Observation pack · Cork County Council

Building No.2, Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork

Planning Permission for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be mounted on the rooftop of an existing production building and all associated ancillary infrastructure. PV Panels will not extend above parapet line. The development is located at Building No.2, Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive(EU)2023/2024) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 2 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: 26/2457 · 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: 1.20 ha
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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=26/2457.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2457 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
C6 Waterfront	Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses: Facilitate development that supports in general the employment uses of the Existing Mixed/General Business/ Industrial Areas.	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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1277	Grant with conditions	11 Aug 2026	—	480 m	Planning permission for works to upgrade the existing Waste Water Treatment Plant to the south of the existing production facility, including the following: a) the demolition of an existing control building, electrical kiosk and below ground clarifier tank, b) the construction of 1 no. single storey control building, the provision of an above ground SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor) tank, an above ground sludge holding tank, a below ground inlet balance tank and an above ground inlet screen chamber and c) all associated modifications and site development works at Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork.
25/6055	Grant with conditions	21 Nov 2025	—	16 m	Permission for the construction of 4 no. disabled car parking spaces and associated site works for use ancillary to their existing production facility
25/4702	Conditional permission	30 Jul 2025	—	14 m	Permission for the construction of 1) a new three-level extension to the north elevation of the existing production building 02, 2) a new five-level extension to the eastern elevation of the existing production building 02 , 3) roof mounted plant and external plant, 4) additional signage, 5) provision of 20 no. car spaces (19 car spaces and 1 no. EV) together with all associated site development works, including demolition of external plant and equipment, relocation of existing vent tank and bund to the south of the existing production building 02, provision of 2 no. water tanks, local modifications to internal site roads, footpaths and underground drainage utility services. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an industrial emissions directive licence. Hovione is notified as a lower tier establishment under the major accidents directive (as enacted by S.I.209 of 2015)
23/4846	Conditional	22 Jun 2023	—	82 m	Construction of a new single storey building extension to the west side of existing administration/canteen building together with all associated site works. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control Licence.
22/6786	Conditional	19 Apr 2023	—	160 m	The development will consist of the construction of a new single storey office building extension to the north side of the existing administration building, additional parking together with all associated site works. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control Licence.
22/5672	Conditional	7 Sept 2022	—	0 m	Planning permission for a weathered enclosure to existing external mechanical equipment and associated site works at the existing facility.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.