Kerry County Council grants permission for 83-home scheme at Cloghers, Tralee, Co. Kerry

In context

It is one of 58 housing scheme applications Kerry County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 26 March 2026. 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.

The construction of 83 no. residential dwellings comprising of: 17no. semi-detached 4-bed dwellings, 36no. semi-detached 3-bed dwellings, 8no. 3-bed townhouses, 10no. 2-bed townhouses, 8no. 2-bed apartments and 4no. 1-bed apartments and a creche facility (with the capacity to accommodate 36 no. children) The proposed development will include provision for car parking, including EV charging points and bicycle parking. The provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new vehicular and pedestrian access from the Ballyard Road through the residential development permitted under application Ref: 22/630 and Appeal Ref: 315526-22; public lighting; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works including connections to the existing networks and nature-based SuDS measures. A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) accompanies this application and has been submitted to the Planning Authority.