Observation pack · Kerry County Council
Killierisk Road , Killierisk , Tralee
CHANGE OF USE FROM WAREHOUSING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION AS GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. 23/599 TO FOOD MANUFACTURING, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
Observations close 17 Nov 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661009 · full record
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 1.47 ha
- Received
- 13 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 7 Dec 2026
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/2661009/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661009at 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 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Industrial, Enterprise, Employment: For the provision of Industrial, Enterprise, Employment | tralee municipal district settlements s plan variation no 1 of the kcdp 2022 2028 | 21 Jul 2025 → 14 Aug 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas | 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 within 100 m
- Recorded monument × 3Enclosure · R105101 · R185072
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660472 | Conditional | 23 Oct 2026 | 401 m | the construction of a single storey energy substation building and all ancillary site development works |
| 2660734 | Conditional | 30 Sept 2026 | 365 m | Planning permission to refurbish and extend our existing dwelling house by erecting a new single-story pitched roof extension to the east side, with two Velux roof windows to the rear of the new roof and one Velux to the rear of the existing roof. The development will include all associated ancillary site works, including the demolition of the front boundary wall to the side patio area |
| 26113 | Conditional | 1 Sept 2026 | 269 m | (a) Remove existing facade signage to showroom on road/front elevation and over entrance door on rear elevation, (B) Permission to erect new facade signage to road/front facade and over rear main entrance door on rear elevation, (C) Permission to remove existing stand-alone sign adjacent to roadside boundary and replace and new free standing sign, (D) Permission for free standing signage on north western side of showroom and (E) Permission for free standing signage at rear of existing showroom all with associated works; all located |
| 2660499 | Conditional | 28 Jul 2026 | 338 m | A) Change of use of existing first floor restaurant/retail/offices (837.1sq.m), and storage/services on the ground floor (35sq.m) including an internal access stair to use as a gym facility. Internal alterations to the existing layout to accommodate the proposed change of use, B) external alterations to the elevations to include provisions for a new 24/7 access entrance at ground floor level, internal stair alterations and new access lift to first floor level, C) new signage to the front elevations and all ancillary site development works and site services. |
| 2660178 | Refused | 27 Apr 2026 | 41 m | Retention Permission to retain Granny Flat as constructed and Planning Permission to complete Granny Flat ancillary to the existing house at 9 Maple Court, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| 2560521 | Conditional | 13 Mar 2026 | 408 m | retention permission to retain (a) the demolition of 3 No. existing buildings and (b) the construction of a lean-to-roof at his lands at Murphy's Terrace, Ballymullen, Tralee, Co. Kerry |
| 2560852 | Conditional | 15 Dec 2025 | 361 m | planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house and all associated site works at Manor Lawn, Manor Village, Tralee, Co. Kerry. |
| 2560334 | Conditional | 11 Nov 2025 | 85 m | retention permission to retain existing two storey dwelling and Full Planning Permission for internal alterations, to include a downstairs toilet |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323557 | open | 3 Sept 2025 | 429 m | |
| 320644 | Granted with conditions | 22 Jan 2025 | 113 m | |
| 316259 | Granted with conditions | 16 Dec 2024 | 422 m | |
| 314710 | Granted with conditions | 15 Feb 2024 | 393 m | |
| 317896 | Withdrawn | 31 Oct 2023 | 429 m | |
| 315877 | Withdrawn | 25 Aug 2023 | 445 m | |
| 317358 | pending | 15 Jun 2023 | 319 m | |
| 310747 | Granted with conditions | 11 Feb 2022 | 127 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
- 13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
- 13 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.