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Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Shinnagh , Rathmore , Co Kerry

planning permission to (a) construct extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling house and (b) decommission existing septic tank and install new mechanical aeration unit and peat polishing filter

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660970 · 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
1,773 m²
Received
5 Oct 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
29 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660970/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660970 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 9 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.
  5. 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

  • Recorded monument × 1
    R110583

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560992Conditional1 Oct 20260399 mPlanning Permission to: A) Demolish 2 no. dwelling houses and associated outhouses/sheds, B): Form a new vehicular entrance and a new pedestrian access route, C) Construct 57 no. residential dwelling units in the following mix of typologies: 5no. 1 bedroom single storey units, 7no. 2 bedroom single storey units, 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey dwellings, 5 no. 2 bedroom 2 story dwellings, 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 10 no. 1 bedroom apartments, D) Construct estate road, footpaths, boundary walls, services and all associated site works at lands south of Main Street, Rathmore, Shinnagh, Co.Kerry.
2560895Conditional11 Jun 20260498 m(A) retain the demolition works that have taken place to a dwelling house and (B) retention permission to retain the construction of a replacement building consisting of extension to existing restaurant on ground floor and apartment on first floor
2660266Conditional20 May 20260284 mPlanning Permission for the demolition of the existing single storey flat roof extensions at the side of the existing dwelling, and the construction of a single storey extension to the existing dwelling, at East End, Shinnagh, Rathmore, Co. Kerry P51 P2D3.
2560218Conditional11 Nov 20250457 mPermission for the following works, 1) Demolish existing dwelling house and sheds, 2) Construct 6 nr dwelling houses comprising of 2 nr 3 bed dwellings and 4 nr 2 bed dwellings3) Construct new access road, carparking, landscaping and all ancillary connections to services all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted
2560847Conditional10 Nov 20250489 m(A) retention permission to retain the demolition works that have taken place to a dwelling house and (B) retention permission to retain the construction of a replacement dwelling at Main Street, Shinnagh, Rathmore, Co Kerry.
24139Conditional28 May 20241284 m(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING FLAT ROOF EXTENSIONS, (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION CONSISTING OF A NEW CARPORT, UTILITY ROOM, BOILER ROOM, SHOWER ROOM AND STORAGE ROOM, (C) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
23973Conditional30 Jan 20240364 m(1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADVANCED DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, (2) THE DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
23908Conditional4 Oct 20231489 mTO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATE EXISTING DISUSED DWELLING HOUSE

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
310086—Invalid5 Oct 2022272 m
310287—Invalid5 Oct 2022272 m
310394—Refused23 Dec 2021410 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

  • 5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
  • 5 Oct 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.