Observation pack · Kerry County Council

The Farm , Clash West , Tralee Co. Kerry

the provision of 2no. dedicated active – travel infrastructure connection interfaces on the applicant’s lands, inclusive of localised site clearance, boundary adjustments, ground works, and all ancillary site works. The infrastructure development comprises: 1 no. active-travel connection interface to the existing public road and footpath network at Racecourse Road, Tralee, and 1 no. active-travel connection interface to the existing public footpath and cul-de-sac at Ard na Lí, Oakpark, Tralee. The proposed connection interfaces are intended to establish localised access alignment nodes to facilitate the future construction (Subject to Planning Permission) and delivery of active-travel routing corridors across the applicant's wider landholding

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660916 · 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: 1,565 m²
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 17 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/2660916/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660916 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 28 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	tralee municipal district settlements s plan variation no 1 of the kcdp 2022 2028	21 Jul 2025 → 14 Aug 2028
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas	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 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
Ringfort - rath · Ringfort - rath · Burial

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
26123	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	346 m	Retention permission to retain (1) Existing 2 No. Bedrooms at Ground Floor Level, (2) Existing Conservatory, (3) Existing Garden Shed, (4) Existing Side Vehicular/Pedestrian access onto Access Road to Meadowlands Estate.
2660705	Conditional	15 Sept 2026	301 m	amendments to the Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) permitted by Kerry County Council (Reference 2560640) and An Coimisiún Pleanála (Reference ACP-323735-25). The proposed amendments relate to alterations to 66 no. own-door maisonette/apartment units over 2 no. storeys (32 no. 1 bed units, 34 no. 2 bed units) comprising units 78 – 109 Hanafin Park Maisonette Block and units 01 – 34 Racecourse Demesne Maisonette Block. The amendments will consist of: a change in plan of the own-door maisonette/apartment blocks, including reconfiguration of units, and consequent increase in external communal amenity space; roofline and elevational changes, including balconies, window openings, treatment and finish materials; and all associated landscaping and associated site development works.
2660586	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	176 m	for the demolition of the existing single storey garage to the side of the house and the construction of a 92m2 single storey extension to the front, side and back
2660414	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	82 m	retain a domestic metal clad steel shed and permission to construct extensions comprising a single storey porch to the front and a two storey extension to the rear of an existing two storey dwelling house with minor alterations to the elevations and all ancillary site works
2560524	Refused	24 Jun 2026	219 m	To construct 8 No. Semi-detached, residential units with associated parking, driveways, green areas and upgraded entrance road from Clash road and all associated site works that would be required for the development
2660215	Conditional	5 May 2026	253 m	Permission to (a) renovate existing dwelling served by existing connection to main sewer (b) convert existing garage on ground floor to bedroom, en-suite, utility and plant room with elevation changes to same (c) build a two storey first floor extension over existing garage consisting of bedroom, en-suite & walk-in and all necessary site works
25268	Conditional	21 Apr 2026	420 m	(A) Retain existing dwelling house as constructed, (B) Retain external canopy at gable of dwelling which is ancillary to the use of the dwelling house (C) Retain domestic storage shed located at the rear of the dwelling house and (D) Retain front / roadside boundary wall to site as constructed
25158	Conditional	1 Apr 2026	380 m	(A) PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CARPARKING FOR THE OAKPARK MEDICAL CENTRE & OAKPARK PHARMACY ON VACANT PLOT TO THE REAR OF THE OAKPARK MEDICAL CENTRE & OAKPARK PHARMACY WITH NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE EXISTING CARPARK AND (B) PERMISSION TO CREATE PROPOSED NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FOR THE PROPOSED CARPARKING AT THE REAR OF VACANT PLOT/SITE ONTO THE ESTATE ROAD OF CLOONDARAL LISBEG, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501213	—	Granted	19 Aug 2026	380 m
501705	—	pending	15 Jul 2026	219 m
500387	—	Granted	12 May 2026	0 m
323735	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jan 2026	113 m
323587	—	Refused	15 Jan 2026	54 m
322746	—	Granted with conditions	26 Sept 2025	130 m
322729	—	Invalid	10 Jun 2025	130 m
320357	—	Refused	19 Mar 2025	0 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

23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
23 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.