Observation pack · Kerry County Council

44 Ashgrove , Ballyvelly Tralee , Co. Kerry

permission to a) carry out internal alterations to existing dwelling, b) construct a single storey extension and c) construct all associated site works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660902 · 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: 316 m²
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 12 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/2660902/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660902 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 23 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	KE-005:DP:tralee-municipal-district-settlements-s-plan-variation-no-1-of-the-kcdp-2022-2028	21 Jul 2025 → 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 KE-005:DP:tralee-municipal-district-settlements-s-plan-variation-no-1-of-the-kcdp-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
KERRY KE-005:DP:tralee-municipal-district-settlements-s-plan-variation-no-1-of-the-kcdp-2022-2028	—	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	Units	Distance	Description
2660675	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	0	143 m	to construct a new dwelling house with attached garage /gym, connection to public mains and all associated site works
2660248	Conditional	15 May 2026	0	362 m	retention permission to retain existing extension at wall plate level at rear of existing dwelling and full planning permission to complete extension at rear of dwelling
2560962	Refused	16 Dec 2025	0	369 m	BUILD A PRIVATE TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER
2560990	Refused	16 Dec 2025	0	381 m	Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling as constructed within revised boundaries
2560816	Refused	5 Nov 2025	0	200 m	erection of a dwelling house with all associated site works
2560630	Conditional	15 Sept 2025	0	416 m	Permission to demolish existing extensions to the rear of the dwelling house and construct a new single storey rear extension and make elevational changes to existing dwelling house
2460911	Conditional	7 May 2025	1	148 m	TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WHICH WILL BE SERVED BY AN EXISTING CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2560122	Refused	16 Apr 2025	1	381 m	Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling as constructed within revised boundaries

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501472	—	pending	3 Jun 2026	362 m
500627	—	Refused	8 Apr 2026	369 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

18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
18 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.