Observation pack · Kerry County Council

4 The Old Rectory , Beenbane , Waterville Co. Kerry

Permission to carry out alterations to the rear elevation which consists of installing three windows in the rear elevation

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660890 · 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: 340 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 10 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/2660890/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660890 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 21 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
R1 New residential	New/Proposed Residential: To facilitate the development of residential units in accordance with the Core Strategy.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030

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-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030, KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	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
2660715	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	170 m	(a) Removal of the main entrance portico and its replacement with a new canopy, designed to tie into the existing frieze elements of the façade; (b) Removal and demolition of walls and planters within the forecourt of the entrance area to facilitate a realigned one-way access arrangement; retaining the existing through-access; including provision of a new coach set-down area and an enhanced forecourt setting with feature bollard lighting; (c) Replacement of existing windows to the restaurant elevation with new glazed door units to improve access and connectivity between the restaurant and the forecourt area; (d) Removal of porch to the East of the restaurant and construction of a new external door at this location; (e) Removal of 3no. existing windows and partial demolition of walls to create consolidated bay window; (f) Provision of new female toilet accommodation, relocated from the reception area, to consolidate all toilet facilities at the rear of the building, connecting to the existing drainage network.
2660584	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	464 m	the refurbishment and extension of the existing Stella Maris house to include, (i) Front restoration works comprising replacement/upgrades to existing windows and external door, repairs to chimney and roof, and restoration of front garden walls, fence and path, (ii) Internal alternations and general repairs throughout the dwelling; (iii) demolition of the existing two-storey rear extension and construction of a new two-storey rear extension with link connected single-storey garden room, (iv) loft conversion to include a new rear dormer roof, (v) demolition of existing garden shed and barn and construction of a new single-storey outbuilding (vi) provision of new rear entrance, gate and parking provisions (vii) and all associated and ancillary site works. The building is a protected structure Ref- RPS-KY-1260,
2660571	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	239 m	to construct a single storey rear extension and all associated site works
2660001	Conditional	4 Mar 2026	477 m	Retention Permission to retain the removal of lettering to the façade of the building. The building is a protected structure Ref- RPS-KY-1260
2460869	Conditional	29 Oct 2025	289 m	Retention Permission to (1) Retain the entire outdoor seating area (2) Retain improvement works to outdoor seating area consisting of railings/panel and concrete floor at Doolys Restaurant and Bar
2560447	Conditional	16 Sept 2025	444 m	Planning permission to erect new glazed extension to rear of 'D' the Cottage
2560512	Conditional	15 Sept 2025	383 m	planning permission to revise internal layout of existing hotel ballroom area to allow for; 7No. hotel bedroom suites, ancillary SPA and GYM, and for new window arrangement at southern ballroom roadside elevation. Planning retention permission is also being sought for existing steel shed in rear service yard at Sea Lodge Hotel, South View Terrace Street and Main Street Waterville V23 C896
2460913	Conditional	28 Jan 2025	460 m	Permission to install a Coffee Dock to serve existing craft shop within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS-KY-1263 at An Tigin, Lower Main Street, Waterville, Co. Kerry

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322526	—	Other	6 Mar 2026	381 m
313862	—	Withdrawn	3 Aug 2023	272 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 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.