Refusal decisions · 12–18 Oct 2026

59Refusals
47Official evidence
47Substantive reasons
0Verification only
12Pending
12 of 59 refusal decisions are awaiting official decision evidence and not included below.

The refusal total is final. 47 evidence-complete decision cards are available below.

What this means

Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy, lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable, harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes or created access or road-safety problems.

47 of 59 records carry official reason text

109 published statements, 2.3 per analysed application

27 refused on more than one ground, up to 7

Most common pairs

  1. 22 Design + Zoning/policy
  2. 18 Design + Residential amenity
  3. 16 Design + Missing evidence

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 35
  2. 02 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 28
  3. 03 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 20
  4. 04 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 20
  5. 05 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 19
  6. 06 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 14
  7. 07 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 12
  8. 08 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 11
  9. 09 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 7
  10. 10 Built heritage or archaeology 4
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Week of 12–18 Oct 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for 47 of 59 refusal decisions; theme percentages use those 47 substantive-reason decisions as the denominator. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

  • Proper planning and sustainable development42
  • Development plan cited40
  • Undesirable precedent cited19

2 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

Refusal decisions · 12–18 Oct 2026

2 of 2 cards shown · 47 case links · 0 linked projects

Refused

Cromane Lower, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Kerry

Cromane Lower, Killorglin, Co. Kerry

Kerry County Council · 2660799

What was proposed

Planning Permission to construct: 1) 6no. glamping pods and dedicated carpark 2) 9no. campervan pitches 3) Service building 4) Playground & seating area 5) Carpark including bi-cycle & motorbike parking 6) Events area 7) Install a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter 8) All ancillary site works

Refusal reasons
  1. The site of the proposed development is located in a rural location zoned Visually Sensitive in the Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed development would conflict with the policy outlined in Section 10.3.5.1 of the Development Plan in relation to the siting of Camping/Glamping developments in the rural area remote from centres which provide facilities to tourists. In particular, the proposed development would contravene Objective KCDP 10-31 to ‘Support the development of appropriately scaled camping/glamping, campervan and caravan type accommodation located within/or adjacent to existing settlements, established tourism assets or adjacent to a main farmyard complex on suitable sites and at an appropriate scale subject to normal planning considerations’. The proposed development would, therefore, be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
  2. Having regard to the scenic, open and exposed coastal nature of the site, it is considered that the proposed development would interfere with the character of the landscape in this area, which is necessary to preserve, in accordance with Objective KCDP 11-78 of the Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed development would constitute an obtrusive feature in the landscape at this location which is zoned Visually Sensitive in the Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028 and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
  3. Having regard to the nature and scale of the proposed development and the soil conditions on site, the Planning Authority is not satisfied on the basis of submissions made in relation to the application, that the effluent arising from the proposed development could be adequately disposed of on site. The proposed development would, therefore, be prejudicial to public health. Therefore, the proposed development would be contrary to the proper planning and development of the area.
  4. Having regard to the scale and nature of the proposed development, it is considered that it would not integrate satisfactorily into the surrounding rural area and that it would seriously injure the amenities of residential and agricultural property in the vicinity by reason of general disturbance. The proposed development would, therefore, be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. !
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Refused

Lissardboola, Farmers Bridge, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Kerry

Lissardboola, Farmers Bridge, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Kerry County Council · 26133

What was proposed

(A) Construct a single storey dwelling which will be served by a new septic tank and percolation area and all necessary ancillary site works. (B) A domestic garage.

Refusal reasons

Reasons under review. View the official case.

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