Hotelier ‘not to develop park’

Hotelier John Brennan has been warned by Kerry County Council not to develop a luxury camping and caravan park on the grounds of a 19th century manor hotel, near Kenmare, until an appeal to An Bord Pleanála is finalised.

Mr Brennan’s proposal to develop the luxury safari tent and caravan park and facilities at Dromquinna was voted through at a meeting of the council in March.

Planning permission for the “glamping” — a portmanteau of “glamorous” and “camping” — or tent park and recreational vehicle park, in woodland around the protected New England-style manor house, on Kenmare Bay, required a material contravention of the county development plan. This was because of the sensitive coastal site and also because of works to the National Secondary Road.