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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Togher,, Dunmanway,, Co. Cork

Full Planning Permission for construction of new dwellinghouse, new domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 4 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
26/2171 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Awaiting Admin Validation
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
Floor area
Site area
4,414 m²
Received
19 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
13 Oct 2026
Decision
not yet decided

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

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/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2171.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2171 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 County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 23 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cork County 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
25/427Conditional permission22 Jan 2026140 mProposed extensions and renovations to an existing derelict cottage, provision of a new waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works
24/198Conditional11 Jun 2024415 mTo construct a new dwelling house
21/588Refused20 Oct 2021179 mPermission for retention of bored well and permission to install proprietary treatment unit and filtration area

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
311980Invalid17 Nov 2021179 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

  • 19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.