Lowertown, Schull, Co. Cork.

What’s proposed

Permission for Retention of a detached domestic garage (ancillary in use to the dwellinghouse permitted under planning register reference number 25/473) and all associated site works

26/1707 is a planning application to Cork County Council for permission for Retention of a detached domestic garage (ancillary in use to the, received on 25 Jun 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 13 Aug 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 26/1707
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “Application Closed”
Received: 25 Jun 2026
Observations close: 30 Jul 2026 (closed 56 days ago)
Decision due: 19 Aug 2026 · decided 13 Aug 2026
Decision: Grant with conditions on 13 Aug 2026
Proposed development: Permission for Retention of a detached domestic garage (ancillary in use to the dwellinghouse permitted under planning register reference number 25/473) and all associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 2,757 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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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10 (store id 256745). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/1707.

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