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12 Applewood, Maryborough Ridge, Cork, T12H0XV

Permission for attic conversion with dormer to front roof and rear roof to

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
26/45028 · 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
184 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=26/45028.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45028 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
26/44601Conditional permission12 May 2026—313 mPermission for retention of existing domestic garage at the rear of existing dwe
25/44429Conditional permission14 Apr 2026—17 mPermission for the following Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD)
26/44466Conditional permission12 Mar 2026—208 mPermission for retention of conversion of domestic garage to a utility room/stor
2544025Conditional10 Sept 20250495 mPermission for the construction of a detached 2 storey dwelling, creation of a new site entrance to the proposed dwelling from an existing private driveway, and new wastewater connection to the public waste water treatment system, and all associated site development works at Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork. Permission is sought to decommission and remove the existing septic tank and percolation area serving 'Tranquility', Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork, T12R2AA, and a new waste water connection to the public waste water system from 'Haven', Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork, T12A2FA, and 'Tranquil', Moneygourney, Douglas, Cork, T12K0ET, and all associated site development works.
2443374Conditional5 Feb 2025048 mPermission for retention of an as constructed single storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling and a new ground floor window on the southern elevation incorporating associated site works.
2442846Conditional6 Jun 20240494 mPermission is sought for the construction of a two storey extension to side of existing dwelling house including associated site works.
2241594Conditional1 Feb 20230226 mPermission for retention of various items including a 2-storey extension to the side, a single-storey extension to the rear and elevational alterations to external openings to the front, side and rear of an existing dwelling as follows. (1) An additional area of 2-storey extension to the side, wider than that granted previously under planning ref. 10-6034, (2) Front and rear ground and first floor windows differing from that granted under planning ref. 10-6034, (3) A kitchen extension at ground floor level to the rear, (4) An attic conversion and (5) 3 no. rear facing rooflights in the attic space.
2241535Conditional10 Jan 20230116 mPermission for alterations and extension to dwelling, consisting of a 2-storey side extension and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324262—Granted with conditions11 Aug 202617 m
322885—Other30 Oct 2025441 m
314465—Granted with conditions24 Nov 2023333 m
316887—Granted23 Oct 2023403 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.