Observation pack · Cork County Council

Amber Heights, Lake Road, Ringmeen, Cobh, Co. Cork. P24 PT91

Permission for alterations to dwellinghouse to include :- a) Single storey ground floor rear & side extension, b) First floor rear & side extension to include full length dormer, c) Demolition of existing shed to rear of dwellinghouse.

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2410 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,440 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 10 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=26/2410.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2410 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 21 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
R3 Rural cluster	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	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: Cork County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Cork County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 6
The Gables · The Hollies · Gort na Fleur

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1077	Grant with conditions	15 Sept 2026	—	69 m	Permission for construction of 1) new two storey rear extension, 2) material alterations to ground and first floor plans, 3) new lean-to roof to existing side extension, 4) new side window to existing side extension, 5) two number velux roof lights to the front elevation, 6) pedestrian access gate to rear garden, 7) elevational alterations to front elevation by removal of existing eaves overhang on either side of existing porch, 8) new rear landscaped garden with integrated seating. Works shall include the following 9) demolition of existing chimney stack, 10) demolition of existing flat roof to side extension and to make existing chimney stack, 10) demolition of existing flat roof to side extension and to make provision for a new window to existing side extension, 11) demolition of rear structural wall for new two storey rear extension, 12) partial demolition of rear timber boundary fence for new pedestrian access gate, 13) to the existing two storey dwelling house and all ancillary site works
26/1971	Grant with conditions	14 Sept 2026	—	422 m	Permission for modifications to our existing dwelling house, namely; 1) construction of a single-storey extension to the side(east) and rear of the existing dwelling, 2) conversion of the existing attic space to habitable space, 3) insertion of velux rooflights on rear roof of the existing dwelling house, 4) insert 1no. window ope at ground floor level on the rear elevation of the existing dwelling and 5) all associated site works.
26/1607	Grant with conditions	10 Aug 2026	—	342 m	Permission to construct a new single-storey side & rear extension to his existing dwelling house and all associated site works
25/5458	Grant with conditions	10 Mar 2026	—	435 m	Permission for 1) demolition of single storey extensions to the side of the existing dwelling, 2) construction of single storey extensions to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, 3) alterations to the driveway and elevations of the existing dwelling, a protected structure (PS. no. 01824) and all associated site works
25/6754	Grant with conditions	10 Feb 2026	—	372 m	Permission for the construction of single-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
25/6636	Unconditional permission	29 Jan 2026	—	279 m	Permission for the construction of 1 no. proposed new dwelling and all associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 21/5952
25/6594	Grant with conditions	28 Jan 2026	—	331 m	Permission for a single storey front, side and rear extension to his dwellinghouse.
25/4754	Conditional permission	5 Sept 2025	—	248 m	Permission for construction of two storey extension and alterations to existing single storey dwellinghouse, construction of first floor extension to existing attic space with dormer to front and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502153	—	Invalid	24 Sept 2026	69 m
317955	—	Granted with conditions	3 May 2024	346 m
318549	—	pending	28 Nov 2023	318 m
308659	—	Other	16 Sept 2022	496 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.