Observation pack · Cork City Council
Gaelscoil Mhuscraí, Shean Lower, Blarney, Cork, T23EA29
Permission for Retention and Planning Permission for amendments to the primary
Observations close 10 Dec 2026 27 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 26/45151 · full record
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 3,123 m²
- Received
- 5 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 4 Jan 2027
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=26/45151.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/45151at 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 10 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.
- 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 | Urban Town Centre: To consolidate and provide for the development and enhancement of urban town centres as primary locations for mixed use retail, economic and residential growth which also act as a focus for a range of services. | 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 within 100 m
- NIAH-recorded building × 1Blarney Woollen Mills
- Recorded monument × 1Mill - woollen
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/44406 | Conditional permission | 28 Sept 2026 | 386 m | Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) |
| 26/44622 | Conditional permission | 25 May 2026 | 216 m | Permission for a single storey porch, new garage door and alterations to front o |
| 26/44505 | Conditional permission | 30 Mar 2026 | 297 m | Permission for single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, elevati |
| 25/44415 | Conditional permission | 19 Feb 2026 | 407 m | Permission is sought by Blarney Castle Estate Partnership at a site located at |
| 2544040 | Conditional | 17 Sept 2025 | 440 m | Permission for the following development at dwelling house, namely; to convert existing detached domestic garage and extend garage at south eastern side to form new detached granny flat dwelling unit, install new velux roof window on front of main roof of existing dwelling house at first floor (north west facing side), and all associated site works. |
| 2544014 | Conditional | 8 Sept 2025 | 182 m | Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling including the following, (1) A single flat roof extension to the rear, (2) A new porch extension to the front in place of the existing porch which is to be demolished, (3) Ne and modified side window openings at ground floor level and (4) All other associated site works. Permission is further sought for Retention of an existing part 2-storey, part single-storey pitched roof extension to the rear of the dwelling. |
| 2543711 | Conditional | 16 Jun 2025 | 414 m | Permission to demolish the existing single storey rear extension (13 sqm) to dwelling and storage shed (1 sqm) in rear yard, remove and replace the existing pitched roof to dwelling, carry out internal alterations, install 3 no. rooflights to western pitched roof slope, construct a single storey extension (53 sqm) to rear of existing dwelling along with carrying out all associated ancillary site works. |
| 2443168 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2025 | 0 m | Permission for retention of the existing primary school and ancillary storage unit at Gaelscoil Mhuscrai, Shean Lower, Blarney, Cork, T23EA29. Planning permission is sought for a temporary period of 5 years. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324754 | open | 27 Oct 2026 | 386 m | |
| 319963 | Refused | 7 Nov 2025 | 379 m | |
| 322995 | Invalid | 10 Jul 2025 | 414 m | |
| 321688 | Granted with conditions | 6 May 2025 | 36 m | |
| 321671 | Granted with conditions | 11 Apr 2025 | 419 m | |
| 321685 | Invalid | 15 Jan 2025 | 36 m | |
| 321647 | Invalid | 14 Jan 2025 | 36 m | |
| 319700 | Refused | 21 Oct 2024 | 211 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
- 5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 10 Nov 2026, 23:33. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork City Council before relying on it.