Former Bantry Post Office, William Street,, Bantry,, Co. Cork,, P75 EN82
Change of use and alterations to the former Bantry Post Office to provide a café and indoor children's play area at ground floor and 6 no. apartments (4 no. studio and 2 no. one-bedroom) at first and second floors, including construction of a rear residential stair core and all associated site works.
The application
- Reference
- 26/2256 · 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
- 320 m²
- Received
- 29 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- 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=26/2256.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2256at 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 5 Oct 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public. | CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 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: CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 30house · house · G.W. Biggs and Company
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0979 | Grant with conditions | 19 Aug 2026 | — | 123 m | The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail warehouse building and the construction of a music and events centre to comprise: • A multi-purpose auditorium (1105.5sqm) incorporating a 271-seat performance hall and associated ancillary rooms and spaces including reception and ticket office, foyer, changing rooms, shower and toilets, technical support rooms, green room, offices and stores; • A linked 3-storey education hub (691sqm) incorporating a ground floor café / bar (105sqm), and teaching and rehearsal rooms, a multi-purpose performance space, and other ancillary rooms on upper floors; • A separate 2-storey plant building to rear incorporating ESB substation, switch room and external stairs; • Building and site signage to include 3no. flagpoles at site entrance onto Bridge Street; • Landscaping, boundary treatment, and on site public realm works; • 2no. universal access parking spaces to the front, 2no. staff parking spaces to the rear. • 40no. cycle parking spaces, including 10no. covered cycle spaces in a bike shelter to the rear; • Modifications and improvements to existing vehicular entrance onto Bridge Street and new service and emergency gate to rear onto Market Lane; • All other associated plant, telecommunications infrastructure, utility connections, public lighting, drainage and other site development works. |
| 26/0419 | Grant with conditions | 15 Apr 2026 | — | 158 m | Permission for change of use of existing ground floor unit from food/beverage outlet to retail unit and change of use of proposed commercial building to rear from storage in conjunction with food/beverage unit to storage in conjunction with retail unit, previous planning reference: 23/00726 |
| 25/236 | Conditional permission | 9 Dec 2025 | — | 223 m | Permission for the following works to existing ruinous dwelling: (i) partial demolition of existing walls, (ii) refurbishment of dwelling, (iii) construction of extension to rear, and (iv) all associated site works |
| 25/6187 | Conditional permission | 1 Dec 2025 | — | 152 m | Construct a new vehicular entrance off the public roadway to serve the existing dwelling along with all associated site works |
| 25/497 | Conditional permission | 8 Oct 2025 | — | 396 m | Permission for the following works to existing dwellinghouse, (i) extension to the front, (ii) canopy to the front, (iii) bay window to the rear, (iv) and all associated site works |
| 25/337 | Conditional permission | 4 Sept 2025 | — | 216 m | Permission sought for first floor rear extension to existing dweling, for two number roof lights to existing street facing front roof, for reconfiguration of existing stepped entrance to dwelling and for all associated site works |
| 25/54 | Conditional permission | 1 Sept 2025 | — | 171 m | (i) Material alterations and change of use of the ground floor from an Off Licence to 2 No. one bedroom apartments, (ii) Material alterations and change of use of the first floor from Bar and associated areas to 2 No. one bedroom apartments. Material alterations to second floor from 1 No. two bedroom apartments to 2 no. one bedroom apartments from that previously granted under Planning Reference 05/591 and (iii) Fenestration changes to Western and Northern elevations along with all associated site works to an existing three storey building |
| 25/356 | Conditional permission | 14 Aug 2025 | — | 274 m | Permission for Retention of two portacabins for staff changing facilities |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322259 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Aug 2025 | 217 m |
| 320500 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 Mar 2025 | 460 m |
| 315300 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2024 | 228 m |
| 317283 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2024 | 217 m |
| 315971 | — | Granted with conditions | 7 Mar 2024 | 163 m |
| 312994 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Jul 2022 | 460 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
- 29 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.