Existing Trade Warehousing Unit Bantry Business Park Dunbittern East, Bantry

What’s proposed

Retention of change of use from trade warehousing unit to furniture and bulky electrical goods showroom including retail sales to the general public

Reference: 09/496
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
Received: 29 Apr 2009
Observations close: 3 Jun 2009 (closed 6331 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Retention of change of use from trade warehousing unit to furniture and bulky electrical goods showroom including retail sales to the general public
As published by the register.
Site area: 447 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Retention planning permission in Ireland — refused 27% of the time, against 7% for extensionsOne in six Dublin applications is for retention, and 27% of retention decisions in the two years to September 2026 were refusals. When you need it, the treble fee, the seven-year rule and the sale-time problem.
Change of use planning permission in Ireland — 84% granted, short-term letting 2 in 6Dublin councils granted 455 of the 544 change-of-use applications they decided in the 12 months to September 2026. What a material change of use is, which changes are exempt under Part 4, and why short-term letting is refused more than any other.
Planning application fees and costs in Ireland — €34 for an extension, €65 for a house, treble for retentionThe council fee is the smallest cost of a planning application. Schedule 9 fees for a house, an extension, retention and commercial floor space; the €20 observation, the €220 appeal, development contributions and what the drawings and notices cost.
Site notice planning rules — 22% of Dublin applications invalid, and the notice is the top cause2,539 of the 11,409 applications received by Dublin councils in the year to September 2026 were declared invalid; in South Dublin nearly half were for the site notice. What it must say, where it goes, when it turns yellow.