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Planning application · Kerry County Council

Construction of a two-storey building at Dromthacker and Knockawaddra West, Tralee

Dromthacker and Knockawaddra West, Tralee, Co. Kerry

2660694 · KerryGranted

up to 2 storeys · 0.719 ha · Granted · permission to Aug 2031 (estimate)

Planning application 2660694 to Kerry County Council: Construction of a two-storey building comprising of a fallow area on ground floor for future staff welfare facilities and staff canteen, at Dromthacker and Knockawaddra West, Tralee. Granted by the council on 31 August 2026. The permission normally runs to August 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Council granted
  3. Permission normally ends (estimate)

The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2660694
Planning authority
Kerry County Council
Received
22 Jul 2026
Decided
31 Aug 2026
Status
Granted
Use
Civic or community
Site area
0.719 ha

Proposed development

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.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 31 Aug 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Aug 2031 (estimate).

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