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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Ballybrassil, Glenmore, Cobh, Co. Cork,

Permission to construct a dwelling and associated site works.

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 window closed
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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference
26/2172 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
1,965 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=26/2172.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2172 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
25/6752Grant with conditions10 Feb 2026—300 mPermission for a) Demolition of the existing garage to side of dwelling. b) Demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling, c) construction of new two-storey extension to side of dwelling, d) construction of new two-storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works
25/5146Conditional permission10 Oct 2025—56 mPermission to construct, part dormer, part storey and a half dwellinghouse with site entrance, detached domestic garage, driveway and domestic effluent treatment plant together with all associated site development works.
23/4885Conditional15 Dec 2023—296 mA) Demolition of the existing garage to side of dwelling. B) Demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling. C) Construction of new single-storey extension to side of dwelling. D) Construction of new two-storey extension to rear of dwelling and all ancillary site works.
23/5557Conditional13 Sept 2023—239 mAlterations to dwelling house consisting of a first floor extension, rear infill ground floor infill extension with part roofed terrace, elevational changes including roof over entrance and all associated site works.
21/6329Conditional18 Oct 2021—193 mConstruction of first floor extension, including provision of a balcony, over existing single storey annex to existing two storey dwellinghouse and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.