Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Carrigeendaniel , Tralee , Co. Kerry

(A) construct 2 no. Industrial /general commercial buildings, each consisting of 2 no. units (4 units in total) (B) construct an extension onto the existing mart complex building which will be used as 6 individual storage units, and all associated ancillary works.

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660948 · 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: 7,770 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 24 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/2660948/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660948 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 4 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
C6 Waterfront	Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses: For the provision of Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses	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

Recorded monument × 1
R105195

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26100	Conditional	14 Sept 2026	0	395 m	to retain change of use, from attached domestic garage to Apartment . Boiler house retention. Main house , Retention of ground floor ensuite. Entrance and driveway widening.
2660350	Conditional	17 Jun 2026	0	390 m	Construct 85no. residential units, consisting of, A) 2no. two storey detached houses (4 bed), B) 26.no two storey semi-detached houses (3 bed), C) 4.no two storey semi-detached houses (4 bed), D) 35.no two storey terrace units (2&3bed), E) 2.no Duplex terrace blocks (three storey) consisting of 8 no. terrace house units (2 bed), and 8.no 1 Bed Apartments, F) ancillary crèche with 2.no 1 Bed Apartments over. The proposed development also includes a dedicated pedestrian / cycle path traversing the site with new access at the proposed main entrance off Caherslee Road (R551) & a second dedicated pedestrian / cycle path connection also proposed off Caherslee Road (R551). Ancillary infrastructure works will include connection to the public sewer, construct a new wastewater pumping station and infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utilities services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle racks, landscaping, new vehicular access to the development via 1.no new site entrance from Caherslee Road (R551) and all associated site development works.
2561070	Conditional	21 Jan 2026	0	188 m	Planning Permission to erect a new two story dwelling house with attic storage complete with all ancillary site works associated with the development including new garage/shed, boundary walls, close up existing gate on north west boundary wall and connection to the existing public sewer
2560584	Conditional	4 Nov 2025	0	389 m	Retention Permission to (a) retain change of use from garage to playroom on ground floor (b) retain elevation change to front of dwelling and and also Full Planning Permission to (a) build a first floor extension over existing flat roof at front and side of existing dwelling (b) new roof over existing porch at front of dwelling
2560751	Conditional	21 Oct 2025	0	146 m	Retention Permission to a) Retain the existing dwelling as constructed on site to include the living/dining room extension and Planning Permission to b) Extend and renovate the existing dwelling, c) Carry out alterations to the existing site entrance & d) construct all associated site works.
2560314	Conditional	12 Jun 2025	0	379 m	PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND PORCH, CONSTRUCT A NEW EXTENSION CONSISTING OF BEDROOM AND ENSUITE, UTILITY ROOM, BOILER HOUSE, AND MAIN BATHROOM, EXTEND THE EXISTING GARAGE, CONSTRUCT A LIFT TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560027	Refused	18 Mar 2025	1	381 m	Retention Permission to retain (A) a domestic shed/store/home gym and (B) the raised ground around the building (retaining wall, yard and concrete floor) as well as all associated works
2460894	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	1	367 m	Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling house as constructed within revised site boundaries and Permission to erect a new domestic garage and greenhouse with all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501682	—	pending	8 Jul 2026	390 m
323237	—	Other	30 Oct 2025	85 m
322294	—	Invalid	15 Apr 2025	381 m
316378	—	Other	18 Sept 2023	473 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 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.