Observation pack · Cork County Council

Lettercollum, Timoleague, Co. Cork

Permission for the provision of a new sports pitch approximately 145m X 90m in area, including the installation of 2 no. 16m high catch nets, 2 no. 16m high goal posts, flood lighting comprising of 6 no. 20m high lighting columns, 2 no. pre-cast concrete dug outs, regrading of the existing levels and installation of post and wire boundary fence. Construction of a new pedestrian underpass from the existing GAA club grounds, under the R600 Regional Road, to the new pitch, landscaping and all other associated ancillary site and development works.

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 26/2205 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Invalid - Case Closed
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 3.04 ha
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: —
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2205.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2205 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.
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.
Submit before 28 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.
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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/0276	Grant with conditions	7 Apr 2026	—	15 m	Permission for renovation and alterations to existing single storey dwelling house, including: a) Construction of a single storey extension to the rear and sides of dwelling house, b) Construction of a separate single storey domestic garage building, c) Alterations to the existing driveway entrance, along with all associated site works.
23/4909	Conditional	29 Jun 2023	—	116 m	Two storey extension and alterations to single storey dwelling house and all associated site works.
21/5736	Conditional	20 Dec 2021	—	463 m	a) The construction of a pedestrian underpass on the L-8107-0 providing access from the staff carpark to the factory building, b) the construction of a building over an existing mechanical plant within the waste water treatment plant as granted under planning 17/162 c) all associated site works. This application relates to an establishment which has an Industrial Emissions License & an Integrated Pollution Control License (P0947-01).

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 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.