Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Coolclogher Drive , Loreto Road , Killarney Co. Kerry

an external disabled access ramp from the existing public footpath to the existing dwelling including all associated alterations to the existing front boundary wall

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 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: 2660910 · 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: 1,596 m²
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 15 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/2660910/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660910 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 27 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 × 1
R110262

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660772	Conditional	12 Oct 2026	174 m	Retention Permission to retain alterations, as constructed to his dwelling house previously granted under Planning Register Reference 21/1030, comprising minor alterations to the footprint, roof profile, internal layout and elevations including accommodation at attic level, together with all associated site works at Site No.5 Coolclogher Drive, Coolclogher, Loreto Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
2660435	Conditional	31 Aug 2026	158 m	retain existing dwelling within revised site boundaries
2660492	Conditional	27 Jul 2026	497 m	Permission to construct a part one storey and part 2 storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage and all ancillary site development works and site works
2660466	Conditional	20 Jul 2026	426 m	Permission to alter permission granted under PRN 20/1054 to incorporate 2 No. 1 Bedroom Apartments on the ground floor in lieu of the 1 No. 2 Bedroom Apartment previously granted permission
2647	Conditional	8 May 2026	172 m	(A) construct a single storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling house., (B) to make elevational alterations to existing dwelling house and all site development works
2660219	Conditional	5 May 2026	161 m	(I) RETAIN DORMER STYLE BUNGALOW AND ADDED HOME OFFICE, AS BUILT, (II) RETAIN ENTRANCE FROM LORETO ROAD AND (III) RETAIN SITE LAYOUT AND SERVICES AS BUILT
2560208	Conditional	23 Apr 2026	336 m	Permission for (a) Demolition of detached residential annex and 1no. bay of existing light industrial warehouse; (b) change of use of existing residential dwelling to hostel reception and lounge area (c) construction of a 2-story vertical extension over existing shop (d) construction of a new-build 3-storey building to south of existing shop and light industrial warehousing to include retail, offices and GP surgery on ground and first floors and hostel accommodation on second floor (e) extension of existing car park to serve proposed development; and (f) block-off 1no. existing site entrance to north and convert 2no. existing site entrances to pedestrian / cycle entrances, and (g) block off 1 no. site entrance to existing car park to N71 together with all associated site works including connections to public drainage services, internal circulation roads, footpaths, car parking / cycle storage, refuse storage, lighting and signage. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application.
2660162	Conditional	21 Apr 2026	272 m	Planning permission to extend the existing wall and install Wrought Iron Fence with all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317987	—	Granted with conditions	23 May 2024	317 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

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
21 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.