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Observation pack · Cork City Council

15 Edward Walsh Road, Cork, T12H563

Permission to demolish an existing garage and construct a one-bedroom apartment

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 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
26/45025 · 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
183 m²
Received
11 Sept 2026
We first saw it
4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due
5 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=26/45025.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45025 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 16 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.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: Cork City Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Cork City Council development plan zoning—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
26/44989Refused15 Oct 2026—350 mPermission for the construction of 2 no. 2-storey semi detached residential
26/44976Conditional permission13 Oct 2026—398 mPermission to construct (1) Single storey front porch to her existing dwelling
26/44613Conditional permission29 Jun 2026—336 mPermission for change of use of industrial unit from Gilabbey Veterinary Hospita
26/44617Conditional permission21 May 2026—274 mPermission for the following; (1) The demolition of an existing rear single stor
26/44492Conditional permission5 May 2026—372 mPermission to construct (A) Pedestrian access gate on the North boundary,
26/44578Conditional permission30 Apr 2026—231 mPermission is sought for the demolition of an existing garage an partial kitchen
26/44515Conditional permission7 Apr 2026—458 mPermission is sought for the demolition of existing garage and kicthen and
26/44513Conditional permission1 Apr 2026—449 mPermission to (1) Demolish existing rear extension and shared domestic garage,

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501245—Granted24 Aug 2026449 m
500375—Invalid26 Nov 2025320 m
317931—Refused10 Jun 2024184 m
315837—Refused7 Feb 202488 m
312177—Granted with conditions16 Jun 2022494 m
313386—Invalid20 Apr 2022483 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

  • 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 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.