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16-17 Mac Curtain Street, Cork

Permission is sought for new retractable awning and associated fixings and

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
26/45123 · full record
Authority
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
46 m²
Received
23 Oct 2026
Decision due
17 Dec 2026

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=26/45123.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45123 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 27 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.
  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
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 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
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Cork City Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

  • NIAH-recorded building × 55
    house · house · Bohans

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
26/45024Conditional permission4 Nov 2026325 mPermission for development re the demolition of the existing faceted glazing on
25/44434Conditional permission20 Oct 2026253 mPermission for (1) Demolition of the existing building, (2) Construction of 19
26/44960Refused6 Oct 2026409 mPermission for a Public Art Installation (Mural) to the side facade of Hibernian
26/44958Refused2 Oct 2026143 mPermission is sought for the installation of a telecommunications development
26/44894Conditional permission7 Sept 2026232 mPermission for development at a site of approximately 0.96 sq m. located on
26/44811Conditional permission4 Aug 2026325 mPermission for development at the Leonardo Hotel, Anderson's Quay, Cork City,
26/44691Conditional permission23 Jul 2026360 mPermission is sought for alterations to front boundary wall to provide 1 no. off
26/44692Conditional permission22 Jun 2026219 mPermission for retention is sought for part two-storey, part single-storey

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501255Granted with conditions26 Aug 2026306 m
321929Other13 Jul 2026470 m
322335Other9 Feb 2026243 m
320353Granted with conditions16 Dec 2025111 m
322139Granted with conditions25 Jul 202550 m
320363Refused19 Dec 20240 m
320776Withdrawn2 Dec 2024170 m
320435Split12 Nov 2024270 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

  • 23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Oct 2026, 23:08. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.