THE WOOD, DINGLE, CO KERRY
Partial change of use from a seafood processing facility to a tourist visitor centre in Dingle.
211282 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 12 November 2021
- Reference
- 211282
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 November 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves removing a trailer storage area and container, and changing the use of part of the building to a tourist visitor centre. It also includes constructing a single-storey front extension, making elevational changes, erecting signage, and improving traffic management.
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) remove a covered trailer storage area to the front and a storage container to the side of the existing building, (b) change of use of an element of floor area within the existing building from a seafood processing facility to a tourist visitor centre with associated ancillarty areas, (c) construct a single storey front extension and also make elevational changes to the existing building, and (d) erect advertising signage to serve the new usage (e) carry out works to improve sight distance and create a new traffic and parking management plan for the overall site and also to include all associated site works
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmers, The Wood, Strand St | May 2025 | €530,000 | 44 m |
| 9 Radharc Na Mara, The Wood, Dingle | Jan 2025 | €760,000 | 244 m |
| Apt 4 Watersedge, The Wood, Dingle | Jun 2025 | €893,000 | 309 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received12 November 2021
- Further information requested11 January 2022
- Further information received26 May 2022
- Decision due14 July 2022
- Decision issued14 July 2022
- Grant issued17 August 2022
- Permission expiry16 August 2027
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