Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 6 April 2020

AVENUE, EAST AVENUE ROAD, KILLARNEY

Extensions to an existing hotel in Killarney to add a residents lounge, meeting rooms, 44 bedrooms, and 3 apartments.

191148 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 8 November 2019

Reference
191148
Authority
Kerry County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
8 November 2019

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of rear and side extensions to the existing hotel. It will include a residents lounge, meeting rooms, and offices on the ground floor, 44 bedrooms across floors 1 to 4, and 3 apartments on the fifth floor. It also includes a single-storey side extension to the breakfast room, car parking, and a new service entrance.

Commercialhotelextensionapartments
Residential units
3
Storeys
6

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

Construct rear and side extensions to existing hotel, (a) residents lounge, meeting/board rooms with associated service facilities, plant room and ancillary offices on ground floor level, (b) 44 no. Bedrooms on floors 1 to 4 inclusive and 3 no. Apartments on floor 5, (c) associated carparking including provision of new controlled service entrance, and fire vehicle entrance/ fire exit from countess road (d) single storey side extension and new fire exit to existing breakfast room and (e) set-back of countess road boundary wall together with screened external plant equipment, elevational alterations to existing permitted hotel and all associated site development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC
Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central 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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Orchard Close, Countess Rd, KillarneyJan 2025€400,000125 m
8 Countess Grove, Killarney, Kerrynot full market priceJun 2025€300,000174 m
48 Units At Cronins Wood, Spa Road, Killarneyprice excludes VATMay 2025€15,131,948229 m
46 Countess Grove, Killarney, KerryJan 2025€80,000243 m
46 Countess Grove, Killarney, KerryNov 2025€400,000243 m
Gortshanafa, Currow, KillarneyFeb 2025€285,000258 m
Rossmore Island, Tahilla, KillarneyJan 2025€669,000258 m
Ballincarrig East, Firies, KillarneyMar 2025€517,000258 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

  1. Application received8 November 2019
  2. Further information requested2 January 2020
  3. Further information received21 February 2020
  4. Decision due8 April 2020
  5. Decision issued6 April 2020
  6. Grant issued26 June 2020
  7. Permission expiry25 June 2025

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