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Tigeen, Douglas Road, Cork, T12P5X0

Permission for (1) Demolition of the side conservatory, rear extension and rear

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
26/45141 · full record
Authority
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
1,837 m²
Received
30 Oct 2026
Decision due
4 Jan 2027

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=26/45141.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/45141 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 4 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 × 8
    Woollahra · house · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
26/44993Refused19 Oct 2026153 mPermission is sought for the demolition of a garage/shed and the construction of
26/44979Conditional permission15 Oct 2026255 mPermission for the retention of extension and alterations to existing detached
26/44882Conditional permission1 Oct 2026258 mPermission is sought to (1) Demolish existing single storey extension, (2)
26/44887Conditional permission2 Sept 2026413 mPermission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling-change of
26/44844Conditional permission12 Aug 2026492 mPermission for the construction of a first-floor extension to the side of the
26/44803Conditional permission29 Jul 2026368 mPermission is sought for the construction of single-storey and two-storey side
26/44766Conditional permission20 Jul 2026402 mPermission is sought for the following works to an existing two-storey dwelling
26/44615Conditional permission9 Jul 2026359 mPermission for the following works to existing two storey dwelling: (1) Demolish

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500113Refused11 Feb 2026414 m
324063pending9 Feb 2026414 m
323277Other12 Nov 2025411 m
319714Granted with conditions10 Nov 2025490 m
322757Granted with conditions6 Oct 2025432 m
323068open16 Jul 2025373 m
322129Granted with conditions30 Jun 2025345 m
321666Granted with conditions19 May 2025459 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

  • 30 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 Dec 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:36. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.