Observation pack · Cork City Council

Leafy Lane, Moneygurney, Douglas, Cork

Permission is sought for extension of watermain and foul rising mains eastwards

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/45031 · 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: 2,922 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 4 Oct 2026, 23:40
Decision due: 9 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=26/45031.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45031 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 19 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
P5 Rural and agricultural	City Hinterland: To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.	cork city development plan 2022 2028 variation no 3 npf implementation	8 Aug 2022 → 8 Aug 2028
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 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
26/44990	Conditional permission	15 Oct 2026	—	145 m	Permission for the construction of a detached single storey dwelling and
26/44791	Conditional permission	29 Jul 2026	—	132 m	Permission to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area serving
26/44700	Refused	24 Jun 2026	—	443 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house and all associated site works
26/44688	Conditional permission	18 Jun 2026	—	0 m	Permission is sought for the construction of a two-storey dwelling house
26/44601	Conditional permission	12 May 2026	—	451 m	Permission for retention of existing domestic garage at the rear of existing dwe
2544025	Conditional	10 Sept 2025	0	173 m	Permission 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.
2543802	Conditional	4 Jun 2025	0	5 m	Permission for construction of 3 storey detached dwelling, incorporating part road boundary set back and provision of footpath along Moneygurney Road: L6466-0, with site access and new entrance via existing family laneway abutting said L6466-0, together with associated siteworks and services (including new gravity wastewater connection to existing public sewer).
2443232	Conditional	29 Oct 2024	0	195 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house, install a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321406	—	Refused	17 Dec 2025	0 m
319093	—	Granted with conditions	11 Nov 2024	90 m
318728	—	Granted with conditions	8 Aug 2024	424 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

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 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.