Kerry County Council grants permission for 249-home scheme at UPPER PARK ROAD, KILLARNEY, Co. Kerry

In context

It is one of 60 housing scheme applications Kerry County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 27 October 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kerry County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

CONSTRUCT 249 NO. DWELLINGS COMPRISING OF 2 NO 5-BED HOUSES, 6 NO. 4-BED HOUSES, 117 NO. 3 BED HOUSES, 18 NO. 2-BED HOUSES, 68 NO. 2-BED APARTMENTS AND 38 NO. 1-BED APARTMENTS. ALL HOUSES AND APARTMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS IN HEIGHT AND COMPRISE A MIX OF TERRACE AND SEMI-DETACHED TYPOLOGIES.HOUSE TYPE F (4-BED SEMI-DETACHED) AND HOUSE TYPE G ( 5 BED- SEMI-DETACHED) INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AT ATTIC/SECOND LEVEL WITH ASSOCIATED ROOFLIGHTS. THE APARTMENTS INCLUDE BALCONIES/GROUND FLOOR TERRACES AS PRIVATE OPEN SPACE PROVISION. THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES PUBLIC OPEN SPACE INCLUDING PLAY FACILITES, A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM UPPER PARK ROAD, ALL INTERNAL ROADSAND FOOTPATHS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF HOMEZONES/SHARED SURFACES, BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND HARD AND SOFT LANSSCAPING, DRAINGAE WORKS FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES A NEW TWO-WAY CYCLEPATH AND A FOOTPATH ALONG UPPER PARK ROAD, WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON UPPER PARK ROAD, A TWO STOREY CRECHE OF C.417 SQ.M GROSS FLOOR SPACE WITH ASSOCIATED OPEN SPACE AND PV PANELS AT ROOF LEVEL: 510 NO. SURFACE CAR PARKING SPACES (INCLUDING ACESSIBLE SPACES) FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND 19 NO. SURFACE CAR PARKING SPACES FOR THE CRECHE, 352 NO. BICYCLE PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED IN SECURE FACILITIES FOR THE MAISONETTE UNITS TO THE REAR OF EACH UNIT. A NATURA IMPACT STATE HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.