IDA Business Technology Park, at Model Farm Road, Cork (Townland: Ballygaggin)
Permission to upgrade an existing crossing facility at the IDA Business
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
- 26/45027 · 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
- 588 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
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcity/application-details/?ref=26/45027.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/45027at 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 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.
- 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C3 High technology | Business and Technology: To provide for the creation and protection of high technology related office-based industry and enterprise, to facilitate opportunities for employment creation. | 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: Cork City Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City Council development plan zoning | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/44866 | Refused | 25 Aug 2026 | — | 358 m | Permission for retention for development at a site at BOXD, Carrigrohane Road, |
| 26/44721 | Conditional permission | 6 Aug 2026 | — | 207 m | Permission is sought for (A) The material change of use from business |
| 26/44790 | Conditional permission | 28 Jul 2026 | — | 426 m | Permission is sought for the construction of a two-storey extension to the rear |
| 26/44777 | Conditional permission | 23 Jul 2026 | — | 304 m | Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling consisting of |
| 26/44639 | Conditional permission | 25 May 2026 | — | 306 m | Permission for Retention for (1) Change of roof type, as constructed, serving |
| 2543803 | Conditional | 15 Sept 2025 | 0 | 340 m | Permission to upgrade works to works to two uncontrolled pedestrian crossings and installation of one new raised controlled crossing at the IDA Business and Technology Park at Model Farm Road, Cork. The works include installing raised crossing points, a new section of footpath, line marking, traffic poles and tactile paving. |
| 2543852 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2025 | 0 | 288 m | Permission for the construction of external plant, including the installation of a heat pump compound and a new electrical building; internal works to the existing building comprising of additional floor area at mezzanine level; and all ancillary site development works at the Cork Business and Technology Park, Model Farm Road, Cork, T12DH66. The site is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure, the Former Munster Institute (PS637). |
| 2543760 | Conditional | 26 May 2025 | 0 | 453 m | Permission for the following: (1) The demolition of the existing single storey lean-to side elevation garage and the existing single storey rear extension; (2) The construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, extension to the side and rear elevations; (3) All associated site works to the existing two storey semi-detached dwelling. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500434 | — | Withdrawn | 26 Feb 2026 | 20 m |
| 319401 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Oct 2024 | 414 m |
| 313439 | — | Granted with conditions | 1 Aug 2023 | 420 m |
| 313422 | — | Invalid | 26 Apr 2022 | 420 m |
| 310493 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Nov 2021 | 409 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.