Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Fairfield , Castleconway , Killorglin

The change of use and refurbishment of the existing two-storey building to provide a ground-floor retail unit and a first-floor one-bedroom apartment; the partial alteration and removal of the existing roof to provide a first-floor private open courtyard; external alterations including a new shopfront and signage, replacement windows and doors, external insulation and rendered finish; the installation of solar photovoltaic panels; and all associated site development works.

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 window closed

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 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: 2660938 · 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: 72 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/2660938/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660938 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses.	kenmare minicipal 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.

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
Blennerhassett Monument
Recorded monument × 1
R104055

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660846	Conditional	29 Oct 2026	1	350 m	demolish and remove existing foundations and rising walls to ground floor level, construct a new dwelling house and detached garage, connect to public sewer and all associated site works and services
2560958	Refused	9 Oct 2026	0	340 m	Planning Permission for change of use from a first floor bar and restaurant to 1 no. studio apartment and guest bedroom at The Fishery, The Bridge, Dromavally, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
2660716	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	0	233 m	permission for the change of use of existing dwelling house to medical centre, together with elevational alterations, demolition of the existing porch and provision of a revised car parking layout, inclusive of all ancillary site works, landscaping and drainage
2660593	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	0	74 m	change use of existing garage to therapy room
2660518	Conditional	22 Jul 2026	1	452 m	Permission to: A) Re-locate existing vehicular entrance including realignment of northern boundary wall, B) Construct 2 no. extensions consisting of a front entrance porch and a rear kitchen extension, C) Carry out alterations to the elevations including revision to existing dormer roof window and gable on the northern elevation, construct a new dormer roof type window and install new Velux windows on the southern elevation, replace all windows and external doors including revisions to existing window and door openings generally, D) Change the use of existing garage to use as a living room, E) Carry out all associated site works
2660100	Conditional	7 Apr 2026	0	116 m	for (i) permission to add stair/lift access extension (ii) permission to change use of first floor from office to doctors surgery (iii) permission for layout changes on ground floor, (iv) permission to add fire escape stairs to rear and (v) permission for elevation changes, all at existing medical building at Daly’s Lane, Main Street, Killorglin.
2560940	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	0	321 m	retain existing dwelling house and garage as constructed
2560926	Conditional	4 Dec 2025	0	53 m	PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF EXISTING STORE TO 3NO. RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS (1 NO. 2 BEDROOM AND 2 NO. 1 BEDOOM

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321791	—	Other	27 Jan 2026	44 m
312635	—	Granted with conditions	30 Jan 2024	225 m
313775	—	Granted with conditions	29 Aug 2023	44 m
316827	—	Granted	23 Aug 2023	185 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.