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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Rathanker, Passage West, Co.Cork

Permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a new site entrance and site specific treatment unit and all associated site works

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 22 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
26/2408 · 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
3,067 m²
Received
15 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
9 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=26/2408.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2408 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 20 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

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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
24/4022Conditional2 Apr 2024—251 mPermission for construction of single storey extension to front of existing dwelling consisting of bedroom & shower room.
23/4792Conditional8 Jun 2023—9 mPermission for; 1) the construction of single storey extensions to the front & rear of existing dwelling, 2) elevational alterations to the side of an existing dwelling, 3) the construction of a detached domestic use garden room/workshop to the rear of the dwelling on the site, 4) the repositioning of the proposed waste water treatment system on site- different from that granted previously under planning ref. 21/4150 and 5) all other associated site works
21/6619Conditional17 Nov 2021—312 m1. Removal of the existing roof, 2. Construction of a first floor extension with new roof, a new front porch, and a ground floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling, 3. Alterations to all elevations to include 4 no. rooflights, and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 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.