Observation pack · Cork County Council
12, College Lawn, College Manor, Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork, P24T189
Retention permission for; A) the attic conversion (20m2) to our existing dwelling house, this includes a dormer style development located to the rear (east) elevation which spans the width of the rear roof with 2 no. windows. B) The existing single storey porch extension (2.25m2) located to the front (west) elevation.
Observations close 4 Nov 2026 20 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2541 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission for Retention
- Status
- Awaiting Validation SRO
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 195 m²
- Received
- 30 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 24 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=26/2541.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2541at 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | CO-001:DP: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: CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORKCO CO-001:DP:cork-county-development-plan-2022 | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/6003 | Grant with conditions | 18 Jun 2026 | — | 206 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. |
| 26/0509 | Grant with conditions | 23 Apr 2026 | — | 231 m | Permission for alterations and extension to dwelling house consisting of part raising of roof to extend first floor area, elevational changes and any associated site works. |
| 25/6126 | Grant with conditions | 9 Feb 2026 | — | 456 m | the construction of 2 no. three storey apartment buildings containing 33 no. 2 bedroom apartment units and all associated site development works at Inis Álainn, Carrignafoy, Cobh, Co. Cork. One of the proposed apartment buildings will provide for a ground floor creche facility. The proposed development is a change of plan application from that previously permitted by Cork County Council Planning Reference 21/5240 (ABP-313634-22) and comprises the replacement of 2 no. permitted three storey apartment/duplex buildings which contained 16 no. apartment/duplex units and a two storey detached creche building. Ancillary site works include the provision of bicycle and bin storage facilities and amendments to permitted public open space areas. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the estate entrance and internal road network of the existing Inis Álainn residential development. |
| 25/5474 | Conditional permission | 9 Feb 2026 | — | 156 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. |
| 25/5326 | Conditional permission | 27 Aug 2025 | — | 107 m | A) Permission to construct a single storey extension to the front (West) elevation, B) Retention Permission for the as built existing single storey rear extension (37.9m²). *Note: Rear extension was previously granted Permission under PL. Reg. No. 21/05915, but this existing extension at the time was built bigger, the parapet overhang was revised and some ope revisions to the rear and side (South) elevations of existing dwelling. |
| 25/5024 | Conditional permission | 22 Jul 2025 | — | 329 m | Permission for the demolition of the existing adjoining garage and outbuildings, construction of a new extension to the existing dwelling house, modifications to existing layout and fenestration, enhanced landscape and all associated site development works. |
| 24/5941 | Conditional | 23 Jun 2025 | — | 319 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. |
| 25/4601 | Conditional permission | 27 May 2025 | — | 362 m | Permission for the construction of 63 no. dwelling houses comprising of 30 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached/terraced dwellings and 33 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached/terraced dwellings and all associated site development works. The proposed development is a change of plan and change of house type application from that previously permitted by Cork County Council planning reference 19/4376 (as amended by planning reference 20/4244) and extended by planning reference 24/6184 and will result in the construction of an additional 2 no. dwellings from that currently permitted. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the estate entrance and internal road network of the existing Inis Álainn residential development. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324052 | — | Granted | 14 Apr 2026 | 356 m |
| 323970 | — | Other | 24 Mar 2026 | 0 m |
| 321113 | — | Other | 14 Feb 2025 | 0 m |
| 318608 | — | Other | 22 Jan 2025 | 0 m |
| 317536 | — | Granted with conditions | 15 Oct 2024 | 450 m |
| 315407 | — | Other | 7 Feb 2024 | 0 m |
| 313634 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jan 2024 | 366 m |
| 315274 | — | Refused | 3 Jan 2024 | 238 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
- 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 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.