Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Tralee

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

Applications
1,200
County
Kerry

What the data shows

The planning register for Tralee contains a total of 1200 applications, with 955 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2016. Within this group, the area shows a 90% grant rate, consisting of 862 granted applications, 93 refused applications, and 0 part-granted applications. The most common development types are retention at 23%, extensions at 22%, commercial developments at 11%, and change of use at 11%. Looking at recently lodged applications, there were 116 in 2023, 135 in 2024, and 114 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.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

90%

of 955 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2016.

Granted
862
Refused
93
No decision recorded
245

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

What’s being built

Retention
23%
Extension
22%
Commercial
11%
Change of use
11%
New dwelling
11%
Alterations
8%

Grant rate by category

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

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension97%21495%
Retention92%19790%
Change of use87%11388%
Commercial88%9688%
New dwelling89%9582%
Alterations93%8392%
Housing estate70%3078%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded.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.

Appeals to An Bord Pleanála

23%

of 60 decided appeals changed the council’s decision, 2017–2026.

Permissions refused on appeal
21% of 43
Decision upheld
45
Upheld, conditions varied
1

14 of 60 decided appeals reversed the council either way. Withdrawn and invalid appeals are excluded, because nothing was decided. Appeals are self-selected — only decisions someone chose to challenge appear here — so this is a record of appealed cases, not a measure of the council’s decisions overall.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Tralee

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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.