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Eagle Lodge, 8 Summerhill North, Cork City

Permission for the change of use from residential to short term accommodation

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
26/45136 · full record
Authority
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
Tollhouse Limited
Site area
387 m²
Received
29 Oct 2026
Decision due
23 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=26/45136.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45136 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 3 Dec 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
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 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 × 31
    Beechmount · gates/railings/walls · gates/railings/walls

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
26/44588Conditional permission5 Nov 2026395 mPermission for retention of change of use from ground floor commercial office
26/44973Conditional permission12 Oct 2026286 mPermission for the following development to dwelling house, namely; to construct
26/44961Conditional permission6 Oct 2026154 mPermission for development at Nos. 95 96 Lower Glanmire Road, Cork.
26/44547Conditional permission1 Sept 2026340 mPermission for development to an existing dwellinghouse at 8 Ferncliffe Villas
26/44837Refused12 Aug 2026299 mPermission is sought for (1) Demolition of existing garage/storeroom structure
26/44835Conditional permission12 Aug 2026280 mPermission is sought for development to an existing dwellinghouse at The Lodge
26/44794Conditional permission27 Jul 2026402 mPermission for the demolition of single-storey extension to the rear of the
26/44691Conditional permission23 Jul 2026376 mPermission is sought for alterations to front boundary wall to provide 1 no. off

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500910Refused6 Jul 2026491 m
500361Refused25 Mar 2026420 m
322335Other9 Feb 2026440 m
319702Granted with conditions21 Oct 202536 m
319369Granted with conditions3 Dec 2024213 m
316142Refused11 Mar 2024196 m
315536Refused27 Feb 2024431 m
314029Refused27 Nov 202336 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

  • 29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 6 Nov 2026, 23:24. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.