Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Ballymullen , Tralee , Co.Kerry

Permission for demolition of the existing block boundary wall and to construct (a) new store, incorporating customer facilities, store, staff facilities, food servery and seating area with PV panels on roof, (b) construct car park, (c) construct all associated site services and service connections and all associated site works all at Ballymullen, Tralee, Co.Kerry

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660936 · 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: 3,299 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 22 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/2660936/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660936 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 2 Nov 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
C2.1 Economic development and employment	Industrial, Enterprise, Employment: For the provision of Industrial, Enterprise, Employment	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
prison/jail

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660659	Conditional	7 Sept 2026	159 m	to build a private single storey extension at side of existing dwelling
2660635	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	411 m	Planning Permission to a) carry out internal alterations to the front library section of the building to include the creation of new classrooms and staff areas, b) alterations to the existing gym to the rear of the building, c) subdivision of an existing ground floor classroom, d) refurbishment of the classrooms and access hall to the existing northern wing, e) subdivision of an existing first floor classroom, f) construct all associated site works to a building which is a Protected Structure (RPS-KY-1142) And retention permission to G) retain the existing building within revised boundaries
2660410	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	412 m	Permission to remove the existing portakabin, erect new changing rooms and storage building, all ancillary site works including connection to public services, access road and car parking
2670	Conditional	12 Jun 2026	467 m	(1) Change of use of Shop to Podiatry Clinic, (2) Change of use of first floor to living accommodation, (3) Construct a two storey extension to rear ancillary to both (1) and (2), (4) Existing dormer bedroom to remain as bedroom, and (5) Ancillary site works associated with the development. (Protected Structures Number - RPS-KY-1141)
2660186	Refused	28 Apr 2026	110 m	Permission to demolish existing garage and store building and construct a separate living accommodation building / ‘Granny Flat’, with all associated site works
2660102	Conditional	7 Apr 2026	311 m	Retention Permission to retain a single storey porch extension and front site entrance works at 4 Mitchels Court, Tralee.
25207	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	227 m	CONSTRUCT A TWO AND A HALF-STOREY DWELLING ON HIS PROPERTY WITH ALL ANCILARY SITE WORKS
2560521	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	326 m	retention permission to retain (a) the demolition of 3 No. existing buildings and (b) the construction of a lean-to-roof at his lands at Murphy's Terrace, Ballymullen, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320644	—	Granted with conditions	22 Jan 2025	371 m
316259	—	Granted with conditions	16 Dec 2024	0 m
319556	—	Invalid	19 May 2024	480 m
314710	—	Granted with conditions	15 Feb 2024	19 m
318571	—	Invalid	29 Dec 2023	292 m
311007	—	Refused	3 Dec 2021	291 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

28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
28 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.