Butts End Aghavrin Coachford Co. Cork

What’s proposed

Permission for the construction of a porch extension to the front of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

Reference: 23/6168
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 26 Oct 2023
Observations close: 30 Nov 2023 (closed 1037 days ago)
Decision due: 20 Dec 2023 · decided 14 Dec 2023
Decision: Conditional on 14 Dec 2023
Proposed development: Permission for the construction of a porch extension to the front of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 4,382 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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

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

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