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Observation pack · Kerry County Council

East End , Ballybunion , Ballybunion

To retain an existing Greenhouse as constructed

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2660991 · 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
725 m²
Received
8 Oct 2026
We first saw it
21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due
2 Dec 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/2660991/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660991 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 12 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2673Conditional19 Jun 20260368 m(A) Alteration/change of design of premises as granted permission under 23/923, to provide a single storey extension to the rear/southern side of the premises incorporation a hall/lobby, a utility room and an extension of the kitchen with a balcony area on the roof of the proposed extension for the first floor bedrooms, (B) Permission for a domestic storage shed in the yard to the rear/southern side of the premises.
2660175Conditional24 Apr 20260234 mpermission to install a dormer window to the rear of her house
2560172Conditional6 Feb 20260245 mconstruct 27 no dwelling houses comprising 6 no. one bedroom houses, 2 no. two bedroom houses, 15 no. three bedroom house & 4no. four bedroom houses with new connections to the public foul, surface water and water mains with all necessary ancillary services
25277Conditional28 Jan 20260455 m(a) Retain granny annexe ancillary to the existing domestic dwelling house, as constructed with lean-to covered area for storage between rear wall of granny annexe and rear boundary wall and (b) Retain garden room ancillary to the existing domestic dwelling house as constructed, all structures to the rear of the existing dwelling house
2560859Conditional17 Nov 2025038 mfor Planning permission (1) to demolish existing domestic sheds as built (2) Planning permission to construct a new dwelling and domestic shed and all associated site works, at Dromin/Killehenny Ballybunion Co.Kerry .
2560546Conditional20 Aug 20250483 mthree dwellings on three separate sites with individual vehicular entrances from Cliff Road and with 1 no. proposed single-storey dwelling at rear, accessed from Spraymount Road laneway to existing rear vehicular entrance to overall site, at Cliff Road, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry.
2560260Conditional30 May 2025032 mRetention Permission to retain: a) the existing dwelling as constructed within revised site boundaries b) the existing domestic shed c) all associated site works at No.12 Fuchsia Drive, Church Rd. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.
2560203Refused14 May 2025132 m1. Retention permission to retain the existing partially completed building on site and 2. planning Permission to a) complete the building on site as a new end of terrace dwelling b) construct a vehicular site entrance and c) construct all associated site works at No.12(A) Fuchsia Drive, Church Rd. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323645—Refused19 Jan 2026483 m
322674—Granted with conditions25 Sept 202532 m
320413—Other25 Sept 202454 m
315408—Granted with conditions24 Jan 2024487 m
314080—Granted with conditions15 Nov 2023210 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

  • 8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
  • 8 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.