Observation pack · Cork County Council

Dooneens, Millstreet, Co. Cork, P51 PFP8

Permission to :- a) Revise site boundaries, b) Demolish existing single storey annex, along with open shed to rear of dwelling, c) Renovate existing dwelling, allowing for elevational changes, d) Construct a single storey extension to the rear of dwelling, e) Decommission existing septic tank and install a mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, f) Creation of new vehicular entrance and drive, g) All associated site work.

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2465 · 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: 3,620 m²
Received: 22 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=26/2465.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2465 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/6661	Grant with conditions	4 Feb 2026	—	146 m	Permission for Retention to retain elevational changes to existing dwelling house and to retain domestic garage as constructed and Permission to construct a new single storey entrance porch to the front of existing dwelling house and construct a domestic storage shed.
24/6119	Conditional permission	17 Jul 2025	—	273 m	Permission for carpark alterations. These alterations will include the following: the partial demolition and relocation of stone walls at the entrance to the train station to widen the current vehicular access, revisions to car parking layout to include a c.3,018m2 extension of the existing car park to the east creating a total number of 66 no. car parking spaces, including 7 no. EV charging spaces and 5 no. accessible parking bays, 10 no. bicycling parking spaces, a bicycle shelter, bus set down areas, the creation of bus interchange area to west, including the demolition of an existing road boundary wall, improved accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists, a pedestrian crossing point to link the bus interchange area with the train station, retaining walls, public lighting, railings and all associated site works. Millstreet train station is a protected structure RPS no. 00323
24/5350	Conditional	22 Oct 2024	—	263 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

22 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.