hotel Bar on the part ground floor and part lower ground floor mezzanine of the existing hotel premises to 5 No. Guest bedrooms together with all associated services and elevational alterations at ground floor level to accommodate the proposed change of use (A Protected Structure - RPS No. KY0543)
2660536	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	259	349 m	10-Year Planning Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) for development at this site Countess Road, Dromhale (townland), Killarney, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of: The construction of a residential development of 259 no. residential units with ancillary single storey creche, landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of 2 no. existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling houses and an existing ruinous structure on the site and construction of 103 no. two storey houses (3-bed units), comprising of 27 no. terraced units, 62 no. end of terrace units, and 14 no. side entry units, 82 no. courtyard apartment units over 2 no. storeys (42 no. 1-bed units, 40 no. 2-bed units), and 74 no. apartment units (34 no. 1-bed units, 40 no. 2-bed units) in 2 no. part 3 storey and part 4 storey blocks. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be via one entrance from Countess Road (L3904) to the north, with the entrance design including improvement works on the public road inclusive of a raised crossing point. The design includes pedestrian/cycle infrastructure to/from Countess Road and internally within the development site and to adjoining areas. Ancillary site works include car parking, provision of bicycle parking and bin storage facilities serving the proposed apartment/courtyard apartment buildings and creche, 2 no. ESB substations, landscaping, water services and drainage infrastructure (including foul and storm network upgrades in Countess Grove), and all associated site development works. The proposed development also provides for the demolition of existing site boundary walls along Countess Road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. LRD Website: www.CountessRoadLRD.ie
2561138	Conditional	22 Jul 2026	1	316 m	Planning Permission to Construct Dwelling and attached family flat and all associated site works
2655	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	370 m	A) Extend existing 2 storey dwelling house, creating a new 2 storey, 2 bedroom apartment/granny flat. B) Alter existing vehicular access to Lewis road, C) Carry out all associated site works
2660321	Conditional	2 Jun 2026	0	378 m	upgrade works to replace existing exterior signage over the main entrance to the east and south elevations and to replace existing signage on both sides of 2no. existing wall mounted protruding street signs with new signage including updated text, colours and logos. Permission is also required to add logos centrally over 5 no existing shopfronts to the east, south and north elevations to include all associated works necessary to facilitate the development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324701	—	pending	8 Oct 2026	472 m
324591	—	pending	21 Aug 2026	349 m
500895	—	Refused	26 Jun 2026	83 m
500855	—	Granted	4 Jun 2026	485 m
501237	—	Invalid	28 Apr 2026	126 m
323611	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jan 2026	209 m
323430	—	Invalid	20 Aug 2025	221 m
323251	—	Invalid	6 Aug 2025	456 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.