Observation pack · Cork City Council

No. 7A Woodlands, Frankfield, Cork, T12WYK5 Windemere, No. 7, Woodlands, Frankfield, Cork, T12Y9RY

Permission to (A) Retain the conversion of the attached granny flat to a

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: 26/45005 · full record
Authority: Cork City Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 794 m²
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=26/45005.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45005 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
P5 Rural and agricultural	City Hinterland: To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.	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.	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.

Source: Cork City Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Cork City Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/44652	Conditional permission	27 May 2026	—	337 m	Permission to convert their attic to storage area and to install rooflights
26/44481	Conditional permission	20 Apr 2026	—	149 m	Permission for (A) New first floor bedroom extension to side and front of
26/44489	Conditional permission	23 Mar 2026	—	386 m	Permission to construct a first floor side extension over the existing single
25/44347	Conditional permission	30 Jan 2026	—	385 m	Permission for the removal of the pitched roof to rear of the pitched roof
2443557	Conditional	6 May 2025	0	400 m	Permission to construct a granny flat to the side of existing dwelling
2442589	Conditional	2 Sept 2024	0	284 m	Permission is sought for the demolition of the existing single-storey attached domestic garage to the side of the dwelling and for the construction of a new single-storey dwelling unit for ancillary family accommodation to side of the existing dwelling, elevational alterations and all associated site works.
2442839	Conditional	4 Jun 2024	0	434 m	Permission for retention of extension to rear of creche and covered playground area as constructed (change of plans from that permitted under planning reference no. 16/4649 PL 04.247119). And retention for elevations to creche as constructed, and detached store, and external soft fall play area and material alterations to floor layout of creche. And all associated site development works.
2342520	Conditional	8 Feb 2024	0	458 m	Permission for alterations to existing dwelling, namely; (1) Demolition of existing single-storey garage to side of dwelling, (2) Ground floor extension to front and side elevations, including an open and covered storage area to rear of new extension, (3) Demolition and reconstruction of existing bay window to front elevation and all associated site development works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316883	—	Other	7 Nov 2023	282 m
316887	—	Granted	23 Oct 2023	214 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.