Observation pack · Cork County Council

Site 1 Carrigfadda Heights, Carrigfadda, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Permission to construct a new two storey dwelling and all associated works on a serviced site, a change in design to that permitted under planning reference 25/455

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2581 · 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: 875 m²
Received: 6 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 30 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=26/2581.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2581 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 10 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

Recorded monument × 2
Ringfort - rath · R105899

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1647	Grant with conditions	13 Aug 2026	—	247 m	The construction of a new bay window extension to side elevation of dwelling, changes to existing dwelling elevations and all associated site works.
26/1324	Grant with conditions	10 Jul 2026	—	11 m	Permission to construct a new two storey dwelling and all associated works on a serviced site
26/1136	Grant with conditions	19 Jun 2026	—	452 m	Permission for retention of alterations to dwelling house permitted under permission 23-288, including basement storage and rear access road.
25/455	Grant with conditions	17 Apr 2026	—	0 m	Construct a new two storey dwelling and all associated works on a serviced site
25/458	Grant with conditions	17 Apr 2026	—	10 m	To construct a new two storey dwelling and all associated works on a serviced site
25/327	Conditional permission	26 Sept 2025	—	344 m	Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling house including bedroom extension to be used as part of attached Granny Flat. Also permission for garage/store and alterations to existing entrance along with all associated site development works
25/404	Conditional permission	9 Sept 2025	—	87 m	Construction of a dwellinghouse and associated works
25/211	Conditional permission	1 Aug 2025	—	300 m	The erection of 1 no. single storey modular building to provide 2 no. classrooms with associated SET room and toilets (211.8sqm) and all associated site development works, including all foul and surface water drainage works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.