Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae is facing further delay over his plans to convert a former pub in Tralee into apartments in the latest chapter in a long-running planning row with some local residents in the north Kerry town. Last year An Bord Pleanála overturned the council’s decision to approve the TD’s plans to convert the ground floor of the premises into four apartments. Mr Healy Rae had originally sought planning permission for nine apartments on the site but faced strong local opposition with more than 20 parties objecting to the plans claiming they didn’t meet the required minimum floor space. The TD aims to target the new apartments at professional people working in University Hospital Kerry in Tralee. Mr Healy Rae complained to the council in November that a planning notice erected outside the premises, as required under planning legislation, kept being removed.

Source: Irish Examiner December 12, 2019 13:30 UTC