FORMER DINGLE WORKHOUSE/HOSPITAL, GOAT STREET, FARRANFLAHERTY
Conversion of the former Dingle Workhouse into a tourism experience and enterprise hub, including extensions and demolition.
20797 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 3 September 2020
- Reference
- 20797
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 3 September 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of the former hospital buildings to a mixed-use development featuring an immersive tourism experience, exhibition facilities, a cafe, and an enterprise hub. The works include the demolition of a single-storey healthcare building, alongside extensive alterations, repairs, and extensions to the main building.
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Official record
Development description
- (1) the change of use of the former hospital buildings to a mixed use comprising of (a) an immersive and interpretive tourism experience and exhibition facility with entrance atrium, 2 no exhibition galleries, auditorium, cafe and all associated facilities and (b) an enterprise hub incorporating offices, training and workshop facilities and all associated facilities
- Demolotions, including the single storey health care building to the east of the site
- Alterations, repairs and extensions to the main former workhouse/ hospital building, consisting of new single storey and two storey extensions to the (west) side and rear of the existing building and a part three sotrey atrium extension to the (east) side of the building incorporating a new lift and stairs installation
- Elevational changes, repairs and alterations to the detached two storey former workhouse/ hospital building to the east of the main building, and change of use to use as a enterprise facility incorporating office and workshop facilities and associated services
- Site works incorporating alterations to the existing vehicular entrance, a new pedestrian access route incorporating a new pedestrian entrance, the provision of set down and parking facilities, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site services and site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“to facilitate Other commercial/industrial/enterprise uses, Opportunity Site see section 3.2.11 of the Corca Dhuibhne Electoral LAP 2021-2027”
National zoning type: Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses
Objective set by the Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Goat St, Dingle, Kerry | Jun 2026 | €445,000 | 156 m |
| 45 The Corner Site, Fairfield, Dingle | Oct 2025 | €370,000 | 174 m |
| Baile Na Buaile, Dingle, Co Kerry | Jan 2025 | €739,500 | 213 m |
| 24 Fairfield Close, Dingle, Co Kerry | Dec 2025 | €260,000 | 215 m |
| Holy Stone, Upper Main Street, Dingle | Jan 2025 | €350,000 | 315 m |
| 2 Cathair Con Raoi, Upper Main Street, Dingle | Apr 2026 | €460,000 | 388 m |
| 6 Cathair Con Raoi, Goat Street, Dingleprice excludes VAT | Mar 2025 | €313,366 | 388 m |
| 34 Cnoc An Cairn, Chapel Lane, Dingle | Apr 2026 | €575,000 | 432 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 received3 September 2020
- Further information requested27 October 2020
- Further information received20 November 2020
- Decision due17 December 2020
- Decision issued30 November 2020
- Grant issued12 January 2021
- Permission expiry11 January 2026
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