Observation pack · Cork County Council

3, Ait Alainn, Cullenagh, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork. P72 XK65

Permission to construct single storey extension to front of dwelling (west elevation) to include internal alterations to room layouts on ground floor, alter sunroom wall by replacing glazing with solid wall construction (north elevation), replace existing ground floor window on south elevation of dwelling with new patio doors and to construct a detached single storey building to side garden area consisting of utility and storeroom.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2481 · 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: 664 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 18 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=26/2481.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2481 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 29 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 2
Fulacht fia · R185718

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/6510	Grant with conditions	30 Mar 2026	—	464 m	Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, a detached domestic garage also accommodating a home office/gym, a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
25/6212	Grant with conditions	10 Dec 2025	—	420 m	Permission for the construction of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
25/5754	Conditional permission	27 Oct 2025	—	183 m	Permission for the construction of a domestic garage with loft area storage, along with all associated site works
25/5339	Conditional permission	19 Sept 2025	—	60 m	Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, change of house design from that previously granted planning permission reference 17/592 and 22/6115 and all associated site works
25/4880	Conditional	2 Jul 2025	—	56 m	Permission for change of design of two-storey dwelling house, as granted under planning permission reg numbers 17/592 & 22/6115 and all associated site works
24/5214	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	—	278 m	Retention of alterations to the house design granted under planning permission Ref: 994400.
24/5021	Conditional	26 Jul 2024	—	486 m	Permission to construct a dormer type extension to the front (Northern Aspect) of our existing dwelling house and to extend the length of the existing rear facing (Southern Aspect) velux windows
24/4077	Conditional	15 Mar 2024	—	329 m	Permission for extension and alterations to two storey dwelling house and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320632	—	Granted with conditions	20 Feb 2025	486 m
320585	—	Invalid	20 Aug 2024	486 m
317598	—	Granted with conditions	5 Apr 2024	89 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 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.