Observation pack · Cork County Council

Castlewhite House, Castlewhite, Rochfordstown, T12 XCW8

Development comprising the following; i.Demolition of existing single story porch to front and two storey annex to rear of existing dwelling ii. Change of use of existing dwelling from Residential to Commercial use involving persons with special needs and assistance dogs. iii Construction of a two storey annex to rear of existing dwelling. iv Construction of a single storey detached garage. v. waste water treatment system. vi. new car parking area and associated roads and footpaths. vii. alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

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: 26/2306 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Application Withdrawn
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 4.64 ha
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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=26/2306.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2306 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 9 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
P5 Rural and agricultural	City Hinterland: To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.	CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	8 Aug 2022 → 8 Aug 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: CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CORKCITY CI-002:DP:cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-no-3-npf-implementation	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Castlewhite · Chetwynd Viaduct
Recorded monument × 5
Castle - unclassified · Armorial plaque (present location) · Railway bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1928	Grant with conditions	14 Sept 2026	—	110 m	Planning permission for retention of single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwellinghouse and planning permission for decommissioning of an existing septic tank and install a secondary packaged wastewater treatment system with tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment area, modifications to existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
25/4920	Conditional	1 Jul 2025	—	136 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
23/6091	Conditional	30 Nov 2023	—	188 m	(1) existing access to existing dwelling house (2) mobile home for use as temporary accommodation on site (3) all associated site works.
23/5040	Conditional	3 Oct 2023	—	188 m	Permission to existing dwelling for (1) Demolition of side single storey extension. (2) Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension (3) and all associated site works.
23/4428	Conditional	26 Jun 2023	—	182 m	Construction of a granny flat extension to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works
23/4028	Refused	9 Mar 2023	—	300 m	Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, a domestic waste water treatment system and associated site works
22/6628	Conditional permission	30 Jan 2023	—	38 m	(A) Larger lobby to the front-west elevation replacing original lobby, (B) glass doors replacing single & double doors on North elevation, (C) patio area to the North and the demolition of the smoking area structure, (D) flat roof & double doors to the North elevation replacing part lean-to roof and single door, (E) larger window to the South elevation replacing smaller window, double glass doors replacing timber doors and the inclusion of 4 No. rooflights, (F) 3 No. 8 meter high flagpoles with cloth fabric banners erected on the front (West) boundary and associated site works.
2241352	Conditional	18 Oct 2022	0	483 m	Permission for the demolition of a single storey conservatory and canopy to the front and side of dwelling and for the construction of a new single storey extension and new canopy to the side and front of existing dwelling, including alterations to the existing kitchen windows at ground floor level on the southern elevation and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315845	—	Granted with conditions	20 Jun 2023	38 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 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.