Observation pack · Cork County Council

Castleharrison, Ballyhea, Co. Cork, P56 DE44

(1) the construction of a side & rear annex to a dwelling house, (2) minor alterations & change of use from domestic garage to a self-contained dwelling unit, (3) detached metal-clad storage unit for commercial premises, (4) rear mono-pitch office/storage annex to portal frame commercial premises & all ancillary site works

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2345 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Technical Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.35 ha
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2345.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2345 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 13 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
24/5251	Conditional permission	10 Mar 2025	—	394 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
23/5808	Conditional	21 Mar 2024	—	0 m	Permission for the construction of an all-weather playing pitch with flood lighting and security perimeter fence and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 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.