Awaiting decisionRetention

BALLYVELLY HOUSE, TRALEE, CO. KERRY

Retention of a Montessori school use and permission for a new classroom building, fuel store conversion, and staff parking.

211320 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 19 November 2021

Reference: 211320
Authority: Kerry County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: RETENTION
Received: 19 November 2021

Summary

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Retention is sought to continue using Benin Casa as a Montessori school. Permission is also sought to demolish an existing storage building to construct a new classroom, store, and staff-room building, convert a fuel store into a classroom, and add staff parking spaces.

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Official record

Development description

(a) retain the use of benin casa as a montessori school, (b) permission to demolish existing storage building and construct new classroom/store/staff-room building in its place with all associated site-works (c) permission to convert existing fuel store to a classroom and (d) permission for additional car parking spaces for staff

Land-use zoning

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Existing ResidentialRS

“To protect and improve existing residential areas”

Objective set by the Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028) (2025–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
19 Ashgrove, Ballyvelly, Tralee	Feb 2026	€308,000	152 m
68 Cluain Ard, Ballyvelly, Tralee	Nov 2025	€340,000	201 m
50 Cluain Ard, Ballyvelly, Tralee	Apr 2025	€275,000	266 m
26 Cluain Ard, Ballyvelly, Tralee	Mar 2026	€237,000	322 m
4 An Garran, Ballyvelly, Tralee	Aug 2025	€147,500	353 m
7 Cois Laoi, Ballyvelly, Tralee	May 2026	€410,000	377 m
26 Kerins Park, Tralee, Kerry	Jun 2026	€282,000	393 m
Springfield, Ballyvelly, Traleenot full market price	Dec 2025	€250,000	421 m

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Application received19 November 2021

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