Observation pack · Kerry County Council

off Park Road , Ardshanavooly (townland) , Killarney Co. Kerry

permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD). The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 188 no. residential units with ancillary creche, landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes the construction of 120 no. two and three storey houses comprising of 53 no. townhouse units (37 no. 3-bed units, 16 no. 4-bed units), 48 no. semi-detached units (30 no. 3-bed units, 18 no. 4-bed units), 19 no. mews houses (19 no. 2-bed units), and 68 no. apartments in 2 no. four storey blocks (36 no. 1-bed units, 32 no. 2-bed units). Vehicular access to the proposed development will be via the proposed Killarney Strategic Links Project - Links Road A-C, part of which will be delivered by the proposed development. The design includes short and longer term future accesses reflecting the phased delivery of Links Road A-C, as well as pedestrian/cycle infrastructure to/from Friary Downs / the R876 to the south and internally within the development site and to adjoining areas. Ancillary site works include car parking, provision of bicycle parking and bin storage facilities serving the proposed apartment/courtyard apartment buildings and creche, 1 no. ESB substation, landscaping, water services and drainage infrastructure and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. LRD Website: www.DeerparkLRD.ie. Located

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 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: 2660963 · 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: 3.81 ha
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 26 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/2660963/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660963 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 6 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
C1.1 Retail warehousing	Commercial, retail: For the provision of Commercial/Retail	killarney municipal district settlements plan variation 2 kerry cdp 2022 2028	19 Jan 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
G4 Open space	Active Open Space is intended solely for the provision of recreational uses	killarney municipal district settlements plan variation 2 kerry cdp 2022 2028	19 Jan 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
R1 New residential	New/Proposed Residential: To facilitate the development of residential units in accordance with the Core Strategy	killarney municipal district settlements plan variation 2 kerry cdp 2022 2028	19 Jan 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas	killarney municipal district settlements plan variation 2 kerry cdp 2022 2028	19 Jan 2026 → 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660841	Refused	28 Oct 2026	1	445 m	Permission to demolish front boundary wall and provide 2 No. Car parking spaces and all ancillary services and areas
2660575	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	0	0 m	Retention Permission to Retain the attic floor, minor Elevational Alterations, additional outdoor play areas at 1st floor level of the creche and roof lights all as constructed within revised Site Boundaries. Planning Permission for A) The change of use of attic floor to childcare use. B) To construct revised Parking/Drop off areas. C) Construct Bin Storage Area. D) Erect signage on southeast elevation and E) Construct a canopy area above the existing entrance and all ancillary site works.
2660718	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	0	0 m	1. Construction of a 123 no. dwellings in a mix of duplex, maisonette and apartment typologies comprising 16 no. 1 bed apartments, 6 no. 2 bed apartments, 11 no. 1 bed duplex apartments, 11 no. 2 bed duplex maisonettes, 28 no. 2 bed duplex apartments, 28 no. 3 bed duplex maisonettes and 23 no. 3 bed terrace houses, all in building heights ranging from 2 to 4 storeys. 2. A total of 139 no. surface car parking spaces, including 4 no. car-share parking spaces, 6 no. visitor spaces, and 5 no. assigned Part M/accessible spaces. 3. Bicycle parking comprising of 272 no spaces in total, comprising 124 no. spaces within the private open space of ground floor residential units and 96 no. spaces within secure sheltered structures and designated secure bicycle parking areas, and 52 no. short stay/visitor spaces. 4. 3,600 sq.m of public open space, including arrival pocket park, central pocket park and amenity landscape areas (including 117 sq.m of play), grass lawns, kickabout areas, picnic areas and seating areas; 5. 956 sq.m of communal external open space, including seating areas, nature trails, and amenity grass lawns. 6. Additional environmental open space of 1,790 sq.m, including landscape buffers, protection and enhancement of existing hedgerows and trees. 7. A new vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access from the existing estate road adjoining the site to the south. 8. Infrastructure works to serve the proposed development to include the internal road and footpath network, ESB cabinets/substations/switchrooms, site and external building lighting, site drainage works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, communal bin stores, and all ancillary site services and development works above and below ground.
2660641	Conditional	28 Aug 2026	0	398 m	(a)Permission to construct new car parking on the Ground floor with 3 parking spaces (b) Permission to construct first floor 1-bed apartment with first floor 1-bed studio apartment all with private amenity spaces (c) Permission to construct a second floor 1-bed apartment with second floor 1-bed studio apartment with private amenity spaces and all ancillary services and all associated site works at central point, Park Road, Killarney.
2660509	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	0	450 m	change of use from holiday home to private dwelling
2561138	Conditional	22 Jul 2026	1	126 m	Planning Permission to Construct Dwelling and attached family flat and all associated site works
2660427	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	0	103 m	The proposed development will consist of high-power electric vehicle charging points and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: I. Installation of 8no. electric vehicle charging bays with 8no. Tesla illuminated charging units and associated signage, II. Installation of proposed Tesla supercharger power cabinet equipment, III. Installation of proposed modular substation, IV. Erection of associated EV signage, V. Relocation of an existing security cabin, VI. All associated site development works including surfacing, & line marking.
2655	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	403 m	A) Extend existing 2 storey dwelling house, creating a new 2 storey, 2 bedroom apartment/granny flat. B) Alter existing vehicular access to Lewis road, C) Carry out all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324744	—	pending	20 Oct 2026	0 m
324746	—	pending	20 Oct 2026	0 m
324750	—	pending	20 Oct 2026	0 m
324748	—	pending	19 Oct 2026	0 m
324722	—	pending	16 Oct 2026	0 m
324701	—	pending	8 Oct 2026	0 m
501607	—	Invalid	26 Jun 2026	405 m
500895	—	Refused	26 Jun 2026	440 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

2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
2 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.