Observation pack · Kerry County Council

6 Priory Grove , Muckross Rd , Killarney Co. Kerry

(i) Planning Permission for the construction of 1No dwelling (ii) Planning Permission for the construction of a separate domestic garage (iii) Retention Permission to retain dwelling house and garage within revised site boundaries

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 2 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: 2660892 · full record
Authority: Kerry County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,476 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/2660892/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660892 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
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

Recorded monument × 5
Excavation - miscellaneous · Excavation - miscellaneous · Excavation - miscellaneous

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660378	Conditional	23 Jun 2026	341 m	Planning Permission to Construct extensions and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated sites work
2680	Conditional	23 Jun 2026	0 m	(i) to retain the existing dwelling, previoiusly granted under planning ref 01/203634 (ii) to retain a home office, all within revised site boundaries
2660365	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	390 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
2660345	Conditional	16 Jun 2026	284 m	Permission to (a) demolish existing dwelling house and garage, (b) construct 3 No. 1 Bedroom Apartments, 2 No. 2 Bedroom Apartments and 1 No. 3 Bedroom Apartment, and (c) construct new site entrance, parking, ancillary services & areas
2660007	Conditional	25 May 2026	405 m	Construct a dwelling house, ancillary site works and areas
2660255	Conditional	18 May 2026	283 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	348 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	341 m	Planning Permission to Construct extensions and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated sites work

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501441	—	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2026	348 m
501695	—	pending	13 Jul 2026	284 m
323813	—	Granted with conditions	9 Feb 2026	170 m
323125	—	Granted with conditions	25 Nov 2025	479 m
321613	—	Refused	7 May 2025	283 m
315088	—	Granted with conditions	2 Feb 2024	450 m
316866	—	Other	14 Aug 2023	170 m
311322	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2022	375 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.