MUCKROSS DRIVE / MUCKROSS ROAD, KILLARNEY, CO KERRY
Partial change of use of a retail unit to a cafe and basement storage to a kitchen in Killarney.
18110 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 12 February 2018
- Reference
- 18110
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 February 2018
Summary
AI-generatedPlanning permission is sought to partially change the use of a ground floor retail unit to a cafe. It also proposes changing the use of the basement from retail storage to an ancillary kitchen, pantry, cold room, office, staff area, and toilet.
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
(1) partially change the use of the ground floor retail unit to cafe use and (2) change the use of the basement from retail storage space use to kitchen, pantry, cold room, office, staff area and wc use which will be ancillary to the retail and proposed cafe areas on the ground floor
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Existing built areas of mixed use”
National zoning type: Built up area
Objective set by the Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Lodge, Muckross Road, Killarney | Jul 2025 | €500,000 | 41 m |
| Ardree House, Muckross Road, Killarney | Jul 2025 | €500,000 | 55 m |
| Ashbourne, Muckross Drive, Killarney | Jan 2025 | €640,000 | 152 m |
| Orchard Close, Countess Rd, Killarney | Jan 2025 | €400,000 | 160 m |
| 51 Scrahan Mews, Ross Rd, Killarney | Jan 2025 | €330,000 | 262 m |
| 46 Countess Grove, Killarney, Kerry | Nov 2025 | €400,000 | 294 m |
| 46 Countess Grove, Killarney, Kerry | Jan 2025 | €80,000 | 294 m |
| 99 Countess Grove, Killarney, Kerry | Jun 2026 | €410,000 | 316 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 received12 February 2018
- Further information requested5 April 2018
- Further information received25 September 2018
- Decision due22 October 2018
- Decision issued22 October 2018
- Grant issued23 November 2018
- Permission expiry22 November 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Refused50 m away
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MUCKROSS ROAD/ROSS ROAD JUNCTION , SCRAHANE , KILLARNEY
19976KerryLodged 18 Sept 2019Commercial
- Granted50 m away
CONSTRUCT 2 NO APARTMENTS ON THE 1ST FLOOR, IN LIEU OF THE EXISTING APARTMENT AND OFFICE UNITS, TO CONSTRUCT…
MUCKROSS ROAD/ ROSS ROAD JUNCTION , SCRAHANE , KILLARNEY
22716KerryLodged 5 Jul 2022Apartments
- Granted60 m away
REMOVE INTERNAL PARTY WALL, AND THEREBY EXTEND AND INCORPORATE THE EXISTING OFF LICENCE INTO THE EXISTING…
SCRAHANE , KILLARNEY , CO KERRY
211270KerryLodged 10 Nov 2021Retention
- Granted60 m away
CONSTRUCT AN ENTRANCE PORCH EXTENSION
CASTLELODGE , SCRAHANE , MUCKROSS ROAD
19787KerryLodged 24 Jul 2019Extension
- Granted60 m away
(1) DEMOLISH SECTIONS OF EXISTING GUESTHOUSE AND 2NO. SINGLE STOREY OUT-OFFICES AT FLESK ROAD, (2) DEMOLISH…
FLESK ROAD/MUCKROSS ROAD (N71) , AND ROSS ROAD , SCRAHANE
201174KerryLodged 4 Dec 2020Commercial
- Granted70 m away
CONSTRUCT DWELLING AND CAR PORT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
MUCKROSS DRIVE , DROMHALE , KILLARNEY
221017KerryLodged 27 Sept 2022New dwelling
- Granted70 m away
(A) CONSTRUCT A PART TWO STOREY, PART SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING, (B) NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC FOUL…
ORCHARD CLOSE , COUNTESS ROAD , DROMHALE
23306KerryLodged 22 Mar 2023New dwelling
- Granted80 m away
(A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PART TWO STOREY PART SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING AND DETACHED SINGLE STOREY…
ORCHARD CLOSE , COUNTESS ROAD , DROMHALE
21403KerryLodged 16 Apr 2021New dwelling
Related developments
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Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.
- Awaiting decisionChange of use
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20160819WexfordLodged 18 Jul 2016
- Awaiting decisionChange of use
COMBINE THE GROUND FLOOR OF UNITS 2 AND 3 INTO ONE UNIT, AND FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR…
ORCHARD LANE , DINGLE , CO KERRY
181192KerryLodged 5 Dec 2018
- GrantedChange of use
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ORCHARD LANE , DINGLE , CO KERRY
1949KerryLodged 25 Jan 2019
- GrantedChange of use
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18685LimerickLodged 5 Jul 2018
- GrantedChange of use
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- GrantedChange of use
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