Observation pack · Cork County Council
Lyonara Cold Stores, Gooldshill, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 YF58
1/ Construct 1 No. cold store extension (Cold Store 07) located to the front of the existing building. 2/ Construct 1 No. cold store extension (Cold Store 08) located to the side of the existing building. 3/ Construct 1 No. marshalling area extension located to side of existing building. 4/ Construct 1 No. surface water attenuation tank. 5/ Provision of solar panels to new roofs. 6/ Provision of concrete yard, circulation route including loading bay and access for fire tender, with all associated site works.
Observations close 16 Oct 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2377 · 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
- 3.03 ha
- Received
- 11 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 5 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=26/2377.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2377at 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.2 Economic development and employment | Industry: Promote the development of industrial areas as the primary location for uses that include heavy industry, manufacturing, repairs, medium to large scale warehousing and distribution, biomedical, pharmaceutical, bioenergy plants, open storage etc | CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| C2.2 Economic development and employment | Industry: Promote the development of industrial areas as the primary location for uses that include heavy industry, manufacturing, repairs, medium to large scale warehousing and distribution, biomedical, pharmaceutical, bioenergy plants, open storage etc | CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| M4 Major town centre | Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses: Facilitate development that supports in general the employment uses of the Existing Mixed/General Business/ Industrial Areas. | CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| 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.
Sources: CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022, CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022, CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022, 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 |
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Recorded monument × 1R179202
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/5261 | Conditional permission | 16 Feb 2026 | — | 442 m | 1) permission for the permanent retention of the following; a) alterations to the site entrance approved under PP ref no 14/4381, including lay-bys each side of the site access road for use as short term drop off parking and the use as day time light commercial vehicle sales display, gravel landscaping, seven no. flag poles, road markings and an additional sign b) two no. hardcore areas, used for commercial vehicle parking, c) nine no. former commercial goods trailers and shipping containers in two locations, eight used for vehicle parts storage and one used as horse feed and bedding store, including a roofed lean-to between two of the trailers. d) fence to the east boundary, 2) Permission for the demolition of existing compressor room ,3) permission for the following; a) the construction of two extensions to the existing commercial vehicle road worthiness testing centre incorporating one additional heavy commercial vehicle testing lane and one light commercial vehicle testing lane, b) the redesign and replacement of the south and west facades of the existing test centre. The application includes one EV charging point, new fencing, landscaping, road markings with in the site and associated site works. |
| 24/4735 | Conditional | 16 Jul 2024 | — | 313 m | Permission (change of plan from that granted under planning reference no. 23/4252) for a two-storey extension to the side of dwelling, replace existing septic tank with a secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works. |
| 23/5904 | Conditional | 31 May 2024 | — | 194 m | Permission for dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment plant, and all associated site works |
| 24/4299 | Conditional permission | 17 Apr 2024 | — | 0 m | Permission to retain and complete amendments to planning reference 21/7073. The amendments proposed to retain and complete are as follows: 1) reduction to the size of the previously approved front (eastern) extension, and construction of a new ESB substation & switch room. 2) Extend the size of the distribution & loading bay area to front of the previously approved southern extension. 3) installation of a back up generator to service the entire development and all ancillary works at Lyonara Cold Stores. |
| 23/4252 | Conditional | 21 Jul 2023 | — | 313 m | Two-storey extension to rear of dwelling, replace existing septic tank with secondary wastewater treatment and polishing filter and all associated site works |
| 22/6170 | Conditional | 6 Mar 2023 | — | 73 m | (1) Permission for retention of an existing ESB sub-station building (14.4sqm) and existing plant room building (10.3 sqm) and (2) Permission to construct a customer switch room building (10.6 sqm) attached to the western side of the existing ESB sub-station building. |
| 21/7073 | Conditional permission | 1 Feb 2023 | — | 0 m | 1/ Construct 1no. cold store extension to the side of the existing cold store building which will include loading bays and circulation routes. 2/ Construct an additional cold store extension located to the front of the existing cold store development. 3/ Provision of additional car park spaces and all ancillary works. |
| 21/6798 | Conditional | 2 Dec 2021 | — | 0 m | Erect 2,390.00m2 or 484.20 kW of photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the building in the Cold Store with all associated site works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.