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Lyndhurst, 10 Mayfield Park, Mayfield, Cork, T23N2R2

Permission for (A) To demolish old rear existing kitchen extension, Old rear

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
26/45008 · full record
Authority
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
634 m²
Received
4 Sept 2026
We first saw it
4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due
29 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcity/application-details/?ref=26/45008.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45008 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 9 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
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-implementation8 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: CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
26/44696Conditional permission22 Jun 2026—21 mPermission for retention for all elevation alterations that was garnted under
25/44359Conditional permission8 Apr 2026—405 mPermission to replace the existing flat roof with a hipped roof using Kingspan
26/44469Conditional permission12 Mar 2026—305 mPermission is sought for construction of a single storey extension to the rear
2544319Conditional21 Jan 20261482 mPermission for the installation of a single storey insulated steel modular building to be a Store and Arts & Crafts Centre and ancillary works.
2543797Conditional4 Jun 20250363 mPermission is sought for the construction of a connecting single-storey school extension, containing a 2 no. classroom SEN Base, 1 no. Central Activities Space, including all associated ancillary educational spaces and circulation area. Together with the provision of a service access road, pedestrian footpaths and entrance gate-way, staff car parking spaces, the relocation of an existing hard surface play-area and all associated ancillary site works, along with connections, to services.
2543795Conditional3 Jun 20250412 mPermission for development at Our Lady Crowned Credit Union, 11C Silversprings Road, Mayfield, Cork. The development will consist of the alteration and extension of the existing credit union building comprising new ground floor extension on eastern elevation to provide lobby and ATM/ Express Lodgment space; demolition of existing bay window on eastern elevation at first floor level and construction of replacement bay window; alterations to door and window opes on western, southern and northern elevations; internal alterations comprising reconfiguration of banking hall, office and other support spaces and provision of new lift and disabled toilet. The proposed development includes amendments and extension to the existing car parking layout to improve access and circulation, and all ancillary site development, including drainage and landscaping works.
2543702Conditional30 Apr 20250308 mPermission is sought for the retention of a single storey extension to the side and rear of my house and of a detached domestic shed.
2443397Conditional2 Apr 20250271 mA) demolition of existing garage and B) construction of a granny flat extension to side and rear of existing dwelling together with all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
313551—Granted with conditions27 Sept 2023301 m
313972—Refused15 Aug 2023259 m
313075—Granted with conditions20 Jun 2023315 m
313040—Invalid15 Mar 2022315 m
310730—Granted with conditions3 Nov 2021476 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

  • 4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 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.