Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Knockaderry , Farranfore , Co. Kerry

PERMISSION TO (I) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY MIXED USE BUILDING CONTAINING A SHOP, ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND INCORPORATING CUSTOMER FACILITIES, A STORE, STAFF FACILITIES, FOOD SERVERY WITH INTERNAL AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, WITH ROOF MOUNTED PV PANELS AND AIR HANDLING UNITS, (II) CONSTRUCT PETROL FILLING STATION WITH UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS, (III) CONSTRUCT EXTENDED CAR PARK WITH EV CHARGING POINTS, (IV) CONSTRUCT CAR WASH FACILITY CONTAINING TWO BAYS, (V) CONSTRUCT 2.8M BOUNDARY WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, (VI) CONSTRUCT BIN STORAGE SHED AND STANDALONE PLANT ROOM AND WASTE RECYCLING COMPOUND, (VII) CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND SERVICE CONNECTIONS (VIII) ERECT A NEW TOTEM SIGN ON THE N22 SIDE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT, TO CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING DEMOLITIONS (I) EXISTING SHOP AND ASSOCIATED STORES/SHEDS AND (II) EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE AND GARAGE ON ADJACENT SITE, ALL AT KNOCKADERRY, FARRANFORE VILLAGE, CO. KERRY

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661047 · full record
Authority: Kerry County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 4,050 m²
Received: 23 Oct 2026
Decision due: 17 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/2661047/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661047 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 27 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
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	Mixed Use, General Development: For the provision of Mixed Use, General Development	castleisland corca dhuibhne municipal district settlements plan variation 3 kerry cdp 2022 2028	15 Jun 2026 → 14 Aug 2028
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses	castleisland corca dhuibhne municipal district settlements plan variation 3 kerry cdp 2022 2028	15 Jun 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 within 100 m

Recorded monument × 1
Bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560048	Conditional	18 Aug 2025		16 m	Permission to construct a dwelling house and to demolish old sheds and to widen existing vehicular entrance
2560049	Conditional	27 Mar 2025	1	16 m	Retention Permission to Retain House within Revised Site Boundaries at Knockaderry, Farranfore, Co. Kerry
2460230	Conditional	12 Jun 2024		494 m	Full Planning Permission to construct a new industrial/warehousing unit and to extend existing access road with all associated site services
23893	Conditional	2 Oct 2023	1	254 m	TO A) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING, B) CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE, C) CONSTRUCT A VEHICULAR SITE ENTRANCE AND, D) CONSTUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
221333	Conditional	4 Apr 2023		59 m	CONSTRUCT 3 NO. GLAMPING PODS/UNITS AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS
221126	Conditional	28 Mar 2023	1	406 m	CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE
221123	Conditional	28 Mar 2023	1	347 m	CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE
222	Conditional	3 Mar 2022	1	408 m	RETAIN CONSTRUCTION OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL

What has happened on this file

23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026
23 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.