GrantedDecided 23 September 2025Kerry County Council

Existing Lidl Licensed Foodstore, Tralee Road (N22) / Bóthar Hans Liebherr (N72), Townland of Derreen Killarney Co. Kerry

Planning application 2460991
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DecisionConditional grant
Decided23 September 2025
Application typePERMISSION
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Site

Setting
Unknown
Site area
0.941 ha
Floor area
Not recorded
Units
Not recorded

What is on file

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Proposed development

Application description published by Kerry County Council.
Lidl Ireland GmbH intends to apply for permission for development comprising the demolition of the existing single level Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore (1,787.6 sq m Gross Floor Space) and the construction of a new single level mono-pitched Licensed Discount Foodstore with ancillary Infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,631.5 sq m Gross Floor Space and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys), at this site of approximately 0.941 hectares located at the existing Lidl Licensed Foodstore, Tralee Road (N22) / Bóthar Hans Liebherr (N72), Townland of Derreen, Killarney, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of: The demolition of the existing single level Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore building (1,787.6 sq m Gross Floor Space) with Net Retail Floor Space of 1,245 sq m; The construction of a new single level mono-pitched Licensed Discount Foodstore (2,517sq m Gross Floor Space) with Net Retail Floor Space of 1,670 sq m to include an ancillary off-licence use and bakery, an entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. welfare lobbies, toilets, cloak/change rooms, staff canteen, meeting room and operational office), IT room, plant room, delivery area and storage (incl. cold storage), and external covered trolley bay area with 8 no. long term bicycle parking spaces; Rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 840 sq m; Corporate signage (3 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board and 1 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole sign at primary vehicular and pedestrian entrance); 92 no. surface car parking spaces (5 no. disabled, 4 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging, 17 no. EV, and 64 no. regular); 28 no. bicycle parking spaces (8 no. long-term undercover and 20 no. short-term uncovered); Boundary treatments, retaining walls, hard and soft landscaping, services (incl. site drainage accommodation works and underground surface water attenuation storage), and all other ancillary infrastructure (incl. ESB substation and switch room building of 24.5 sq m Gross Floor Space) and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed new Licensed Discount Foodstore development will be provided via the enhancement of the existing vehicular and pedestrian access from Bótha

Decision details

Core application dates and identifiers from the public planning record.
Application ref
2460991
Received
18 December 2024
Decided
23 September 2025
FI requested
Yes
Authority
Kerry County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
Source status
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Planning analysis

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Refusal reasons

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Conditions

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