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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Midleton Road, Barryscourt, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

Permission for the construction of a one-and-a-half storey detached dwelling house, creation of the site entrance and all associated site works.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
26/2258 · 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
1,060 m²
Received
31 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
27 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=26/2258.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2258 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 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.
  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
26/0573Grant with conditions5 May 2026276 mPermission for alterations & extensions to dwelling house consisting of a ground floor rear extension, first floor side/front extension, elevational changes & all associated site works
25/6933Grant with conditions24 Feb 2026216 mPermission to alter existing commercial building and convert for use as a Community Childcare and Family Support facility to incorporate childcare rooms, counselling rooms as well as administration facility, with associated sanitary and kitchen accommodation, together with installation of access stairs and lift and linking through to existing Family Resource Building. The works will include alterations to external elevations, including signage and replacement of existing hipped-roof with mansard type-roof to incorporate administration office and board room dormer windows and roof lights on front and rear elevations.
25/6982Grant with conditions13 Feb 2026475 mPermission for a) retention of single storey timber cabin home office to south east corner of rear garden, b) reconfiguration of existing ground floor layout and extension of existing dwelling to incorporate, i) single storey ground floor rear extension, ii) attic conversion to include box type dormer roof & 2 roof lights, iii) elevation alterations to include repositioning of windows/doors and change of existing living room roof structure together with all associated site development works
25/6770Grant with conditions12 Feb 2026251 mPermission for a) The construction of new single storey extension (to house an equipment store) to the south of the existing Community Centre building, elevational changes associated with the new extension, b) The Retention of a previously constructed extension (mower shed), associated elevational changes and all associated site works.
25/5744Conditional permission22 Oct 2025351 mPermission to construct two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwelling and all associated site works.
25/5236Conditional permission19 Aug 2025365 mPermission for a two storey extension to side of existing dwelling, consisting of a new sitting room on the ground floor a new bedroom on the first floor and all associated site works.
25/5002Conditional permission19 Jul 2025152 mPermission to construct a new first floor side extension, construct a new single storey side extension to his existing dwelling and all associated site works
25/4333Conditional permission23 Apr 2025152 mPermission to (a) Construct an extension to the side of their existing dwelling house at first floor level, (b) Install a new roof window to front of the dwelling house and all other associated works.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
315010Granted with conditions24 Apr 2024309 m
312738Granted with conditions7 Dec 2022440 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

  • 31 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 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.