57-home scheme proposed at Main Street, Rathmore, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 27 September 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

Planning Permission to: A) Demolish 2 no. dwelling houses and associated outhouses/sheds, B): Form a new vehicular entrance and a new pedestrian access route, C) Construct 57 no. residential dwelling units in the following mix of typologies: 5no. 1 bedroom single storey units, 7no. 2 bedroom single storey units, 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey dwellings, 5 no. 2 bedroom 2 story dwellings, 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 10 no. 1 bedroom apartments, D) Construct estate road, footpaths, boundary walls, services and all associated site works at lands south of Main Street, Rathmore, Shinnagh, Co.Kerry.