Observation pack · Cork County Council

Knocknagarrane, Crossmahon, Bandon, Co.Cork

Permission for a) Change of use of a disused former school building listed as a Protected Structure to a domestic dwelling, b) Permission to Construct extension to the rear, c) construct a partial 2nd floor mezzanine and 2 no. rooflights to existing dwelling, d) erect solar panels to roof, e) installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, f) alterations to the existing roadside boundary to facilitate the construction of a new vehicular entrance.

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2450 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Technical Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,283 m²
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 16 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=26/2450.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2450 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 27 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
G3 High amenity	Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Cross Mahon National Schools

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1637	Grant with conditions	14 Sept 2026	—	439 m	Permission for the redesign of a previously permitted development under Planning Permission Ref. No. 22/5056. The proposed development consists of the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works.
25/4760	Conditional	17 Jun 2025	—	479 m	Permission for alterations & extension to dwelling house consisting of; to demolish rear attached shed & construct a single storey side extension, elevational changes & all associated site works
22/5311	Refused	20 Mar 2023	—	495 m	The erection of 8 no. 20m high floodlights to serve an existing playing pitch and training area and all ancillary works
22/5056	Conditional permission	14 Oct 2022	—	440 m	The construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
21/7358	Conditional	16 Mar 2022	—	5 m	The existing single-storey detached dwelling as constructed, the existing single-storey domestic garage as constructed and all ancillary site works
21/6254	Conditional	18 Jan 2022	—	431 m	The construction of a domestic dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312722	—	Withdrawn	8 Mar 2022	431 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

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 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.