'Albarose' Rodeen Castletownbere Co. Cork

What’s proposed

Permission for retention of as-constructed dwelling house (previous planning reference W/01/3784) site layout and ground mounted thermal solar array

Reference: 18/650
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 5 Nov 2018
Observations close: 10 Dec 2018 (closed 2855 days ago)
Decision due: 8 Jan 2019
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Permission for retention of as-constructed dwelling house (previous planning reference W/01/3784) site layout and ground mounted thermal solar array
As published by the register.
Site area: 5,020 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

15 Dec 2020 · Builder told the council work was starting (opted out of the finish sign-off) CN0071300GC
5 Apr 2019 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0050092LL

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.

Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	18 Sept 2026, 15:44	open

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.
Planning enforcement in Ireland — 7,396 cases a year, the warning letter and the seven-year ruleCouncils opened 7,396 planning enforcement cases in 2024. What unauthorised development is, how a complaint becomes a s.152 warning letter and a s.154 notice, what the seven-year rule does and does not do, and how to report or answer one.
Certificate of compliance with planning permission in Ireland17% of GDA planning applications are retention. Who can sign a certificate of compliance with planning permission, what the RIAI / Law Society opinion covers, the gaps it leaves.
Where Dublin is building — commencement notices by local electoral area, 12 months3,366 commencement notices were lodged across the four Dublin councils in 12 months and geolinked to an electoral area; Pembroke led with 204 and Tallaght South trailed with 23. What a commencement notice is, why it is the signal that a permission is real, the ranking of all 31 electoral areas, and the month-by-month shape.