ABBEY CAR PARK, ABBEY SQUARE AND ABBEYCOURT, TRALEE CO KERRY
Conversion of a motor factors shop and retail unit into a café in Tralee.
22801 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 28 July 2022
- Reference
- 22801
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 July 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves material alterations and a change of use of a motor factors shop to a café. It also includes alterations to 1 Abbey Court to create a first-floor seating area and change its use from retail to a café with retail space.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Complete a series of material alterations to existing motor factors shop building and for a change of use of same building from motor factors to café and new windows opening to the existing shared courtyard and for permision for a series of material alterations to number 1 abbey court including the installation of a new first floor seating area and new windows opening to the existing shared courtyard as well as a change of use for this building from retail to café with a retail space
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planPreviously zoned
- Town Centre · 2022–2028 plan
Built & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Abbey Court, Tralee, Co Kerry | Dec 2025 | €135,000 | 28 m |
| 9 The Square, Tralee, Kerry | Apr 2025 | €135,000 | 72 m |
| Apartment 2, Abbey Court, Tralee | Sept 2025 | €132,000 | 99 m |
| 27 Cross Lane, Tralee, Kerry | Sept 2025 | €225,000 | 110 m |
| 316 The Parklands, Tralee, Co Kerry | Jun 2025 | €145,000 | 122 m |
| 317 Parklands, Tralee, Kerry | Jul 2025 | €145,000 | 122 m |
| 208 Parklands, Ivy Terrace, Denny St | Aug 2025 | €165,000 | 122 m |
| 307 The Parklands, Tralee, Parklands | Jan 2025 | €155,000 | 122 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 received28 July 2022
- Further information requested20 September 2022
- Further information received15 February 2023
- Decision due14 March 2023
- Decision issued7 March 2023
- Grant issued11 April 2023
- Permission expiry10 April 2028
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
(A) DEMOLISH 2 NO. EXISTING RETAIL UNITS, (B) CONSTRUCT NEW STRUCTURE IN LIEU OF THE DEMOLISHED UNITS TO FORM…
9 AND 10 ABBEY COURT , ABBEY CAR PARK , TRALEE
22221KerryLodged 2 Mar 2022Commercial
- GrantedAt this site
COMBINE RETAIL UNITS 9 AND 10 ABBEY COURT AND THE PART GROUND FLOOR OF SEPAERATE RETAIL UNIT FACING ABBEY CAR…
NO'S 9 & 10 ABBEY COURT AND CAR PARK , TRALEE , CO KERRY
20252KerryLodged 13 Mar 2020Commercial
- Granted40 m away
CHANGE THE USE FROM EXISTING SHOP TO CAFÉ/DELI/RESTAURANT WITH ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE TO FRONT OF UNIT
NO 6 ABBEY COURT , TRALEE , CO KERRY
23162KerryLodged 16 Feb 2023Change of use
- Granted50 m away
COMBINE RETAIL UNITS 3 & 4 ABBEY COURT TO FORM ONE RETAIL UNIT WITH ANCILLARY NEW SHOPFRONT AND SIGNAGE ON…
NO'S 3 & 4 ABBEY COURT , TRALEE , CO KERRY
201197KerryLodged 9 Dec 2020Commercial
- Granted50 m away
Permission for offices at a vacant unit on the ground floor of Central Plaza and elevational changes
Central Plaza , Abbey Court , Tralee
2660272KerryLodged 29 Mar 2026Change of use
- Granted50 m away
Planning permission for change of use for the entire first floor of Central Plaza from retail to offices and…
Central Plaza , Abbey Court , Tralee V92 X6FV
2560181KerryLodged 12 Mar 2025Change of use
- Granted60 m away
CARRY OUT UPGRADES TO THE MAIN GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCE INCLUDING: (A) CLADDING THE ENTRANCE SHOP FRONT IN CUT…
FIRST FLOOR LEVEL , THE PLAZA (FORMERLY MICHAEL GUINEYS) , ABBEY STREET TRALEE
21116KerryLodged 10 Feb 2021Alterations
- Granted60 m away
DEMOLISH 2 NO. CONCRETE PIERS SUPPORTING INSITU PARAPET TO FRONT OF EXISTING COVERED WALKWAY FRONTING…
ABBEYCOURT , TRLEE , CO KERRY
211480KerryLodged 21 Dec 2021Alterations
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