Observation pack · Cork County Council

Shanagarry North, Midleton, Co.Cork

Permission for construction of detached storey and a half type dwelling, decommission of existing agriculture entrance and construction of new shared entrance, installation of waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 9 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: 26/2487 · 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: 1,785 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=26/2487.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2487 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/6263	Grant with conditions	25 Feb 2026	—	141 m	Permission for the construction of a residential development comprising of 10 no. single storey detached four-bedroom dwellings, each dwelling serviced by individual waste water treatment units, roadways, landscaping, public open space and all associated site works. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the existing Hay Field development entrance onto the R632
25/5884	Grant with conditions	7 Jan 2026	—	432 m	Permission for the construction of dwelling house and attached garage, new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
25/5233	Conditional permission	17 Nov 2025	—	379 m	Permission for construction of a dwelling house, attached carport and all associated site works.
25/4568	Conditional permission	5 Sept 2025	—	475 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, install a new wastewater treatment unit & Percolation area & all associated site works. Permission to install a new treatment unit & percolation area to serve the existing dwelling house
23/6202	Conditional	14 Dec 2023	—	87 m	As constructed single-storey extension to rear of dwelling to that previously granted under Pl.Ref.No. S/1088/86 and all ancillary site works.
23/4100	Conditional	26 Oct 2023	—	127 m	Residential development comprising of 10 no. single storey detached four-bedroom dwellings and 7 no. two storey detached four-bedroom dwellings, each dwelling serviced by an individual waste water treatment unit. New site entrance, roadways, landscaping, public open space including children’s play area, & all associated site works.
23/4834	Conditional permission	19 Jun 2023	—	474 m	Permission for retention of existing dwelling house as constructed, entrance and site boundaries as constructed and all associated site works.
22/4765	Conditional	27 Sept 2022	—	276 m	Construction of detached story and a half type dwelling and all ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500712	—	Granted	5 Jun 2026	433 m
500011	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jan 2026	475 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.