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24 Rock Brook, Baneshane, Midleton, Co. Cork. P25 F6H3

Permission for :- 1) Construction of a new single storey extension to the north and south side elevations; 2) Construction of a single storey home office to the rear garden connected to the new northern single storey extension by a connecting low pitch roof; 3) Changes to the existing elevations to allow for new windows and doors; and all associated site works, all to the existing two storey detached dwelling.

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
26/2504 · 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
674 m²
Received
28 Sept 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
23 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2504.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2504 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 2 Nov 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
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 surroundingcork county development plan 20226 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Cork County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
25/6614Grant with conditions3 Feb 2026—227 mPermission for continuance use of existing detached pre-fabricated classroom accommodation for use as a Pre-school to the rear of the existing crèche (previously granted no. 16/6431) and all associated site works
25/4395Conditional1 May 2025—204 mPermission for a single storey rear extension to an existing detached dwelling. Elevational changes including the addition of a sliding door and high level window to the western elevation, the alteration of windows and addition of a door to the eastern elevation and change of the roof on an existing extension from pitched to flat. Along with site and ancillary works as required.
25/4048Conditional14 Mar 2025—227 mPermission to convert existing attic space to provide an office, staff room and store room, to install velux windows on the roof (eastern side), to install dormer windows on the roof (western side), to carry out internal and external modifications to existing building and all associated site works.
24/6328Conditional7 Feb 2025—413 mPermission for retention of septic tank & percolation area serving existing dwelling house and associated site works
23/6451Conditional8 Feb 2024—299 mPermission for construction of a part single storey/part two storey detached dwelling, a detached single storey car port / garage, a new vehicular entrance onto public road with all associated site development works.
23/5440Unconditional24 Oct 2023—145 mConstruction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/6604
23/5170Refused1 Aug 2023—145 mConstruction of 65 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including access, parking, drainage (including pumping station) and landscaping _ Extension of Duration of Planning Reference Number 17/6604.
23/4650Refused30 May 2023—20 mConstruction of a new vehicular access road from the existing L-76491-0 road to connect to the residential development permitted under 17/6604 to the east (currently under construction) including 1 no. raised table at the proposed junction to the L-76491-0 and all associated ancillary development works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 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.