Observation pack · Cork County Council
52 Holy Cross Place, Charleville, Co. Cork, P56 W023
‘Permission’ to construct a single storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling house and alterations to the existing dwelling house at 52 Holy Cross Place, Charleville, Co. Cork, P56 W023.
Observations close 14 Oct 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2356 · 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
- 269 m²
- Received
- 9 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 3 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=26/2356.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2356at 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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses: The scale of new residential and mixed residential developments within the Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses within the settlement network should normally respect the pattern and grain of existing urban development in the surrounding | CO-001:DP: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: CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Recorded monument × 1R116248
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/4230 | Conditional permission | 23 Jan 2026 | — | 468 m | Permission for development that will consist of the demolition of a derelict dwelling, car repair garage, lean-to warehouse extension and ancillary buildings, proposed change of use to existing warehouse from industrial use to retail with ancillary storage use including extension to the North East elevation, elevational alterations and addition of signage. Proposed widening of existing entrance and dished kerb access off Bakers Lane with relocation of speed ramps on Bakers Lane, provision of 35 no. carpark spaces, landscaping and all associated site works |
| 25/5786 | Grant with conditions | 11 Dec 2025 | — | 6 m | Permission for Retention of a rear single storey extension to dwelling. |
| 25/5375 | Conditional permission | 26 Nov 2025 | — | 371 m | Permission for change of use of existing ground floor of building (previously used as a hairdressing salon) into a pizza takeaway, new shop front signage including 4 no. spotlights and provision of extraction duct to rear elevation together with waste and recycling storage and oil/grease storage in open yard at rear of premises within the curtilage of the site with all associated site works. |
| 24/6137 | Conditional permission | 28 Oct 2025 | — | 417 m | Permission for retention. A) for the change of use of a former vacant building (previously in use as a community centre/school) to 10 no. apartments (comprising of 2 no. studio units, 6 no. 1 bed room units & 2 no. 2 bedroom units), with associated domestic stores at lower ground floor level. B)5 no. domestic storage units & bin store ancillary to the apartments & building |
| 25/4913 | Conditional permission | 3 Oct 2025 | — | 365 m | Permission for a change of use from a restaurant/café to a credit union premises which will include; 1) a public open space, 2) private interview room, 3) kitchenette, staff area and toilets, 4) storage areas, 5) installation of new street signage and 6) associated minor internal modifications. |
| 25/4344 | Conditional | 25 Jun 2025 | — | 40 m | Permission for retention for: a) the front access and drive from the public road as constructed which included the removal of the front boundary wall, b) modular unit for use as home office and gym as constructed in the rear garden, c) the rear access as built and used from the lane way and all associated site works |
| 25/4774 | Conditional permission | 19 Jun 2025 | — | 478 m | The development will consist of a mixed development comprising of a commercial unit on the ground floor and short-term accommodation on the floors above as set out below: (a) Permission to carry out works to a Protected Structure to include partial demolition of internal walls, provision of a new staircase and the partial demolition of rear walls to accommodate rear extensions at ground floor and second floor. (b) Development at the ground floor to include internal renovations of the existing vacant commercial unit to provide a coffee shop and the refurbishment of the existing bar area for private use. (c) Construction of a single storey rear extension at ground floor level as ancillary use to include toilets, bin and bicycle storage. (d) Change of use of the existing first floor residential unit and internal alterations to provide 2 x No.1 bedroom short-term accommodation units. (e) Change of use of the existing second floor residential unit and internal alterations to provide 1 x No. studio and 1 x No. 1 bedroom short-term accommodation units. (f) Alterations to the existing rear elevation to include the construction of a new extension at second floor level. (g) Alterations to the existing front elevation to include the construction of a new shopfront with all associated site development works. (Protected Structure RPS no. 1093, NIAH ref no. 20806022). |
| 24/5860 | Conditional | 9 Jun 2025 | — | 260 m | Permission to construct a dwelling, garage (domestic use) alterations to existing splayed entrance to provide a 2nd entrance for proposed new dwelling and all ancillary works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321128 | — | Refused | 5 Jan 2026 | 186 m |
| 321035 | — | Refused | 21 Oct 2025 | 428 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
- 9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 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.