Observation pack · Cork City Council
Knockatee, Upper Woodlands, Cloghroe, Blarney, Cork
Permission for (a) Demolition of part of the existing dwelling at ground floor
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
- 26/45125 · full record
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 1,133 m²
- Received
- 23 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 17 Dec 2026
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=26/45125.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/45125at 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 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.
- 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/44760 | Conditional permission | 9 Jul 2026 | 0 m | Permission is sought for retention of conversion of attic space to habitable |
| 25/44383 | Conditional permission | 12 Feb 2026 | 390 m | Permission to demolish, extend and refurbish our existing dwelling house |
| 2544102 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2025 | 175 m | Permission for the following development at their dwelling house, namely; Permission to demolish existing porch at north eastern side of cottage, demolish existing extension and domestic garage at south western side of cottage, construct new single storey and storey and a half type extension at south western side of cottage, construct new recessed entrance to replace existing site entrance, build new detached domestic garage, and all associated site works. |
| 2544022 | Conditional | 10 Sept 2025 | 202 m | Permission for the demolition of attached garage to the side of the existing dwelling and for the construction of a new store extension to the side of the existing dwelling, permission to construct a new vehicular entrance to serve the existing dwelling (as previously permitted under planning permission S/2223/87) and for the construction of a new two-storey dwelling and all associated site works. Permission is also sought for the existing vehicular entrance for new dwelling. |
| 2543769 | Conditional | 27 May 2025 | 137 m | Permission for the following works to existing single-storey dwelling: (1) Convert existing attic to provide habitable accommodation, (2) Provision of new dormer roof windows to front and rear to serve habitable accommodation along with roof plane windows, (3) Provision of new front porch, (4) Internal and external alterations to existing dwelling and attached garage, (5) And all associated works. |
| 2543599 | Conditional | 24 Mar 2025 | 439 m | Permission is sought for demolition of existing garage and construction of single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house, 2 no. rooflights to side and 1 no. rooflight to rear of existing extension and all associated site works |
| 2443143 | Conditional | 27 Nov 2024 | 462 m | Permission to construct a new 2-storey dwelling house with a new site entrance and all other associated site works. |
| 2342442 | Conditional | 17 Jul 2024 | 255 m | Permission to construct 2 no. single-storey dwellings together with all associated site development works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320056 | Refused | 9 Feb 2026 | 17 m | |
| 315209 | Refused | 21 May 2024 | 272 m | |
| 316742 | Granted | 16 Oct 2023 | 272 m | |
| 312613 | Split | 11 Oct 2022 | 17 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 4 Nov 2026, 23:20. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.