St Gobnait’s Well, Glebe, Ballymakeera, Co. Cork.
The St Gobnait’s Shrine Committee intends to apply to Cork County Council for permission for development at St Gobnait’s Well, Glebe, Ballymakeera, Co. Cork. The proposed development will consist of the provision of a single accessible car parking space within the site to facilitate vehicular access to St Gobnait’s Well. The development will also include the construction of a new vehicular entrance, driveway, and all associated site works. The works are within the St. Gobnait’s Monastery Special Policy Area and within the curtilage and setting of protected structures identified in both the 2014 and 2022 County Development Plans, including RPS 369 – Monastic Settlement (Teampeall Gobnaitan), RPS 1.306 – Glebe House, and RPS 1.362 – Porridge House.
The application
- Reference
- 26/2519 · 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
- 3,239 m²
- Received
- 29 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=26/2519.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2519at 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 3 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 Metro / rail economic corridor | Special Policy Area: Recognise that there are a small number of sites within the urban areas of the County where the normal land use zoning requirements do not apply. | 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 × 1Saint Gobnet's Church (Ballyvourney)
- Recorded monument × 6Graveyard · Church · Church
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0564 | Grant with conditions | 14 Jul 2026 | — | 398 m | Permission to construct a new dwelling house. |
| 25/5307 | Conditional permission | 22 Jan 2026 | — | 350 m | Permission for construction of a new dwelling house, new entrance, wastewater treatment system and bored water well together with all ancillary site works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 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.