Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Church Street , Milltown , Co. Kerry

permission to a) demolish an existing shed on site, b) refurbish and extend the existing dwelling, to include elevational changes and changes to domestic garage and c) all associated site works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 window closed

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 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: 2660903 · 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: 828 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/2660903/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660903 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses	castleisland corca dhuibhne municipal district settlements plan variation 3 kerry cdp 2022 2028	15 Jun 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas	castleisland corca dhuibhne municipal district settlements plan variation 3 kerry cdp 2022 2028	15 Jun 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 × 4
Milltown Church (Kilcolman) · Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart · The Monastery

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560931	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	0	380 m	Planning permission for the following works, Construct 10 living units, more particularly, 6 dwelling houses, 2 nr 2 bedroom apartments and 2 nr 1 bedroom apartments, c/w site services, SUDS System, access rd, landscaping and boundaries, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted
2660134	Conditional	14 Apr 2026	0	209 m	Permission for 1. Change of use from retail unit to clinic, 2. Carry out elevational changes to front elevation and re-cover existing roof
2560678	Conditional	9 Feb 2026	0	373 m	Planning Permission for a new calving shed and seepage tank and retention permission to retain a dung pit and a storage shed at Kilcolman, Miltown, Co. Kerry
25145	Conditional	15 Sept 2025	0	447 m	RETAIN (A) EXSTING 2M BOUNDARY WALL AT SIDES AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, (B) EXISTING SHED AT REAR OF DWELLING, (C) EXISTING CONCRETE YARD AT REAR AND SIDE OF DWELLING, (D) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW 1M HIGH WALLIN PART AT FRONT OF DWELLING , (E) NEW CONCRETE YARD IN PART AT FRONT OF DWELLING AND (F) TO RAISE EXISTING SIDE BOUNDARY WALL IN PART TO 2M
2560423	Conditional	8 Jul 2025	0	429 m	FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING COMPRISING OF 3 NO. 80M2 MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS AND 2 NO. SET ROOMS, AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL CARPARKING SPACES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2560074	Conditional	8 Apr 2025	1	387 m	Retention permission to retain partly completed boundary treatments to public areas and external finishes to front of dwellings, and permission to complete boundary treatments to public areas and external finishes to front of dwellings, and permission for minor alterations to site development works of previously granted permission under planning reg: no: 20/88
2460767	Conditional	31 Mar 2025	1	399 m	FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR PERMISSION TO A) REMOVE AND REPLACE EXISTING UPVC WINDOWS ON THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, B) DEMOLISH SMALL PORTION OF THE STORE ROOM GABLE WALL (CIRCA 1M2), AND STORE ROOM ROOF TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING TO ALLOW FOR, C) ENCLOSE OPEN COURTYARD AND STORE ROOM TO REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SLATE COVERED HIP ROOF WITH ROOF WINDOWS, D) INSTALL STOVE WITH STAINLESS STEEL FLUE IN THE PROPOSED ENCLOSED COURTYARD, E) REINSTATE OPENING TO THE REAR OF THE COURTYARD WALL, F) REINSTATE DOOR TO COURTYARD WALL, AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXISTING PRESBYTERY IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS-KY-0829 AND THE SITE ALSO CONTAINS A NATIONAL MONUMENT, REFERENCE NO. KE 047-056. NO WORKS ARE PROPOSED TO THE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
2461005	Conditional	19 Feb 2025	1	379 m	To construct an extension to existing dwelling house

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502199	—	pending	2 Oct 2026	380 m
500918	—	Granted	22 Jun 2026	373 m
320408	—	Other	20 Sept 2024	212 m
316933	—	Other	16 Aug 2023	212 m
311399	—	Granted with conditions	24 Jan 2022	177 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.