Observation pack · Kerry County Council

COLLIS SANDES HOUSE , KILLEEN OAKPARK , TRALEE

THE MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR OF COLLIS SANDES HOUSE, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS-KY-0997; NIAH 21302907), TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CAFÉ, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND AN OUTSIDE SEATING AREA

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 window closed

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 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: 2660926 · 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: 9,064 m²
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/2660926/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660926 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
G3 High amenity	Landscape Protection: Conservation and preservation of landscape	tralee municipal district settlements s plan variation no 1 of the kcdp 2022 2028	21 Jul 2025 → 14 Aug 2028
G4 Open space	Active Open Space is intended solely for the provision of recreational uses	tralee municipal district settlements s plan variation no 1 of the kcdp 2022 2028	21 Jul 2025 → 14 Aug 2028
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	Mixed Use, general development: For the provision of Mixed use general development.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Collis-Sandes House
Recorded monument × 2
R105250 · R105254

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660187	Conditional	25 May 2026	0	344 m	to retain existing dwelling and sheds on site
2560788	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	0	118 m	Planning permission to a) Change the use of the existing Mobile Home & Caravan Park to new Residential Use. b) Demolish existing Caravan Park Facilities Building & Miscellaneous structures on site. c) Create New entrance off R556 Tralee Ballybunion Road. d) Construct a revised mix of 45 Residential Units, comprising nineteen 3 bedroom Terrace Houses, six 3 to 4 bedroom Semi-Detached Houses and five Apartment Buildings each containing 2 No. one bedroom apartments and 2 No. 2 Bedroom Apartments, including all associated works, roads, pavements and services
2560525	Refused	12 Aug 2025	0	392 m	Planning Permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage and install a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works
2560133	Refused	23 Apr 2025	46	118 m	Permission for: a Residential Development on the Líos Íarr Site on Ballybunion Road at Killeen, Tralee, Co. Kerry to: a) Change the use of the existing Mobile Home & Caravan Park to new Residential Use. b) Demolish existing Caravan Park Facilities Building & Miscellaneous structures on site. c) Create New entrance off R566 Tralee Ballybunion Road and include for new Tralee Bus Stop. d) Construct 46 Residential Units, comprising 24 three bedroom Terrace Houses, 6 three bedroom Semi-Detached Houses and four Apartment Buildings each containing 2 No. one bedroom apartments and 2 No. 2 Bedroom Apartments, including all associated works, roads, pavements and services all as outlined in the documents submitted to Kerry County Council.
23614	Conditional	19 Jul 2023	1	462 m	RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED
23525	Conditional	29 Jun 2023	1	369 m	ERECT A PORTACABIN FOR USE AS CHANGING ROOMS TO SERVE THE ASTRO TURF PITCH, COMPLETE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
211519	Conditional	20 Apr 2022	0	447 m	CONSTRUCT AN 88 NO. BED SPACE NURSING HOME. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OF (1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 STOREY NURSING HOME BUILDING WITH A ROOFTOP WATER TANK ROOM, (2) THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OUTDOOR PLANT ROOM AND BIN STORE; AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING, CAR PARKING, BICYCLE STORAGE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. ACCESS TO THE NURSING HOME WILL BE PROVIDED BY A VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONTO OAKPARK ROAD

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501353	—	Other	28 Aug 2026	118 m
322552	—	Invalid	19 May 2025	118 m
316454	—	Other	21 Aug 2023	429 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.