Several of the controversial Section 140 planning motions to go before a meeting of Kerry County Council today are for multi-developments.
Some 60 planning applications are expected to be voted through, using the Section 140 power available to councillors to instruct the executive to carry out a decision.
Planners have had to cancel up to 50 appointments with the public to cope with the work for the unprecedented number of planning motions.
They have also had to suspend all work on forward planning for towns and villages.
According to the council, full reports from planners to today's meeting will show that several of the sites for single houses are openly for sale and other applicants have refused to consider alternative sites or minor alterations to design.
Many applicants are insisting on building on top of ridges, against all planning guidelines. Three councillors must sign Section 140 motions and three quarters of the 27 councillors must vote in favour.
A number of councillors are involved in several of the motions today. Mr Danny Healy-Rae (Ind) is involved in 29; Mr Tom Fleming (FF) in 27; Mr Brian O'Leary (FF) in 26; Mr Michael Connor-Scarteen (FG) in 21 and Mr P. J. Donovan ( FG) in 21.
Mr Paul O'Donoghue (FF) a signatory in 11 of the Section 140s, said yesterday that planning was "a simmering cauldron of discontent".
He said that people were finding it extremely difficult to get permission in all parts of the county.
Single houses are being sought in some of the county's most scenic areas, at Dunloe Upper, Beaufort, at Strand End, Cahersiveen, at Dromicbane, Muckross, in Glencar and at Dooagh Commons, Glenbeigh.
Several of the motions refer to the vicinity of Killarney.
Meanwhile, a third of the professional planners in Kerry County Council have left their posts in the past year, the council confirmed yesterday.
Of the six planners who left, five did so in the last two months alone.
Mr Willie Wixted, director of planning and development with Kerry County Council, said they had left for a variety of reasons including moving to local authorities nearer their native place and accepting promotional opportunities at other authorities.
While there was no hard evidence to back up claims by the Irish Planning Institute that they had left because of the relentless pressure over planning in Kerry, Mr Wixted said: "On the other hand, it is fair to say Kerry is regarded as a very difficult county at the moment."