Observation pack · Cork County Council

Dun Farraige,, Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork

Planning Permission for the construction of a detached two-storey dwelling, including a new waste-water connection to the public system and all associated site development works at Dun Farraige, Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork. The proposed works are within the curtilage of Belmont Military Depot which is listed on the Record of Protected Structures: RPS 02065.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 window closed

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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 26/2489 · 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: 1,030 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=26/2489.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2489 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
R3 Rural cluster	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
R3 Rural cluster	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 × 3
Merton Lodge · Cove Fort · Cove Fort
Recorded monument × 2
Battery · R179245

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1100	Grant with conditions	23 Jun 2026	—	345 m	The construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the house, new front porch and elevational changes to the front of the house and all associated site works.
25/6003	Grant with conditions	18 Jun 2026	—	365 m	Permission for 1) demolition of the existing single storey school buildings (area c.3970m2) on the site, 2) construction of an 8,982m2 part one, two ,three storey replacement 600-pupil post-primary school building and associated facilities comprising: i) 23 no. general classrooms, 6 no. specialist classrooms, 4 no. science laboratories, 3 no. technology rooms, 2no. art classrooms, 2 no. home economics classrooms, a 4 no. class base Special Education Needs unit, ii) a general purpose/dining area, multi-use PE hall, library, administration offices, staff room, pupil social areas, fitness suite and changing room facilities, iii) hard and soft landscaping to a central external courtyard, iv) an external play area/sensory garden adjacent to the Special Education Needs unit. v) installation of solar PV panels to the roof, 3) all other associated site works required to facilitate the proposed development including; i) the provision of 4 no. hard play court areas, ii) the retention of an existing grass playing pitch and the retention of an existing all-weather sports surface, iii) the relocation of the vehicular site entrance to the east of the existing vehicular entrance with provision of an air source heat pump enclosure adjacent to the new school entrance, iv) the provision of 58 no. car-parking spaces including 6 no. accessible spaces, car set-down facilities and 172 no. bicycle parking spaces, v) construction of a single storey bin store and ESB substation, and a separate LPG gas tank enclosure to the west of the school site, vi) upgraded perimeter/boundary landscaping and fences, 4) works in the public realm outside the school site to include relocation of existing on-street carparking spaces to the east along Carrignafoy Avenue and new connecting footpaths.
26/0427	Grant with conditions	16 Apr 2026	—	25 m	Full Planning Permission for (A) the renovation and conversion of an existing 'Old Coal Yard' shed, to a Gym/Storage & Entertaining/Playroom, with elevational changes, external steps & raised roof level, (B) Full Planning Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, new vehicular entrance and connection to public sewer, together with all other ancillary site works. The proposed development is adjacent to the battery of Cove Fort, which is a protected structure (Record of Protected Structures (RPS) ID 2065.
26/0430	Grant with conditions	15 Apr 2026	—	420 m	Full Planning Permission for a storey and a half extension to the South gable of existing bungalow, with elevational changes, 2No. roof-lights to proposed extended roof, the relocation of vehicular entrance, with all other ancillary site works.
25/6789	Grant with conditions	16 Feb 2026	—	223 m	The construction of a new 3 level tiered detached dwelling with road level attached garage, new site entrance and all associated site works (Change of design from that granted under 23/5796).
25/5856	Grant with conditions	3 Feb 2026	—	309 m	Permission of demolition of existing dwelling and attached store/boiler room and the construction of 2 No. two-storey detached dwellings, alterations to existing entrance to provide 2 No. vehicular entrances together with associated site services and development works.
25/5755	Conditional permission	28 Oct 2025	—	415 m	Permission for alterations to dwelling house to include; a) single storey rear extension to dwelling house, b) new external insulation to existing dwelling house, c) alterations to front elevation, d) and all associated site works
25/5719	Unconditional permission	21 Oct 2025	—	24 m	The proposed development will result in modifications to previously permitted residential development as granted under Reg. Refs. 14/05275 and An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL04. 244181 and 15/5755 and An Bord Pleanála Ref. Pl04.246068. The proposed development consists of the construction of 6 no. dwelling houses (change of house type from 4 no. permitted 2/3 storey 4 bedroom detached houses to 6 no. proposed 1 storey 2 bedroom detached houses, an increase in density and all associated site development works) on a site area measuring circa 0.34 hectares. The Boundary of the subject site is a Protected Structure. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4442.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500875	—	Granted with conditions	10 Jun 2026	309 m
316057	—	Other	23 Feb 2024	358 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.