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
226
County
Kerry

What the data shows

The planning register for Kenmare contains a total of 226 applications, with a 93% grant rate out of 195 applications that have been granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within these outcomes, 182 applications were granted, 13 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, with change of use representing 25% of development types, followed by extension, retention, and new dwelling types at 15% each. Recent application activity shows 21 applications lodged in 2023, 30 in 2024, and 27 in 2025, with recent granted decisions including projects for dwelling constructions, agricultural retail store redevelopment, and various changes of use.

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

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

93%

of 195 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
182
Refused
13
No decision recorded
31

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

What’s being built

Change of use
25%
Extension
15%
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%
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“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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

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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.