Observation pack · Cork City Council

Mardyke Sports Grounds, Mardyke Walk, Cork

Permission is sought to construct an electronic scoreboard on the northern

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 26/45003 · full record
Authority: Cork City Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: University College Cork
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 6.04 ha
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due: 28 Oct 2026
Decision: not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcity/application-details/?ref=26/45003.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45003 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Cork City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 8 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cork City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
G1 Open space with recreation	Public Open Space: To protect, retain and provide for passive and active recreational uses, open space, green networks, natural areas and amenity facilities.	CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	8 Aug 2022 → 8 Aug 2028
G5 Open space and amenity	Sports Grounds and Facilities: To protect, retain and enhance the range and quality of sports facilities and grounds.	CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	8 Aug 2022 → 8 Aug 2028
R2 Existing residential	Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect and provide for residential uses and amenities, local services and community, institutional, educational and civic uses.	CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	8 Aug 2022 → 8 Aug 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Sources: CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation, CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation, CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 22
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R112453

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/44969	Conditional permission	5 Oct 2026	—	273 m	Permission for the extension of my existing dwelling at No. 1 Lee View, Rose
26/44897	Conditional permission	7 Sept 2026	—	389 m	Construction of 4 no. rooflights, pedestrian gate and minor alterations
26/44810	Conditional permission	24 Aug 2026	—	254 m	Permission for alterations to previously granted planning permission (Cork City
26/44742	Conditional permission	24 Aug 2026	—	223 m	Demolition of existing building, construction of extension, garden store.
26/44826	Conditional permission	10 Aug 2026	—	83 m	Permission is sought for demolition of the back return, alterations,
26/44678	Conditional permission	10 Aug 2026	—	446 m	Permission is sought for the construction of the existing Main Rest Building.
26/44789	Conditional permission	28 Jul 2026	—	483 m	For Retention Permission for extension to balcony, granted under planning ref
26/44582	Refused	5 May 2026	—	406 m	Permission for alterations and to sub-divide our existing site to accommodate (A

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501858	—	pending	10 Aug 2026	483 m
500908	—	Granted	16 Jun 2026	465 m
323180	—	Granted with conditions	27 Apr 2026	460 m
323403	—	Refused	12 Nov 2025	483 m
319744	—	Granted with conditions	16 Oct 2025	406 m
323082	—	open	18 Jul 2025	232 m
319529	—	Granted with conditions	1 Nov 2024	469 m
314277	—	Granted with conditions	24 Sept 2024	372 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:40. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.