PlanningRegister.ie
Back
Cork County Council · 25/6003

Carrignafoy Community College, Carrignafoy, Carrignafoy, Cobh, Cork, P24WR29

Approved in 2026. No sign of building yet.

  1. 23 Sept 2025Received
  2. 18 Jun 2026Approved
  3. 24 Jul 2026Final approval
  4. 24 Jul 2031Approval runs out
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
Status
Approved
Decision
Approved with conditions · 18 Jun 2026
Council
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Site
4.98 ha

Live near Carrignafoy Community College?

Everything else planned on your street, in one report.

Check my street
Council register ↗

What’s proposed

Permission for 1) demolition of the existing single storey school buildings (area c.3970m2) on the site, 2) construction of an 8,982m2 part one, two ,three storey replacement 600-pupil post-primary school building and associated facilities comprising: i) 23 no. general classrooms, 6 no. specialist classrooms, 4 no. science laboratories, 3 no. technology rooms, 2no. art classrooms, 2 no. home economics classrooms, a 4 no. class base Special Education Needs unit, ii) a general purpose/dining area, multi-use PE hall, library, administration offices, staff room, pupil social areas, fitness suite and changing room facilities, iii) hard and soft landscaping to a central external courtyard, iv) an external play area/sensory garden adjacent to the Special Education Needs unit. v) installation of solar PV panels to the roof, 3) all other associated site works required to facilitate the proposed development including; i) the provision of 4 no. hard play court areas, ii) the retention of an existing grass playing pitch and the retention of an existing all-weather sports surface, iii) the relocation of the vehicular site entrance to the east of the existing vehicular entrance with provision of an air source heat pump enclosure adjacent to the new school entrance, iv) the provision of 58 no. car-parking spaces including 6 no. accessible spaces, car set-down facilities and 172 no. bicycle parking spaces, v) construction of a single storey bin store and ESB substation, and a separate LPG gas tank enclosure to the west of the school site, vi) upgraded perimeter/boundary landscaping and fences, 4) works in the public realm outside the school site to include relocation of existing on-street carparking spaces to the east along Carrignafoy Avenue and new connecting footpaths

Planning details

Reference
25/6003
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “Application Closed”
Received
23 Sept 2025
Observations close
28 Oct 2025 (closed 340 days ago)
Decision due
18 Jun 2026 · decided 18 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant with conditions on 18 Jun 2026
Proposed development
Permission for 1) demolition of the existing single storey school buildings (area c.3970m2) on the site, 2) construction of an 8,982m2 part one, two ,three storey replacement 600-pupil post-primary school building and associated facilities comprising: i) 23 no. general classrooms, 6 no. specialist classrooms, 4 no. science laboratories, 3 no. technology rooms, 2no. art classrooms, 2 no. home economics classrooms, a 4 no. class base Special Education Needs unit, ii) a general purpose/dining area, multi-use PE hall, library, administration offices, staff room, pupil social areas, fitness suite and changing room facilities, iii) hard and soft landscaping to a central external courtyard, iv) an external play area/sensory garden adjacent to the Special Education Needs unit. v) installation of solar PV panels to the roof, 3) all other associated site works required to facilitate the proposed development including; i) the provision of 4 no. hard play court areas, ii) the retention of an existing grass playing pitch and the retention of an existing all-weather sports surface, iii) the relocation of the vehicular site entrance to the east of the existing vehicular entrance with provision of an air source heat pump enclosure adjacent to the new school entrance, iv) the provision of 58 no. car-parking spaces including 6 no. accessible spaces, car set-down facilities and 172 no. bicycle parking spaces, v) construction of a single storey bin store and ESB substation, and a separate LPG gas tank enclosure to the west of the school site, vi) upgraded perimeter/boundary landscaping and fences, 4) works in the public realm outside the school site to include relocation of existing on-street carparking spaces to the east along Carrignafoy Avenue and new connecting footpaths
As published by the register.
Site area
4.98 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 60 · 500 m · 5 years

Show all 60

Explore this area on the map →

Homes nearby

Zoning

G4 — Open space

Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such.

R3 — Rural cluster

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 16
    Anchorage Lodge; Seaview
  • Recorded monument · 2
    Ringfort - rath; R130252

Where this comes from

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

Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
npadCC-BY-4.018 Sept 2026, 15:44open
Summary

25/6003 is a planning application to Cork County Council for permission for 1) demolition of the existing single storey school buildings (area, received on 23 Sept 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 18 Jun 2026.