Observation pack · Cork County Council

Gortnacrusha North, Ballinspittle, Co. Cork

Permission for retention of existing agricultural building used for the housing of livestock and slatted tank AND permission for the construction of an extension to existing agricultural building and the construction of a new slatted tank and associated works

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2279 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Validation SRO
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,416 m²
Received: 1 Sept 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=26/2279.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2279 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 6 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
24/4741	Conditional	21 Jun 2024	—	414 m	Permission for the 1. Demolition of existing straw bedded livestock housing. 2. Construction of agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing along with slatted slurry storage tank along with associated site works.
23/6320	Conditional	15 Apr 2024	—	340 m	Permission for retention of (a) Extension to cattle house, (b) Calving house, (c) Calf house, (d) Open feeding yard with slatted slurry tank, and (e) Concrete apron. Permission to construct (a) A walled silo, (b) Concrete apron, (c) Extension to calf house, (d) Slatted soiled water tank and carry out all associated site works.
22/5579	Conditional	13 Feb 2023	—	309 m	Permission for retention for 1) demolition of existing dwelling and construction of replacement dwelling, 2) demolition of existing out houses, construction of replacement building with separate ancillary accommodation to the main dwelling, 3) construction of 2 no. detached storage garages, 4) alterations to site boundaries including the construction of a blockwork wall along the southern boundary, 5) construction of new roadside boundary consisting of plastered wall and timbered fencing which includes a pedestrian gate
22/4757	Conditional	21 Dec 2022	—	350 m	Permission for the construction of two storey extensions to the north and south sides of existing dwelling with minor alterations to the existing dwelling and associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 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.