Observation pack · Cork County Council

Ballygroman Lower, Ovens, Co. Cork.

Permission for the construction of new detached 2-storey dwelling house, site entrance, on site treatment system, new domestic garage and all associated ancillary site development works. (This is a change of plans and elevations from that permitted under Plg. Ref. no. 22/6614).

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 20 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2225 · 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: 1,924 m²
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 20 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2225.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2225 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 30 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
23/6366	Conditional	17 Apr 2024	—	473 m	Permission for the development of new proposed Yoga & Wellness Centre at site located at Ballygroman Lower, Ovens, Co. Cork. Proposed works to include: 1) Refurbishment and change of use of existing disused old stone outbuildings from agricultural and domestic use to Yoga & Wellness Centre (Which will comprise 3 no. treatment rooms and ancillary storage area); 2) Removal off site of existing storage container; 3) Construction of new stand-alone single-storey building on site (to accommodate a yoga studio, ancillary WC and changing area, office and kitchenette) ; 4) Provision of car parking and bicycle spaces and network of pathways to serve the proposed Yoga & Wellness Centre: 5) Installation of new waste water treatment system to serve the proposed Yoga & Wellness Centre; 6) All associated ancillary site works, including new boundary treatment and landscaping works. Planning permission is also sought for the retention of the existing site entrance and road boundary treatments, as constructed (from that permitted under Plg. Ref. no. 066692), serving the existing family farm and dwelling on site, from the local public road (L2216). Planning permission is sought for the existing site entrance, to be used as a shared entrance to access both the existing adjacent family farm & dwelling and the new proposed Yoga & Wellness Centre.
22/6614	Conditional permission	23 Mar 2023	—	0 m	Permission to construct a Dwelling House, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works.
22/6458	Conditional	14 Feb 2023	—	216 m	Permission for alterations to dwelling house to include single storey side, front and rear extension to dwelling house for use as granny flat and associated site works.
21/6989	Conditional	4 Jan 2022	—	456 m	Extension to dwellinghouse, including raising of roof, conversion of roof space for habitation, placing of dormers and velux rooflights and alterations.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316424	—	Other	1 Nov 2023	275 m
310250	—	Refused	18 Oct 2021	394 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

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 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.