Observation pack · Cork City Council

Site adjacent to Kerry Road, Tower, Blarney, Co.Cork, T23N137 (Townland: Cloghphilip)

Permission for development of the site at; Site adjacent to Kerry Road, Tower,

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/45012 · 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: 3,775 m²
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due: 2 Nov 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=26/45012.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45012 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 12 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.	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.

Source: 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

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
26/44868	Refused	25 Aug 2026	—	153 m	Permission to demolish single storey construct 2 no. semi detached dwellings
25/44366	Conditional permission	6 Feb 2026	—	339 m	Permission for the following: (A) Demolition of
2544071	Refused	25 Sept 2025	0	442 m	Permission for sub-division of existing site, to construct a new dwelling house, vehicular entrance, install a wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works.
2543586	Conditional	18 Mar 2025	0	423 m	Permission for the following work: 1) Decommissioning of existing septic tank system and upgrade/replacement with a proprietary treatment system & percolation area, 2) Alterations to Site Entrance to include closing off existing entrance location with combination of block wall/post and panel fence. Removal of existing roadside hedging and opening of a new entrance to the east of the existing to maximize sight lines for improved road safety for road users and dwelling occupants. 3) All associated site works
2342444	Conditional	11 Jun 2024	0	2 m	For permission and retention permission for development at The Former Blarney Hotel and Golf Resort, Cloughphillip, Blarney, Cork, T23V9TF. The development will consist of: Retention of extensions and alterations to the former hotel and permission for the change of use of the former hotel to a community nursing unit. The proposed development makes provision for connection to the public water main and public sewer on the Kerry Road, pumping station, signage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
2240945	Conditional	10 May 2022	0	152 m	Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling house and ancillary outhouse, and the construction of a replacement 4 no. bedroom, 1.5 storey dwelling house, with ancillary soakaways and all other ancillary site development works.
2140655	Conditional	6 Apr 2022	0	113 m	Permission for retention of (1) The change of use of part of existing dwelling to pre-school use, (2) The construction of an extension to side of existing dwelling house/pre-school, (3) The construction of 2 no. detached pre-school buildings, (4) The erection of signage to front boundary and all associated works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313666	—	Refused	29 Jun 2023	152 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

7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 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.