Observation pack · Kerry County Council
Dromthacker and Knockawaddra West , Tralee , Co. Kerry
Previously permitted under Planning Ref. 26/60694, for the revisions to the external elevations and façade treatments of the approved two-storey building, modifications to the internal layout at ground floor and first floor levels, minor modifications to the layout of the approved mechanical room, together with all associated ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments
Observations close 7 Dec 2026 22 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2661079 · full record
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 5,674 m²
- Received
- 2 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 5 Jan 2027
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/2661079/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661079at 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 7 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C7 Rural business | Education, Innovation, Research & Development: For the provision of Education/Innovation/Research & Development. See also objective no. KCDP TR-23 | 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 × 2R105297 · R183988
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660758 | Conditional | 7 Oct 2026 | 168 m | Permission for the construction of a single-storey recycling management building together with all associated site development works including site drainage, adjustments to site levels and adjustments to the approved landscape plan | |
| 2660746 | Conditional | 5 Oct 2026 | 270 m | Retention permission to retain the following: (a) conversion of the garage to living accommodation, (b) sunroom to the rear of the dwelling house | |
| 2660694 | Conditional | 31 Aug 2026 | 0 m | The construction of a two-storey building comprising of a fallow area on ground floor for future staff welfare facilities and staff canteen and kitchen at first floor level within the existing site campus, ancillary outbuildings, adjustments to positioning and layout of the approved car park to facilitate the proposed building, with no change in total number of permitted spaces, external ground mounted plant and equipment, new signage on the southern elevation together with all associated site development works including realignment of the approved site drainage, adjustments to site levels and adjustments to the approved landscape plan. | |
| 267 | Conditional | 24 Apr 2026 | 271 m | REDSIII for a c.125 kWp renewable energy solar PV installation consisting of up to c.575m2 (213No.) Roof Mounted solar panels and all associated works | |
| 2561153 | Conditional | 9 Apr 2026 | 120 m | Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for permission for development of a 38 kV/MV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Electrical Substation at this site (1.31ha) at Kerry Technology Park, Dromthacker, Tralee, Co. Kerry. The site is generally bound to the north by the Kerry Technology Park access road (subject to planning permission Ref: 2360295); to the east by the rear of residential properties; to the south by the Knockawaddra Road and the rear of residential and commercial properties along the Knockawaddra Road and to the west by an existing office building and associated car parking area. The proposed development will consist of: • Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,006m2 gross area enclosed by a 2.6m high stone wall along the northern perimeter of the substation and a 2.6 m high palisade fence around the eastern, southern and western sides of the perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: • 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31.0m2 and c.5.1 m high); • 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.34.0 and c.4.6m high); • 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.34.0m2 and c.4.6 m high); • 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.45.85m2, c.4.7 m high ea.); • 1 No. House Transformer (c. 7.4 m2 and c. 1.3 m high); and • All associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables. • Internal access road within the proposed substation compound. • Site access road and footpath from the existing internal technology park road and footpath. • All associated site development works above and below ground including provision of lighting, boundary fences, landscaping, site services including drainage and all other works. | |
| 2460694 | Conditional | 24 Oct 2024 | 0 m | PERMISSION for amendments and alterations to the approved pharmaceutical ‘Fill-Finish’ production facility permitted under planning register 23/60295 (10-year duration of permission), i. Construction of a dual fire water retention / attenuation pond (c. 4,500m3), and an additional smaller surface water attenuation (150m3) pond with a combined site area of approximately 2,250m2 to include a 1.2m high perimeter fence. ii. Adjustments to positioning and layout of the approved car park to facilitate the proposed pond, with no change in total number of permitted spaces. iii. Adjustments to the approved internal road layout to include set-down area and turning circle. iv. Permanent permission for the existing 2.4m high temporary construction security fence in place of approved fencing at the northern boundary of the site. v. Associated works include re-alignment of the approved site drainage, adjustments to site levels and adjustments to the approved landscape plan. | |
| 2460598 | Refused | 11 Oct 2024 | 1 | 201 m | Planning Permission to a) Construct a plastered block road boundary wall, with associated gated splayed entrance b) construct all associated site works at Dromtaker, Tralee, Co Kerry V92Y74C |
| 2460288 | Conditional | 13 Jun 2024 | 21 m | THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF (i) THE PARTIAL CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDING AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL FROM PRODUCTION TO OFFICE AND CANTEEN (ii) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUSPENDED FLOOR AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITHIN HIGH BAY SECTION OF EXISTING BUILDING FOR OFFICE AND PLANTROOM USE, (iii) EXTERNAL GROUND & ROOF MOUNTED PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (iv) SIGNAGE (v) PROVISION OF PERIMETER FENCING TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. |
What has happened on this file
- 2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
- 2 Nov 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.