Observation pack · Cork County Council

40, The Meadows, Fermoy, Cork, P61V678

Permission to construct a two-storey extension and alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works to facilitate this development. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 21/5875

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 11 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: 26/2512 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Extension of Duration
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 408 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2512.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2512 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 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.
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
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 × 1
Duntahane House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1736	Grant with conditions	21 Aug 2026	—	318 m	Permission for alterations to the previously granted planning application reference 24/4484. The proposed alterations include:- a) The 1 no. ancillary accommodation unit, permitted under application 24/4484 will not be constructed. b) The 3 no. domestic shed structures, permitted under application 24/4484 will not be constructed, c) Construction of a new detached garage building, comprising of garage area, garden shed and carport, all under one roof. The works proposed under item c) include all associated site works.
26/1698	Grant with conditions	18 Aug 2026	—	104 m	planning permission to construct a single storey porch extension to the front of an existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
25/4743	Conditional permission	11 Nov 2025	—	449 m	Permission for proposed dwelling house and all associated site works.
25/4042	Conditional	12 May 2025	—	181 m	Permission to demolish existing rear extension at ground floor and first floor, construct new single storey extension at rear and new first floor extension at rear, construct new pitched tiled roof to replace existing flat roof at existing rear two storey extension, alterations to elevations of dwelling house including new ground floor bay window at south western side, new first floor window at rear elevation, new windows at ground floor at south west and north east facing sides, new velux roof window at main roof at front elevation, construct new detached storey and half type domestic garage with games room at first floor level at rear garden and all associated site works.
25/4056	Conditional	14 Mar 2025	—	382 m	Permission to demolish an existing sunroom to the rear of existing dwellinghouse and planning permission to erect a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
24/4958	Conditional	18 Jul 2024	—	477 m	Permission for single storey extension at ground floor to the front of existing dwelling, internal alterations to the existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations including new/re-arranged window and door openings and external material alterations, the conversion of an attic space for habitable use including alterations to existing roof lights to rear roof, provision of a new gable window to side and new roof lights to the front, landscaping and all associated site development works.
24/4484	Conditional permission	24 Jun 2024	—	318 m	Permission demolition of existing extension to dwelling house and 2 number out buildings, construction of new extension to dwelling house, alterations to dwelling house, construction of 1 number ancillary accommodation unit, construction of 3 number domestic shed structures and all external and associated site works
24/4125	Conditional	25 Mar 2024	—	428 m	Permission to demolish an existing sunroom to rear of existing dwelling house and permission to erect a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, new window to north elevation of existing dwelling house and widen existing site entrance and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313776	—	Granted with conditions	29 Aug 2023	399 m
310728	—	Granted with conditions	23 Nov 2021	458 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

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.