Observation pack · Cork County Council

Duplex Apartment Daniel's, Market Square, Dunmanway, P47 T299

construction of new dormer windows (replacing existing roof windows) and all associated site works to Duplex Apartment

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 5 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: 26/2486 · 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: 101 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=26/2486.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2486 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 15
house · shop/retail outlet · shop/retail outlet

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/2115	Grant with conditions	5 Oct 2026	—	207 m	Permission for Retention of two storey domestic storage building as constructed and all associated site works
26/0050	Grant with conditions	17 Apr 2026	—	368 m	Permission for Retention for the following: a) An electrical plant room extension to the southern elevation of the existing café/restaurant and b) Installation of fire exit door to southern elevation of the existing café/restaurant from that granted under Planning Reference 12/98. Planning Permission for a change of use from a café/restaurant to a restaurant with take away along with all associated site works
26/0414	Refused	15 Apr 2026	—	0 m	Change of use of existing duplex dwelling unit above fast food outlet to short term letting residential unit, construction of new dormer windows (replacing existing roof windows) and all associated site works
25/328	Conditional permission	19 Sept 2025	—	212 m	Renovation to terraced house including demolition of 37sqm of previous extensions and the addition of an extension (78.6sqm) both over two storeys to it's rear yard
24/224	Conditional permission	16 Jan 2025	—	37 m	Upgrade works to the existing wastewater network and all associated site development works: 1. Decommissioning of 485 linear meters of sewers along the north bank of the Sally (Dirty) River, in addition to the upstream river crossing, and 648 linear meters of sewer from the Quarry Road Pumping Station to the Clonakilty Road (R-599) via Brookpark including 2 no. existing river crossings of the Sally (Dirty) River and Brewery River. The existing sewers and manholes will be removed where the new pipeline coincides with the existing pipeline (approximately 305m of pipeline in total). All other sections of pipeline will be left in situ when decommissioned. 2. Upgrading and replacement of foul sewer consisting of the laying of c.1,267 linear metres of new underground pipework and associated manholes across public roads (L-4620, L-8691, L-8680, R-599) and private lands, including provision of 3 no. watercourse crossings at the Sally (Dirty) River and Brewery River. 3. Upgrades to Quarry Road Pumping Station consisting of the provision of 2 no. additional storm tanks, inlet screen, 3 no. new storm pumps, rising main diversions, interconnecting pipework and chambers, odour and electrical control infrastructure, overhead cabling, relocation of existing pole-mounted transformer, photovoltaic panels with associated controls / interfaces, provision of new control kiosks and adjustments to perimeter fencing. 4. Upgrades to Longbridge Pumping Station consisting of 1 no. additional storm overflow tank, inlet screen, 3 no. new storm pumps, replacement of existing foul pumps and macerator with 2 no. submersible electric pumps, interconnecting pipework and chambers, replacement outfall pipe, rising main diversions, odour and electrical control infrastructure, overhead cabling, photovoltaic panels with associated controls / interfaces, relocation of existing terminal pole and the existing control kiosk, provision of new control kiosks, and adjustments to perimeter fencing. 5. Tree removal and replacement planting, landscaping, and all associated site development and reinstatement works including ancillaries and excavation works above and below ground for the proposed works. The project will be constructed in the Dunmanway Agglomeration area licenced under the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) (WWDA) Regulations 2007 (Licence D0160-01 A). This application relates to a proposed development which requires a review of the existing WWDA Licence. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. The planning application and the NIS may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, Norton House, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, during its public opening hours i.e. 9.00a.am. to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
24/233	Conditional	3 Jul 2024	—	235 m	Permission to demolish existing WC. Permission is also sought to partly alter layout of St. Mary's Church (Protected Structure) to provide a meeting room and permission to construct extension, comprising of 2 wheelchair accessible toilets.
23/584	Conditional	7 Dec 2023	—	354 m	Permission to demolish existing two-storey rear extension to dwelling and permission to construct two-storey rear extension also to existing dwelling and all associated site works
22/643	Conditional	7 Dec 2022	—	469 m	The sub-division of an existing dwelling house into 3 no. apartments, including the reinstatement of the internal historic fabric, demolitions, alterations, elevational changes and the provision of 3 no. Balcony areas: the widening of an existing site entrance onto Chapel Street, the provision of 6 no. car-parking spaces, and all associated site works all to a Protected Structure (RPS ID 00682)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316715	—	Other	8 Sept 2023	290 m
316719	—	Other	8 Sept 2023	382 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.