Observation pack · Kerry County Council

off Pat Scarteen Road , Killowen (townland) Kenmare , Co. Kerry

a 10 year planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) consisting of the demolition of 2 no. existing single-storey shed structures and the construction of 100 no. residential units comprising 30 no. 1-bed units; 30 no. 2-bed units; and 40 no. 3-bed houses, with ancillary landscaping and associated site development works. The development makes provision for 40 no. two-storey houses, comprising 36 no. semi-detached 3 bed units and 4 no. 3 bed mid-terraced units and 60 no. own-door maisonette/apartment units over 2 no. storeys (30 no. 1 bed units, 30 no. 2 bed units). Vehicular access to the development will be via an upgraded and relocated entrance off the Pat Scarteen Road, with proposed upgrades including amendments to the existing shared pedestrian/cycle path and modifications to the signing and lining on the public road. The proposed development also provides for separate pedestrian/cycle entrances off Pat Scarteen Road and includes dedicated pedestrian and cycling paths traversing the site. Ancillary infrastructure development works will include wastewater infrastructure, a pumping station, surface water attenuation, water utility services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle stores, ESB substations, landscaping and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. LRD website - www.kenmarelrd.ie.

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660925 · 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: 2.65 ha
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 19 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/2660925/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660925 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 30 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
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space, Park: Mainly for passive open space related activities.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030
M4 Major town centre	Built up Area: Existing built areas of mixed use.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030
R1 New residential	New/Proposed Residential: To facilitate the development of residential units in accordance with the Core Strategy. See also Objective KENMD-47.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas.	KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	24 May 2024 → 23 May 2030

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.

Sources: KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030, KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030, KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030, KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
KERRY KE-001:LAP:kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2024-2030	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Shelburne Lodge
Recorded monument × 2
Stone row · R103083

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660487	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	459 m	Permission to (a) demolish existing shed structure and Permission to (b) construct a new 3 storey building to comprise of one 2 bedroom residential apartment, car parking and apartment store rooms on the ground floor, three 1 bedroom residential apartments on the first floor and three 1 bedroom residential apartments on the second floor. The application includes the construction of a walled refuse store, car parking areas and all associated walls, structures, site works, landscaping works and services works
2660743	Refused	1 Oct 2026	419 m	retention permission to retain elevational changes made to the building and retain an extension at first floor level to create an enclosed fire escape route, and (b) retention planning permission to retain a single storey storage building at the rear of the property
2660419	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	316 m	permission to erect a new structure consisting of a Gymnasium and for all associated site works to facilitate this development
2660339	Conditional	12 Jun 2026	61 m	the development consists of permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, a detached garage, connection to mains services and all ancillary works
2660145	Conditional	22 May 2026	470 m	a) Demolition of an existing Agri Retail Store, b) the construction of a new Agri Retail Store and ancillary storage, c) internal modification to an existing storage building, d) the erection of totem signage, e) all associated site works.
2660223	Conditional	6 May 2026	194 m	Permission to erect a car port to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works to facilitate this development
2560480	Conditional	23 Apr 2026	143 m	The development consists of (a) permission to construct 6 no. detached two storey dwellings, (b) permission to construct a detached shed/home office at the rear of sites 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (c) permission to construct a new service road and footpaths with all associated site services to serve the development, (d) permission to upgrade the existing service road including the construction of new footpaths and all associated site services, and (e) permission to connect to all public utility services and permission for all associated site works.
2660158	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	290 m	Retention Permission to retain the dwelling house as constructed all within revised site boundaries and Full Planning Permission to demolish existing front boundary and to construct a new front boundary and all associated site services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501361	—	pending	18 May 2026	143 m
323614	—	Refused	9 Jan 2026	407 m
322493	—	Refused	21 Aug 2025	459 m
316072	—	Granted with conditions	10 Apr 2024	453 m
313044	—	Granted with conditions	24 May 2023	330 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 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.