Observation pack · Cork County Council

Dromalour Industrial Park, Dromalour, Kanturk, Co Cork

planning permission to (A) construct a building/shed for the depollution/dismantling of end of life vehicles and install a silt trap and interceptor (B) construct a storage shed for storage vehicle parts (C) construct an office on site

Observations close 11 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2595 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Admin Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,737 m²
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 1 Dec 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=26/2595.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2595 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 11 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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
22/6224	Conditional permission	27 Nov 2022	—	413 m	The completion of the previously permitted solar farm development (planning ref no. 16/4601) with minor changes to the dimensions of the previously permitted photovoltaic panels and ground mounted array layout, 1 transformer station, 1 storage unit and 1 delivery station in addition to security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary development works within a site area of 12.23 hectares. All works will be completed with in the previously assessed site boundary under planning ref. no. 16/4601 at Dromalour , Coolclogh, Kanturk, Co.Cork. A Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the planning authority.
22/5620	Refused	2 Sept 2022	—	413 m	A 5 MW solar farm comprising approximately 22,200 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 12.23 hectares, 2 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey delivery station, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary development works - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 16/4601
22/4057	Refused	14 Mar 2022	—	413 m	A 5 MW solar farm comprising approximately 22,200 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 12.23 hectares, 2 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey delivery station, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary development works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 16/4601

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 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.