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Planning permission in Co. Kerry: register, 803 applications

803 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 4 towns in Co. Kerry in the last three years, 8 of them for ten homes or more (1,119 units). Below: how to search the Co. Kerry register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

Check one house in Co. Kerry

803 planning applications around 4 towns in Co. Kerry in three years, 8 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Kerry: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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803

planning applications within 2 km of 4 town centres in the last three years

8

of them for 10 homes or more

1,119

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Kerry

Short answer: open the National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Kerry County Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on the National Planning Application Map (MyPlan.ie), then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Kerry County Council register.
  3. Kerry County Council: search planning applications. The council uses the shared ePlanning system, so the search works the same way as in 22 other councils: search by reference, by address, by date range or by drawing a box on the map.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Kerry

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Tralee312 applications, 4 large
Killarney280 applications, 2 large
Kenmare109 applications
Listowel102 applications, 2 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Kerry

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

  • 510 units, Tralee, lodged 2024-09, application finalised (Kerry County Council): The construction of a residential development of 256 no. residential units with ancillary two storey crèche, landscaping and associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of an exist
  • 259 units, Killarney, lodged 2026-06, appealed (Kerry County Council): 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 re
  • 229 units, Tralee, lodged 2023-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): Application for a 10 year planning permission for a Large Scale Residential Development ( LRD ) at Lisloose, Tralee, Co. Kerry, which includes the following: A). Demolition of disused agricultural outhouses/sheds and anc
  • 46 units, Tralee, lodged 2025-02, application finalised (Kerry County Council): Permission for: a Residential Development on the Líos Íarr Site on Ballybunion Road at Killeen, Tralee, Co. Kerry to: a) Change the use of the existing Mobile Home & Caravan Park to new Residential Use. b) Demolish exist
  • 38 units, Tralee, lodged 2024-05, application finalised (Kerry County Council): TO CONSTRUCT 38 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING AND NEW ENTRANCE ROAD FROM CLASH ROAD, TRALEE AND DEMOLITION OF 2 NO. EXISTING OUT-HOUSES TO ACCOMODATE SAME AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT HIS PRO
  • 13 units, Listowel, lodged 2023-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): RETAIN THE GAS STORAGE TANK AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 13 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OF 13 NO. TWO BEDOOMS DWELLING AND THE COMPLETITION OF SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING RO
  • 12 units, Killarney, lodged 2023-12, application finalised (Kerry County Council): 12 NO. APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, COMPRISING THREE STOREYS, TWO DETACHED BUILDINGS, CONTAINING 8 NO. TWO BEDROOMED APARTMENTS AND 4 NO. ONE BEDROOMED APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS VEHICULAR ACCESS ROAD, PUBLIC FOOTPATH, TOGETHER WI
  • 12 units, Listowel, lodged 2024-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): The development will consist of the construction of 12 no. 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached residential dwelling units and all associated services and site development works.

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

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Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Kerry?
Two ways. The National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for Co. Kerry is Kerry County Council; each runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision, on the shared ePlanning.ie system. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Kerry have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Tralee (312), Killarney (280), Kenmare (109), Listowel (102). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Kerry?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?
A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.