Kerry County Council grants permission for 57-home scheme at Main Street, Rathmore, Co. Kerry

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kerry County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,569 nationally. Of the 3,027 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 1 October 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.

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.