Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Kenmare

Planning applications inside the Kenmare, Co. Kerry settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
223
County
Kerry

Planning intelligence

What the data shows

The planning register for Kenmare contains a total of 223 applications, with 194 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the grant rate stands at 93%, representing 181 granted, 13 refused, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are change of use at 25%, extension at 16%, retention at 15%, and new dwelling at 15%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 21 in 2023, 30 in 2024, and 27 in 2025.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Grant rate

93%

of 194 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
181
Refused
13
No decision recorded
29

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Change of use
25%
Extension
16%
Retention
15%
New dwelling
15%
Alterations
12%
Commercial
9%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Kenmare, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Change of use93%4488%
Extension97%3095%
Retention90%3090%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Kenmare

Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.