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Adjacent to Unit 4A, Kinsale Road Business Park, Kinsale Road, Cork

Permission for development at a site Adjacent to Unit 4A, Kinsale Road Business

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 closes today
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
26/45019 · full record
Authority
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
JCDeceaux Ireland Limited
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
16 m²
Received
10 Sept 2026
We first saw it
4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due
4 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcity/application-details/?ref=26/45019.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45019 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 15 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
C2.1
Economic development and employment
Light Industry and Related Uses: To provide for light industry and related 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
2544272Conditional17 Dec 20251305 mPermission for development of this site at Circle K Frankfield Service Station, Kinsale Road, Cork, T12YIYY. The proposed development will consist of a high-power electric vehicle charging hub and associated infrastructure to comprise of the following: (1) Installation of 4no. vehicle charging bays and 2 no. charge points to replace 3 no. existing car spaces, (II) New modular substation, (III) CT metering cabinet and mini pillar, (IV) Signature wall, EV banner and internally illuminated guiding star signage, (V) Relocation of existing lighting columns, and (VI) All other associated site development works.
2543932Conditional3 Sept 2025070 mPermission is sought for the construction of an 8m high clad structure to house 2 no. fabric filtration units with an adjacent 16m high stack which are all relocating from elsewhere on the site and all ancillary works.
2543733Conditional14 Jul 20250456 mPermission for change of use of ground floor commercial unit to use as a dental practice.
2443055Conditional25 Nov 20240359 mPermission for development at Lehane Motors, Touchdown Business Park, Kinsale Road, Ballycurreen, Cork, consisting of the following works to the existing motor sales and service facility: a) the removal of all existing Toyota signage (11 no.) and replacement with 11 new internally illuminated signs comprising 3 freestanding signs and 8 building mounted signs b) over cladding of existing fascia paneling to the Toyota sales portion of the building.
2442663Conditional22 Jul 20240221 mPermission for an 744Kw solar photovoltaic (PV) array to be mounted on the southern side of the cladded roof over the existing Ambient Warehouse Building at Tramore Road, Cork. T12N799. The solar PV array will generate on site green electricity which will be fully used to reduce the carbon footprint of the building.
2342464Conditional29 Apr 20240278 mPermission is sought for the removal of existing car parking spaces and for the construction of a new single-storey extension and openings into the existing seasonal shop building together with a secure external storage area and all associated site development works.
2342404Conditional19 Mar 20240130 mPermission is sought for the construction of a 111 sqm canopy to the external service yard and all necessary and associated site works.
2342332Conditional27 Nov 2023072 mThe development will consist of a Roof Mounted Solar PV Array of 1107 number PV Panels (c. 2400m2) and all associated works, on the roofs of our offices and factory

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
314025—Withdrawn17 Jul 2023492 m
312866—Granted with conditions16 Jun 2022227 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

  • 10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 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.