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Artist’s impression on what some of the houses will look like if constructed at Lisloose.
NED O’Shea Construction is preparing a new application after they were informed their previously approved planning application for 235 new homes in Lisloose, Tralee, has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.
Building plans were developed in consultation with Kerry County Council for the housing project through the Large Scale Development (LRD) process, which facilitates early engagement between the developer and the planning authority.
Kerry County Council granted permission last November and this planning was appealed to An Bord Pleanála in December 2023 where the project’s fate moved to the appeals process, adjudicated on by An Bord Pleanála.
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An Bord Pleanála refused permission this month on the basis of an “Indicative Northern Relief Road” shown on the Kerry County Council Development plan 2022-2028.
A statement issued this week by James O’Shea, Managing Director of Ned O’Shea Construction reads: “Our understanding is An Bord Pleanála overruled their own inspector – who had approved the application, due to lack of sufficient information on the precise route of the new outer Northern Relief Road which will connect MTU North Campus to Caherslee/Mounthawk. However, in reviewing our proposed plans KCC confirmed to our design team that the potential Northern Relief Road had been accounted for.”
However, Ned O’Shea Construction is determined to ultimately deliver the housing project for the town of Tralee.
Mr O’Shea added: “The good news, as we understand it from the Inspector’s Report (and An Bord), is that they were completely satisfied with the impact of all other concerns in relation to noise, ecological impact, cycle link, archaeology, pollution, overlooking, traffic, biodiversity, rights of way, security, access and trespassing on adjacent lands. The inspector even went as far as to say that ‘the proposed density, rather than being excessive, is below the standard range normally appropriate for an urban extension location’.”
Mr O’Shea concluded: “While we’re disappointed in this decision, we are determined to ultimately deliver this badly needed housing for our town. Our team is already busy preparing a new application via the LRD process and in the meantime we are being kept very busy with a number of other community projects throughout the county. Delivering quality community projects has been in our DNA for over 50 years and this setback will not deter our mission to deliver even more projects that benefit the people of Kerry for the next 50 years,” concluded Mr O’Shea.
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