Observation pack · Cork County Council

Temperance Lane, Sleveen East, Macroom, Co Cork

the change of use/material alterations of a two-storey disused Storage building to two no. apartments, one ground floor apartment and Bin Storage Room, one first/partly second floor apartment and alterations to elevations of building and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 26/2285 · 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: 124 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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=26/2285.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2285 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 7 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

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.	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: Cork County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Cork County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 6
Macroom Post Office · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R189210

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/6690	Grant with conditions	19 Aug 2026	—	0 m	Permission for the following: 1) demolish existing dis-used sheds, 2) construct new building housing 7 no. apartments across 3 floors, comprising of 2 x 2 bedroom apartments, 3 x 1 bedroom apartments, 2 x studio apartments, 3) bin and bicycle storage at ground floor and 4) all associated works.
25/6046	Grant with conditions	12 Jun 2026	—	141 m	Permission for the development will consist of; upgrades and alterations to the bus stop area to include new paving, bus shelters with advertising panels and street furniture; alterations to the bus yard approach from Railway View including the removal of a pillar, new footpaths, pedestrian crossings and street furniture. A new gate with stepped and ramped access will be provided at the easterly boundary of the site to connect with the public car park at Fitzgerald square. Other works throughout the yard will comprise, new lighting, road surface repairs & drainage, new line markings and signage.
26/0735	Grant with conditions	5 Jun 2026	—	3 m	Planning Permission for proposed change of use to part of ground floor and all of first floor of an existing Post Office to a Youth Reach Education Centre, planning permission for propsed internal alterations and all associated works at An Post, Main Street, Macroom.
26/0713	Grant with conditions	18 May 2026	—	268 m	Permission for the following: 1) Change of use of existing two storey derelict dwelling to 2no. apartments and permission to construct 2 storey extension to rear, 2) demolish existing shed to rear, 3) new detached two storey block to rear to provide 2no. duplex apartments, 4) rear pedestrian gate from Fitzgerald Square to provide access to all properties, 5) re-alignment to rear gardens to existing properties and 6) all associated works
24/6338	Conditional permission	24 Apr 2025	—	268 m	Permission for the following: 1) change of use of existing two-storey derelict dwelling to 2 no. apartments and permission to construct 2 storey extension to rear, 2) demolish existing shed to rear, 3) new detached two storey block to rear to provide 2 no. duplex apartments, 4) rear pedestrian from Fitzgerald Square to provide access to all properties, 5) re-alignment to rear gardens to existing properties and 6) all associated works
24/6346	Refused	12 Feb 2025	—	344 m	Permission for construction of two no. detached dwelling houses including fences, new entrance including road and site services
23/6518	Conditional permission	13 Aug 2024	—	420 m	Permission for the proposed construction of a residential development of 62 no. dwelling houses and all ancillary works. The proposed development consists of 4 no. detached housing units, 34 no. semi-detached housing units, and 24 no. terraced housing units. Ancillary site works include the provision of all associated site landscaping, public open spaces, a new public footpath (connecting to Masseytown Road via Cornmills) and servicing proposals. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be provided by a new entrance from the Mill Road.
24/4543	Conditional	21 May 2024	—	285 m	Permission for the following works to existing premises: 1) Demolition of existing single storey dressing room building with ancillary plant/storage areas, 2) Construction of a new two storey detached building in its place comprising ground floor dressing rooms and store and first floor club gym, 3) First floor terrace accessed from gym floor, 4) New plant room and cover area attached to gable of existing clubhouse, 5) Minor façade alterations to existing clubhouse to facilitate works, 6) Re-alignment of existing boundary fence to suit works and 7) all associated works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501495	—	Refused	25 Sept 2026	268 m
322049	—	Refused	26 Jun 2025	344 m
322572	—	pending	20 May 2025	268 m
320750	—	Granted with conditions	23 Apr 2025	420 m
317378	—	Granted with conditions	11 Apr 2024	196 m
315243	—	pending	2 Dec 2022	475 m
315208	—	pending	28 Nov 2022	475 m
315196	—	pending	25 Nov 2022	475 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

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 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.