Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Caher East , Kenmare , Co. Kerry

(a) Retention permission to retain alterations made to the existing dwelling house, (b) Retention permission to retain the existing dwelling house, all associated site services and ancillary site works as located within revised site boundaries, (c) permission to construct an extension to the existing dwelling house & make alterations to the existing dwelling house and all other associated works

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 10 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660943 · full record
Authority: Kerry County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,540 m²
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 23 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/2660943/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660943 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 3 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460889	Conditional	10 Mar 2025	1	382 m	• DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE • THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLINGHOUSE IN A LOCATION BESIDE THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED • INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)
2460687	Refused	6 Nov 2024	1	382 m	• DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE • THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN A LOCATION BESIDE THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED • INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)
23580	Conditional	10 May 2024	1	205 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER BUNGALOW, MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHNG FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
23951	Conditional	24 Oct 2023	1	0 m	CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULATURAL BUILDING FOR THE HOUSING OF CATTLE CONSISTING OF A SLATTED UNIT AND CREEP AREA LOCATED OVER AND UTILISING THE EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE EFFLUENT HOLDING TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS
221041	Conditional	28 Nov 2022	1	382 m	DEMOLITON OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN SAME LOCATION, INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND A GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)
21186	Refused	5 Nov 2021	1	383 m	(1) DEMOLISH EXISTING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN SAME LOCATION, (3) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
29 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.