Observation pack · Cork City Council

49 Grand Parade, Cork

Retention permission for retention of the change of use of existing ground floor

Observations close 11 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/45081 · full record
Authority: Cork City Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 106 m²
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 23 Oct 2026, 09:21
Decision due: 1 Dec 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=26/45081.
Write your observation.Quote 26/45081 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 11 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
M2 Major town centre	City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area and to promote its role as a dynamic mixed used centre for community, economic, civic, cultural and residential growth.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 35
An Spailpin Fanac · Apollo Cabs · house
Recorded monument × 2
Bridge · R185761

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/44398	Conditional permission	21 Oct 2026	—	232 m	Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling including the
25/44445	Conditional permission	20 Oct 2026	—	457 m	Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey extension on the
26/44960	Refused	6 Oct 2026	—	396 m	Permission for a Public Art Installation (Mural) to the side facade of Hibernian
26/44954	Refused	2 Oct 2026	—	239 m	Permission for retention for illuminated signage to existing shopfront to
26/44947	Refused	1 Oct 2026	—	334 m	Permission for a change of use from existing car park/ storage building
26/44909	Refused	10 Sept 2026	—	416 m	Permission for retention for the change of use of a former shop to use 1 no. 8
26/44908	Refused	10 Sept 2026	—	427 m	Permission for retention for the change of 9 no. apartments (permitted by Cork
26/44886	Conditional permission	2 Sept 2026	—	94 m	Permission for the change of use of part of ground floor and upper floors of an

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324643	—	pending	14 Sept 2026	80 m
501997	—	Invalid	31 Aug 2026	399 m
501255	—	Granted with conditions	26 Aug 2026	369 m
501184	—	Refused	13 Aug 2026	269 m
321929	—	Other	13 Jul 2026	247 m
501532	—	open	15 Jun 2026	473 m
500185	—	Split	27 Feb 2026	240 m
322771	—	Granted with conditions	17 Oct 2025	316 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

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 23 Oct 2026, 09:21. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.