Kerry County Council grants permission for 134-home scheme at Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry

In context

It is one of 58 housing scheme applications Kerry County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 30 September 2025. 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 proposed development will consist of a largescale residential development (LRD), comprising of 134no. residential dwellings as follows: 65no. houses consisting of 10no. 4-bed dwellings and 55no 3-bed dwellings; 51no. townhouses consisting of 32no. 3-bed units and 19no. 2-bed units; and 18no. apartments consisting of 12no. 2-bed units and 6no. 1-bed units. The proposed development also includes a crèche with capacity to accommodate 102no. children. The proposed development will include the demolition of existing agricultural sheds; provision for car parking, including EV charging points and bicycle parking. The proposed development will also include the provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new vehicular and pedestrian access with raised table and pedestrian crossing onto the Ross Road to serve the development; connection to the existing vehicular access serving the dwelling Blossom Gate to provide vehicular access to proposed unit G fronting onto the Ross Road; public lighting; 2no. substations; 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 Statement (NIS) accompanies this application and has been submitted to the Planning Authority. The application and NIS may be inspected online at the following website: www.rossroadlrd.ie