Cooline, Ballyvoloon, Cobh, Co. Cork
Permission is sought by Cobh Manor Property Developments Limited for the construction of a two- storey creche/ childcare facility with car parking, bicycle parking, bin storage, private outdoor play area and associated landscaping and site works at Cooline, Ballyvoloon, Cobh, Co. Cork. These works are proposed to comply with / in response to Condition No. 4 of a previous grant of planning permission under Planning Reference No. 22/5488 which was granted on appeal by An Coimisiún Pleanála under Reference No. ABP -317536 – 23.
The application
- Reference
- 26/2497 · 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
- 4,809 m²
- Received
- 25 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 19 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=26/2497.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2497at 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 30 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.
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0228 | Grant with conditions | 30 Mar 2026 | — | 283 m | Permission for Retention and Completion of single storey detached domestic garage to the side of existing dwelling house and all associated site works. |
| 25/5474 | Conditional permission | 9 Feb 2026 | — | 352 m | Construction of 98 no. residential units (comprising a mix of 32 no. 2, 3, & 4 bed detached, semi-detached and terraced houses and 66 no. 1, 2 and 3 bed duplexes/apartments. 10 no. houses will have the option of a ground floor annex to the rear of the proposed dwellings) and all associated ancillary development works including the undergrounding of existing 38kV ESB line traversing the site, access, footpaths, parking, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development is via the Orchard/College Manor with pedestrian/cycle access via College Lawn and the Crescent. The proposed development comprises phase 2 of a two-phase residential development at this location. |
| 25/6294 | Grant with conditions | 18 Dec 2025 | — | 401 m | Permission to construct a new single storey front entrance porch to existing dwelling house, construct a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, elevational changes to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works. |
| 25/5880 | Grant with conditions | 5 Nov 2025 | — | 433 m | Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey rear extension and external shed, elevational changes to include the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear elevation and the construction of a new porch to the front elevation of existing dwelling house and all associated stie works |
| 25/5777 | Refused | 28 Oct 2025 | — | 177 m | Retention planning permission for car port to front garden |
| 25/5736 | Conditional permission | 22 Oct 2025 | — | 248 m | Permission to construct a new single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, elevational changes and all associated site works. |
| 25/4980 | Conditional permission | 15 Jul 2025 | — | 305 m | SHD Permission (ref 306131) for 237 no. residential units (183 no. house, 54 no. apartments), Childcare Facility and associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. ABP-306131 |
| 24/5941 | Conditional | 23 Jun 2025 | — | 309 m | Retention Permission to retain as constructed an existing two storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house, and a first floor window on the south gable elevation of the existing permitted two storey dwelling (permitted under planning ref. 06/4433) is sought. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323970 | — | Other | 24 Mar 2026 | 279 m |
| 319302 | — | Refused | 4 Mar 2025 | 292 m |
| 321113 | — | Other | 14 Feb 2025 | 279 m |
| 318608 | — | Other | 22 Jan 2025 | 393 m |
| 317536 | — | Granted with conditions | 15 Oct 2024 | 0 m |
| 315407 | — | Other | 7 Feb 2024 | 393 m |
| 316368 | — | Other | 23 Oct 2023 | 393 m |
| 308659 | — | Other | 16 Sept 2022 | 330 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
- 25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 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.