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Youghals, Clonakilty, Co.Cork

Planning permission for the construction of a dwelling house and garage (change of plan from previously granted planning reference no. 21/00856) and all associated siteworks

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
26/2328 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Awaiting Admin Validation
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
2,899 m²
Received
7 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
2 Nov 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=26/2328.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2328 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 12 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
G3
High amenity
Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns.CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-20226 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: CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
21/856Conditional8 Feb 2022—0 mConstruction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
21/855Conditional7 Feb 2022—0 mPermission for the removal of an existing septic tank and percolation area. The installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and perocolation area, a change of site boundaries as granted under planning ref. 08/1660 and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 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.