Observation pack · Kerry County Council
Dirtane , Ballyheigue , Tralee Co. Kerry
Planning permission for an agricultural entrance to my lands at Dirtane, Ballyheigue, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Observations close 2 Dec 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661060 · full record
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 1.12 ha
- Received
- 28 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 22 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/2661060/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661060at 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 2 Dec 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.
Designations on or near the site within 100 m
- Recorded monument × 5Ringfort - rath · Souterrain · Ritual site - holy well
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660358 | Conditional | 31 Aug 2026 | 494 m | Retention Permission for (a) the existing building within revised site boundaries, (b) change of use from medical centre to pharmacy (24sqm) and from private residential to pharmacy (53sqm) at ground floor level and (c) forming double doors to side (east) at ground floor level and for 1 roof light to side (west), and Planning Permission for (a) change of use from bed and breakfast to two apartments (73sqm at ground floor level and 131sqm at first floor level), (b) alteration of window to double doors and conversion of existing flat roof to balcony, to front (south) at first floor level, (c) alteration of window to double doors, blocking up one window and forming one fire escape door, to side (west) at ground floor level, (d) addition of 3 roof lights to side (west), (e) forming one window and widening one door opening at ground floor level and forming one window at first floor level, all to side (east), (f) blocking up fire escape door to rear (north) at first floor level and (g) all associated site works | |
| 2660445 | Refused | 14 Jul 2026 | 489 m | to build a private single storey dwelling with connection to the main sewer | |
| 2660013 | Conditional | 8 Jun 2026 | 431 m | Planning Permission to construct an extension to the rear of the existing Dwelling House, including associated minor elevational alterations, along with all ancillary site works | |
| 2561123 | Refused | 5 Feb 2026 | 484 m | to build a private single storey dwelling and garage with connection to the main sewer | |
| 2560167 | Refused | 1 May 2025 | 1 | 423 m | Planning permission to construct a dwelling house and shed and all associated site works at Mountway, Ballyheigue, Tralee, Co. Kerry. |
| 2460976 | Conditional | 14 Feb 2025 | 1 | 376 m | Nigel & Tracey Doherty intend to apply to Kerry County Council for planning permission to (a) renovate the existing single storey dwelling, including elevational changes and the removal of the roof structure (b) construct a 1st floor extension over the existing structure and a part two storey / single extension (side & rear) to the existing dwelling (c) demolish existing shed ruins in rear garden & construct a new shed/Verandah space (d) construct new boundary wall/site entrance to front, including all associated site works at Main Street, Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry V92 E3T6. |
| 22787 | Refused | 16 Sept 2022 | 54 m | REPLACE NO. 2 12M TIMBER POLES WITH AN 18M TELECOMMUNICATIONS MONOPOLE TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, SURROUNDED BY TIMBER FENCING | |
| 22359 | Conditional | 26 May 2022 | 1 | 366 m | (1) DEMOLISH EXISTING SINGLE STOREY ANNEX AND SHEDS TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING (2) RENOVATE AND CONSTRCT A PART TWO STOREY, PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF THE DWELLING, INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES (3) ALTERS STEPS TO FRONT OF DWELLING AND CONSTRUCT NEW BOUNDARY WALL/SITE ENTRANCE TO FRONT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501716 | Granted | 16 Oct 2026 | 489 m | |
| 314841 | Refused | 15 Dec 2023 | 70 m | |
| 316493 | Granted | 22 Aug 2023 | 235 m | |
| 316519 | Split | 15 Aug 2023 | 317 m | |
| 316520 | Granted | 15 Aug 2023 | 73 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
- 28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
- 28 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kerry County Council before relying on it.