How do I search planning applications in Co. Kerry?

Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Kerry County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.

Which towns in Co. Kerry have the most planning activity?

By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Tralee (311), Killarney (275), Kenmare (111), Listowel (101). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.

Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?

A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Planning applications · Co. Kerry

Planning applications in Co. Kerry: 798 in three years

798 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 4 towns in Co. Kerry in the last three years, 8 of them for ten homes or more (1,119 units). Below: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

798

planning applications within 2 km of 4 town centres in the last three years

of them for 10 homes or more

1,119

residential units in those large applications

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Kerry

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Tralee	311 applications, 4 large
Killarney	275 applications, 2 large
Kenmare	111 applications
Listowel	101 applications, 2 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Kerry

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

510 units, Tralee, lodged 2024-09, application finalised (Kerry County Council): The construction of a residential development of 256 no. residential units with ancillary two storey crèche, landscaping and associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of an exist
259 units, Killarney, lodged 2026-06, appealed (Kerry County Council): 10-Year Planning Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) for development at this site Countess Road, Dromhale (townland), Killarney, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of: The construction of a re
229 units, Tralee, lodged 2023-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): Application for a 10 year planning permission for a Large Scale Residential Development ( LRD ) at Lisloose, Tralee, Co. Kerry, which includes the following: A). Demolition of disused agricultural outhouses/sheds and anc
46 units, Tralee, lodged 2025-02, application finalised (Kerry County Council): Permission for: a Residential Development on the Líos Íarr Site on Ballybunion Road at Killeen, Tralee, Co. Kerry to: a) Change the use of the existing Mobile Home & Caravan Park to new Residential Use. b) Demolish exist
38 units, Tralee, lodged 2024-05, application finalised (Kerry County Council): TO CONSTRUCT 38 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING AND NEW ENTRANCE ROAD FROM CLASH ROAD, TRALEE AND DEMOLITION OF 2 NO. EXISTING OUT-HOUSES TO ACCOMODATE SAME AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT HIS PRO
13 units, Listowel, lodged 2023-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): RETAIN THE GAS STORAGE TANK AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 13 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OF 13 NO. TWO BEDOOMS DWELLING AND THE COMPLETITION OF SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING RO
12 units, Killarney, lodged 2023-12, application finalised (Kerry County Council): 12 NO. APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, COMPRISING THREE STOREYS, TWO DETACHED BUILDINGS, CONTAINING 8 NO. TWO BEDROOMED APARTMENTS AND 4 NO. ONE BEDROOMED APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS VEHICULAR ACCESS ROAD, PUBLIC FOOTPATH, TOGETHER WI
12 units, Listowel, lodged 2024-10, application finalised (Kerry County Council): The development will consist of the construction of 12 no. 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached residential dwelling units and all associated services and site development works.

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

Check one house in Co. Kerry

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Kerry

Planning applications by town in Co. Kerry

GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Kerry?: Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Kerry County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Kerry have the most planning activity?: By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Tralee (311), Killarney (275), Kenmare (111), Listowel (101). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?: A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

National planning applications map

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.