Observation pack · Cork City Council

Westlink Service Station, Pouladuff Road, Ballycurreen, Cork

Permission for (1) Demolition of the existing shop, canopy, fuel pumps and 2 no.

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 6 days left

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: 26/45021 · full record
Authority: Cork City Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: Westlink Service Station Ltd.
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,085 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcity/application-details/?ref=26/45021.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45021 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 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.
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
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-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
26/44555	Conditional permission	23 Apr 2026	—	0 m	Permission for development which will consist of the construction of a new
2543924	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	0	185 m	Permission for retention of the erection of a boundary fence to front/side of existing industrial/warehouse unit.
2443306	Conditional	17 Feb 2025	0	408 m	Permission for the construction of reduced emissions malting infrastructure as part of the decarbonisation road map for the business. The development will consist of the construction of a four storey energy building with roof mounted equipment, single storey utilities building, a kiln with roof mounted ancillary equipment, a germination vessel with roof mounted ancillary equipment and adjoining three storey aeration building, associated malt conveying system including a six storey elevator enclosure, demolition of existing single storey storage building and all associated site works including, connections to existing on site services, surface water management, concrete paving and all ancillary site works as part of the malting plant development project at their site at the Maltings, South Link, Togher, Co Cork. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
2443043	Conditional	26 Aug 2024	0	321 m	The construction of a temporary single-storey modular office building and associated site works, including connections to existing on-site services, concrete footpath and all ancillary site works
2341816	Conditional	26 Apr 2023	0	83 m	Permission is sought for the installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels including all ancillary works and services.
2140353	Conditional	16 Jun 2022	0	495 m	Permission for the demolition and removal of an existing dwelling and ancillary structures and the construction of a mixed-use residential and commercial development in 13 no. blocks comprising: 134 no. residential units in 12 no. 3-storey blocks (comprising a mix of 1,2 and 3 bed apartments/duplexes), a 3 storey neighbourhood centre building (block 10) which includes a restaurant/take-away, convenience retail, gym, dentist, physio, hairdressers and outdoor amenity at roof level; a creche (included in Block 9); a 158 no. bed hotel (Block 7, which primarily ranges in height from 6 to 9 storeys with a 2-storey annex) and which includes a swimming pool, gym, bar, cafe, restaurant and function room; a new entrance/signalised junction and improvements to the N27 including 2 no. bus stops, cycle lane and footpaths; and all associated ancillary development works including an ESB sub-station, landscaping and amenity areas, solar panels (at roof level), bin storage, car and bicycle parking.
2140691	Conditional	9 Mar 2022	0	489 m	Permission for construction of a single storey side extension and associated site works.
2140483	Conditional	23 Dec 2021	0	219 m	Permission for the construction of a light industrial building and all ancillary car parking, fencing and site development works to the rear.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317200	—	Other	25 Jul 2024	234 m
314025	—	Withdrawn	17 Jul 2023	495 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.