55 SUNNY HILL GROVE, DROMNEAVANE, KENMARE
Retention of elevational changes and change of use from holiday home to private residence.
17954 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 27 September 2017
- Reference
- 17954
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 27 September 2017
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 1 m²
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought for elevational changes to the rear and side of an existing holiday home. Planning permission is also requested to change the use of the property from a holiday home to a private residential dwelling.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(a) retain elevational changes to rear and side elevations of the existing residential holiday home, (b) permission for the change of use from residential holiday home use to private residential use and (c) all associated site works to facilitate this development
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and improve existing residential areas.”
Objective set by the Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Sunnyhill, Holiday Village, Kenmare | Feb 2025 | €255,000 | 6 m |
| 8 Sunnyhill Holiday Homes, Kenmare, Co Kerry | Oct 2025 | €285,000 | 51 m |
| Sunnyhill, Kenmare, Kerry | Aug 2025 | €350,000 | 91 m |
| 5 Parc Clonee, Glanerought, Kenmare | May 2025 | €317,000 | 164 m |
| 30 Sunnyhill Grove, Kenmare, Kerry | May 2026 | €354,000 | 166 m |
| 1 Kilmurry Close, Kenmare, Kerry | Dec 2025 | €385,000 | 214 m |
| 38 Dromnevane, Kenmare, Kerry | Jun 2026 | €175,000 | 239 m |
| Railway Road, Kenmare, Co. Kerry | Nov 2025 | €465,000 | 268 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received27 September 2017
- Decision due21 November 2017
- Decision issued20 November 2017
- Grant issued22 December 2017
- Permission expiry21 December 2022
In the area
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Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.
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