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Planning report · Kerry County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 11 Oct 2026, 22:54

Inbhear Sceine, Kenmare

51.88405, -9.56590

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%).

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
2planning files on this houselatest 202595%of home extensions approved nearbyn=41 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–550open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 54 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 2001–2010. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KillowenBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2025: 2560538 · new house, approved2025: 2560539 · new house, approved2017: 4 files on Killowen2018: 2 files on Killowen2019: 4 files on Killowen2020: 6 files on Killowen2021: 5 files on Killowen2022: 5 files on Killowen2023: 10 files on Killowen2024: 1 file on Killowen2025: 8 files on Killowen2026: 4 files on Killowen49 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2025
    2560538 · new house · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2025
    2560539 · new house · approved 2025 · not started, runs out 2030
    approvedstartedsigned off
On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Existing Residential: To protect and improve existing residential areas.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

kenmare municipal district local area plan 2024 2030 · 24 May 2024 – 23 May 2030

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings1Kenmare Church
Monuments13Ringfort - rath; Standing stone
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.
Sources: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11
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zoningCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:11open
rzltCC-BY-4.04 Oct 2026, 23:59open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.niahCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
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bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 97% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site34 decided · more info asked 41%
97% · council 87%
Approved nearbyKerry overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 34 nearby, 3,212 council-wide

Figure 3

Killowen, file by file since 2017

11 of 11 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 15 of 15.

49 planning files on Killowen since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 4 · 2017 · single-storey rear · approved · 17108No number · 2017 · other extension · approved · 17243No. 22 · 2017 · rear · approved · 17729No number · 2019 · porch / front · approved · 191047No. 20 · 2020 · single-storey side · approved · 20138No. 12 · 2023 · first-floor · approved · 231116No. 15 · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 23504No. 6 · 2023 · single-storey rear · approved · 2360027No number · 2023 · side · approved · 23767No number · 2023 · other extension · approved · 2384No. 40 · 2025 · side · approved · 2560871Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2017 · other work · approved · 17242No number · 2018 · other work · approved · 181275No number · 2018 · other work · refused · 18252No number · 2019 · other work · refused · 191093No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19288No number · 2019 · other work · approved · 19853No. 38 · 2020 · other work · approved · 20716No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2138No. 36 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22121No. 36 · 2022 · other work · approved · 22125No. 14 · 2022 · other work · approved · 221301No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 22756No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 23281No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560157No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560215No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560480No. 5 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560538No. 6 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560539No. 21 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560636No. 32 · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560869No. 4 · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660223No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660419No. 37 · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660714New house in a side gardenNo number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20112No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 20113No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2019No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2077No. 9 · 2021 · new house · approved · 2112019No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21557No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21902No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 21998No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 22683No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23557No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2360184No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2360322No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 23935No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2460610No number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660482
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

49 files with "Killowen" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: npad, acp · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
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    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
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    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 86 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 3): 141 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 51–55 (n=27)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 3)With further information: median 141 days (n=14)141 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off62% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated41 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 12 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed3 decided
    1 became permissions
    Approvals appealed12 decided
    1 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Inbhear Sceine, Kenmare with 3 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingApproved
    1. 1No. 37 Inbhear Sceine, Killowen 2660714Approved with conditions · 99 m
    2. 2Killowen, Kenmare 2660482Approved with conditions · 199 m
    3. 3Fr Breen Park, Killowen 2660419Approved with conditions · 296 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 43 permissions since 2016, 12 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    45 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 44 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 43 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 8 built with the owner's opt-out, 2 started, 19 with no start notice found, 12 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT44: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused43: approved → approved1: refused → refused1 approved by the council, withdrawn or invalid after an appeal19: approved → no start notice found8: approved → built, owner opted out2: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off12: approved → ran out45 lodged45 lodged44 approved44 approved1 refused1 refused43 approved43 approved1 refused1 refused1 withdrawn1 withdrawn19 no start notice found19 no start notice found8 built, owner opted out8 built, owner opted out2 started, not signed off2 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed off12 ran out12 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured45 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 19 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-19 2660714: CONDITIONAL — to replace two existing windows with one larger window to the front of their existing dwelling house at ground floor levtoday16 Oct21 Oct26 Oct31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov2660714: CONDITIONAL — to replace two existing windows with one larger window to the front of their existing dwelling house at ground floor lev · 99 m away · 2026-10-19
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 19 Oct 20268 days left
      12660714 · CONDITIONAL — to replace two existing windows with one larger window to the front of their existing dwelling house at…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 99 m away

    Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

    Figure 8

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 10 a year; busiest 2023. 98% of decisions were approvals.

    2017: 5, 2018: 1, 2019: 4, 2020: 6, 2021: 4, 2022: 5, 2023: 10, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 305102017: 5 approved5’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 3 approved2019: 1 refused4’192020: 6 approved6’202021: 4 approved4’212022: 5 approved5’222023: 10 approved10’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 5 approved5’252026: 3 approved3’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 3 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    How we work this out
    Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
    Sources: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 01:43
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    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
    2 no sign-off needed
    • Killowen, Kenmare, Kerry · 14 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660482 · 210 m
    • Killowen, Kenmare, Kerry · 14 Sept 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2660482 · 205 m
    How we work this out
    Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
    Source: bcms · fetched 10 Oct 2026, 23:46
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    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Kerry County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here11
    Council middle1
    How we work this out
    Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
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    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.010 Oct 2026, 23:46open
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 01:43open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 9

    This street block against the council

    73% owner-occupied (council 70%).

    Homes built before 1971
    31% · council 26%
    Homes built since 2001
    42% · council 32%
    Owner-occupied
    73% · council 70%
    Rented
    26% · council 24%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 18%
    Aged 65 and over
    23% · council 19%
    Households with 2+ cars
    40% · council 44%
    Work mainly from home
    15% · council 11%
    This small area (145 people)Kerry

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 077089005/077089007

    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 0

        Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:41
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        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        consultpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:25open
        moderngovpublic11 Oct 2026, 01:26open
        lda_landsCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
        cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
        National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
        Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
        dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
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        Question 6

        What to ask, and who

        1. New house (2560538) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. New house (2560539) approved 2025, not started: still planned?
          Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
          Seller · solicitor
        3. Decision 99 m away can be appealed until 19 Oct 2026: appeal?
          Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
          Council
        4. Any work done without planning permission?
          Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
          Seller · solicitor
        Reference

        Where this is, the terms, the sources

        Townland
        Killowen
        Electoral division
        Kenmare
        Electoral area
        Kenmare
        Council
        Kerry County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 2560538, approved 2025, not started, runs out 2030.
        • Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 73% owner-occupied (council 70%); 50% of homes empty (council 22%); most built 2001–2010; 60% drive to work (council 62%); population up 13% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
        • 3 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        • 2 building jobs started within 250 m in the last six months.
        What the terms mean 6 terms
        • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
        • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
        • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
        • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
        • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
        • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
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        Measured
        counted from a public register
        Calculated
        a rate or median we worked out from those counts
        Our classification
        we sorted it by reading each description
        Estimate
        inferred from another source (census, map data)
        Rule summary
        the law, simplified: check before relying on it
        How we work this out
        Generated 11 Oct 2026, 22:54 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.