Observation pack · Kerry County Council

Tango Restaurant Muckross Rd , Dromhale , Killarney

Permission for the following works, 1) Retention Permission to retain seating area to the front (western end) of the restaurant, 2) Retention Permission to retain extract ducting on the southern and eastern elevations incorporating Plasma Klean Xtract 2100 Systems, 3) Planning Permission to construct new outdoor seating area, 4) Planning Permission construct new encasement surround to extract ducting on the southern elevation, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661083 · full record
Authority: Kerry County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 900 m²
Received: 3 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 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/2661083/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661083 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 8 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas	killarney municipal district settlements plan variation 2 kerry cdp 2022 2028	19 Jan 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Killarney House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660597	Conditional	20 Aug 2026		338 m	Full planning permission for (a) the change of use from restaurant to 4no. residential apartments at first floor level, (b) minor elevational alterations at first floor level and (c) minor internal alterations at ground floor level to accommodate the works at The Granary, Beech Rd, Killarney, Co. Kerry
2660290	Conditional	13 Aug 2026		161 m	Planning Permission for the Construction of 1No dwelling incorporating a ‘granny flat’, and all ancillary services including driveway entrance and carparking area
2660565	Conditional	12 Aug 2026		269 m	Permission for the change of use of the permitted Hotel Bar on the part ground floor and part lower ground floor mezzanine of the existing hotel premises to 5 No. Guest bedrooms together with all associated services and elevational alterations at ground floor level to accommodate the proposed change of use (A Protected Structure - RPS No. KY0543)
2660536	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	259	210 m	10-Year Planning Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) for development at this site Countess Road, Dromhale (townland), Killarney, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of: The construction of a residential development of 259 no. residential units with ancillary single storey creche, landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of 2 no. existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling houses and an existing ruinous structure on the site and construction of 103 no. two storey houses (3-bed units), comprising of 27 no. terraced units, 62 no. end of terrace units, and 14 no. side entry units, 82 no. courtyard apartment units over 2 no. storeys (42 no. 1-bed units, 40 no. 2-bed units), and 74 no. apartment units (34 no. 1-bed units, 40 no. 2-bed units) in 2 no. part 3 storey and part 4 storey blocks. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be via one entrance from Countess Road (L3904) to the north, with the entrance design including improvement works on the public road inclusive of a raised crossing point. The design includes pedestrian/cycle infrastructure to/from Countess Road and internally within the development site and to adjoining areas. Ancillary site works include car parking, provision of bicycle parking and bin storage facilities serving the proposed apartment/courtyard apartment buildings and creche, 2 no. ESB substations, landscaping, water services and drainage infrastructure (including foul and storm network upgrades in Countess Grove), and all associated site development works. The proposed development also provides for the demolition of existing site boundary walls along Countess Road. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. LRD Website: www.CountessRoadLRD.ie
2660378	Conditional	23 Jun 2026		357 m	Planning Permission to Construct extensions and elevational alterations to existing dwelling and all associated sites work
2561110	Conditional	17 Jun 2026		115 m	To renovate, extend and make elevational changes to existing dwelling house including all ancillary services and areas
2660321	Conditional	2 Jun 2026		391 m	upgrade works to replace existing exterior signage over the main entrance to the east and south elevations and to replace existing signage on both sides of 2no. existing wall mounted protruding street signs with new signage including updated text, colours and logos. Permission is also required to add logos centrally over 5 no existing shopfronts to the east, south and north elevations to include all associated works necessary to facilitate the development
2660288	Conditional	26 May 2026		352 m	Retention Permission to retain alterations to existing premises including amendments to front elevation of building and Planning Permission for change of use of 1st and 2nd floor of building from disused bakery/accommodation into 3 nr apartments for use as short term/holiday let, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502018	pending	2 Sept 2026	161 m
324591	pending	21 Aug 2026	210 m
324578	pending	13 Aug 2026	338 m
501064	Granted	27 Jul 2026	289 m
501237	Invalid	28 Apr 2026	427 m
323813	Granted with conditions	9 Feb 2026	437 m
323611	Granted with conditions	21 Jan 2026	451 m
320749	Granted with conditions	26 Sept 2025	112 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

3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 Dec 2026
3 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.