Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 9 February 2023

IVERAGH ROAD (N70 NATIONAL SECONDARY ROAD0, LAHARAN, KILLORGLIN

Construction of a new licensed discount foodstore with rooftop solar panels and signage.

22461 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 4 May 2022

Reference
22461
Authority
Kerry County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
4 May 2022

Summary

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The development consists of a new licensed discount foodstore ranging from 1 to 2 storeys, totalling 2,224.5 sqm gross floor space. It includes a retail sales area, off-licence, bakery, staff facilities, a rooftop solar panel array, and corporate signage.

Commercialsupermarketretailsolar
Storeys
2
Floor area
2,225 m²

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Official record

Development description

Construct a new licenced discount foodstore with ancillary infranstructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2224.5 sqm gross florr space and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys), at a site of approximately 0.9156 hectares. The development of the propsed licenced discount foodstore (2,200 sq m gross floor space) will consist of a retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total net retail sales area of 1,398 sqm), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. Lobby and toilets), staff facilites (incl. Welfare lobbies toilets, cloak/change rooms, staff canteen, meeting room and operational office), it room, plant room, delivery area and storage (incl. Cold storage and deposit return scheme), and external cov ered trolley bay area with 8 no. Bicycle parking spaces (57.39 sq m external covered floor area); rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 980 sq m; corporate signage consisting of 2 no. Building mounted corporate interally illuminated signs, 3 no. Wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. Externally illuminated poster display board adn 1 no. Free standing internally illuminated flagpole sign at entrance; 131 no. Surface car parking spaces (5 no. Disabled, 5 no. Parent and child, 2 no. Ev charging, and 119 no. Regular). Boundary treatments, retaining walls hard and soft landscaping (incl. Raising of site levels) services (incl. Site drainage accommodation works and under ground surface water attenuation storage) esb substation (24.5 sqm gross floor space), and all other ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works above and below ground floor level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed licenced discount foodstore will be provided via a new site entrance from the iveragh road (n70 national secondary road); and secondary pedestrian access will be provided via a separate new dedicated pedestrian entrance from the off the iverage road (n70 national secondary road)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Commercial, RetailLC
To facilitate retail development.

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

Objective set by the Kenmare Minicipal District Local Area Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). 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
3 Laharn Dr, Killorglin, KerryMar 2026€355,00083 m
Laharn, Killorglin, KerryOct 2025€300,000321 m
2 Cloverhill Cottages, Killorglin, Co. KerryApr 2026€325,000363 m
No1 Cloverhill Cottages, Killorglin, Co KerryJan 2025€325,000380 m
16 Lynch Heights, Sunhill, KillorglinJan 2026€315,000403 m
2 Hawthorn Place, Laharn, Killorglinprice excludes VATApr 2026€530,000417 m
3 Lynch's Heights, Sunhill, KillorglinDec 2025€320,000474 m
1 Killeen, Iveragh Road, KillorglinJun 2026€275,000491 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 received4 May 2022
  2. Further information requested27 June 2022
  3. Further information received14 December 2022
  4. Decision due9 February 2023
  5. Decision issued9 February 2023
  6. Appeal submitted3 March 2023
  7. Appeal decided19 December 2024
  8. Permission expiry18 December 2029

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