Observation pack · Cork County Council

Sleveen East, Macroom, Co. Cork

Permission for:- a) Retention of dwelling house as constructed, b) Retention & Completion of vehicular entrance, c) Upgrading & relocation of sewage treatment system serving dwelling and all associated site works.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 14 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: 26/2259 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,889 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2259.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2259 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 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.

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
24/4046	Conditional	6 Mar 2024	—	393 m	Permission for the construction of an extension of area approx. 5,122 sq.metres to the existing manufacturing building, and the construction of a canopy of area approx. 1,188 sq.metres over vehicle parking area at east side of proposed extension, and vehicular parking, and all ancillary services and associated site works to the existing timber frame building manufacturing facility.
23/6176	Conditional permission	8 Dec 2023	—	285 m	Permission for the development of the proposed construction of a new sprinkler tank, demolition of existing sprinkler tank and all associated site works.
23/4500	Conditional	11 Nov 2023	—	347 m	The development will consist of the proposed warehouse distribution unit incorporating office accommodation, 2 no. new site entrance access points all off exiting internal estates road, site levelling and contouring, 1 no. security kiosk, associated site signage (1 no. 1.8m high totem sign and 3 no. curved entrance signs), 1 no. waste compactor, truck loading, hard standing and truck parking bay areas, 52 no. parking spaces (to include 47 no. regular spaces, 2 no. disabled spaces and 3 no. electric charging point spaces), 1 no. bicycle shelter, and all other ancillary and associated site development works including landscaping.
22/5456	Conditional	11 Aug 2022	—	392 m	Permission for the installation of rooftop photovoltaic solar panel arrays consisting of approximately 1,000 square metres of solar panels on the eastern roof slopes, and approximately 1,000 square metres of solar panels on the western roof slopes of the existing manufacturing building, and all ancillary services and associated site works.
21/5788	Conditional	19 Oct 2021	—	254 m	Permission for retention of single storey stable building and open sided storage shed both for recreational use and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.