Observation pack · Cork County Council
Dromleigh South and, Sheskin,, Bantry, Co. Cork
Permission is being sought for a residential development consisting of 45no. dwelling houses and 8no. apartments, and all associated site works including installation of roads, footpaths, playground and amenity areas, vehicle and bike parking, public lighting installation, services, landscaping and adjustments to existing adjoining public road and footpaths
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 6 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
- 26/2468 · 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
- 3.60 ha
- 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=26/2468.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2468at 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. | cork county development plan 2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| R1 New residential | Residential: Promote development mainly for housing, associated open space, community uses and, only where an acceptable standard of amenity can be maintained, a limited range of other uses that support the overall residential function of the area. | cork county development plan 2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | 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 |
| R2 Existing residential | 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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0979 | Grant with conditions | 19 Aug 2026 | — | 452 m | The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail warehouse building and the construction of a music and events centre to comprise: • A multi-purpose auditorium (1105.5sqm) incorporating a 271-seat performance hall and associated ancillary rooms and spaces including reception and ticket office, foyer, changing rooms, shower and toilets, technical support rooms, green room, offices and stores; • A linked 3-storey education hub (691sqm) incorporating a ground floor café / bar (105sqm), and teaching and rehearsal rooms, a multi-purpose performance space, and other ancillary rooms on upper floors; • A separate 2-storey plant building to rear incorporating ESB substation, switch room and external stairs; • Building and site signage to include 3no. flagpoles at site entrance onto Bridge Street; • Landscaping, boundary treatment, and on site public realm works; • 2no. universal access parking spaces to the front, 2no. staff parking spaces to the rear. • 40no. cycle parking spaces, including 10no. covered cycle spaces in a bike shelter to the rear; • Modifications and improvements to existing vehicular entrance onto Bridge Street and new service and emergency gate to rear onto Market Lane; • All other associated plant, telecommunications infrastructure, utility connections, public lighting, drainage and other site development works. |
| 26/0822 | Grant with conditions | 21 May 2026 | — | 332 m | Permission for relocation of approved dwelling house and change of site boundaries from those approved under previous planning reference 25/00146 |
| 25/6187 | Conditional permission | 1 Dec 2025 | — | 396 m | Construct a new vehicular entrance off the public roadway to serve the existing dwelling along with all associated site works |
| 25/261 | Conditional permission | 19 Aug 2025 | — | 473 m | Alterations and extension to a dwelling house. Works include alterations and one new window opening to the existing dwelling and apart single storey and part two storey extension to the existing bungalow and associated site works |
| 25/356 | Conditional permission | 14 Aug 2025 | — | 274 m | Permission for Retention of two portacabins for staff changing facilities |
| 25/253 | Conditional | 20 Jun 2025 | — | 272 m | Permission for retention for the following works to existing dwelling: - (A) For entrance porch to South facing front elevation. (B) For conservatory to North facing rear elevation. (C) For conversion of attached garage to extend liviing area of said dwelling. (D) For conversion of existing attic space to habitable use and for alterations to same including dormer window and roof lights. (E) For fenestration changes to windows and doors throughout the dwelling. (F) For detached garden shed. (G) For alterations to entrance walls to said dwelling and for all associated site works |
| 25/227 | Conditional | 11 Jun 2025 | — | 475 m | Permission for the following changes to dwelling house permitted under planning reference 22/00397 and currently constructed to ground floor level: (i) retention of changes to design of rear (south-west) annex, (ii) permisison for change of design of dwelling house, (iii) permission for construction of detached domestic store / garden room and (iv) all associated site works |
| 25/146 | Conditional permission | 1 May 2025 | — | 318 m | Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502114 | — | pending | 10 Sept 2026 | 452 m |
| 318789 | — | Refused | 24 Jun 2024 | 119 m |
| 315971 | — | Granted with conditions | 7 Mar 2024 | 147 m |
| 314742 | — | Refused | 9 Feb 2024 | 0 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
- 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.