Observation pack · Cork City Council

The Bungalow, Ballinure Road, Mahon, Cork, T12TE2P

Permission is sought for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/45065 · 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: 1,181 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 9 Oct 2026, 23:52
Decision due: 23 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=26/45065.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45065 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 2 Nov 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
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
26/44965	Conditional permission	7 Oct 2026	—	275 m	Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling at 75 Meadow
26/44488	Conditional permission	8 Jun 2026	—	0 m	Permission for (A) The retention of the existing single storey rear extension
2543887	Conditional	9 Jul 2025	0	223 m	Permission for retention of an entrance porch to existing dwelling house with all associated site works of her dwelling house.
2443511	Conditional	18 Feb 2025	0	295 m	Permission for the construction of single-storey dwelling together with associated services site development works and vehicular access from existing entrance on Ballinure Avenue.
2443351	Conditional	27 Jan 2025	0	362 m	Permission for a proposed development which constitutes an amendment to existing planning permission ref no 21/40196 and ABP ref 314310-22. Permission was granted by Cork City Council for 196 Units over two blocks. on appeal An Bord Pleanála upheld the decision to grant permission with conditions resulting in 190 units. planning permission is being sought for the reduction in the number of 3 and 2 bed units resulting in permission for the construction of a new lift and stair core and the construction of 6 no. additional units overall. 13 no. units are affected in total allowing for the previous number of units (196) to be reinstated. planning permission is being sought for the changes herein as well as resultant minor revisions to window openings and balcony locations as reflected in the drawings as well as all associated site development works.
2442864	Conditional	18 Sept 2024	0	297 m	Retention permission to retain attic development including associated rooflights and permission to (a) demolish existing garage and rear single storey annex (b) construct a single storey flat roof extension (c) renovate existing dwelling and allow for elevational changes (d) allow for all ancillary site works
2442822	Conditional	29 Jul 2024	0	311 m	Permission for development on a site known as City Gate Plaza (former Ma/Comm site), Loughmahon Link Road, Mahon, Cork, which will consist of the provision of 2 no. 4-storey over ground floor office buildings, Block A1 and Block A2, to replace the permitted, not yet constructed, 4 storey over ground floor office building, identified as Block A, permitted under application reg. ref. 18/38036, as extended. Block A1 will have 2 no. terraces at Level 4, and Block A2 will have 1 no. terrace at Level 4. Each block will have a rooftop plant enclosure. The proposed development will also consist of all associated signage, site development, drainage, and landscaping works.
2442695	Conditional	22 Apr 2024	0	376 m	Permission is sought for development consisting of the partial demolition of the single-storey garage and back returns, alterations to the existing, and the construction of single-storey extensions to the side and back of the existing single-storey dwelling house, together with all ancillary works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314310	—	Granted with conditions	21 Dec 2023	309 m
311788	—	Granted with conditions	11 Aug 2022	255 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

28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:52. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.