Ard na Sailí/Castlelake, Terry's-land and Carrigtohill (Townlands), Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
A Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising alterations to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted by An Bord Pleanála Reference 313827-22 and all ancillary site development works at Ard na Sailí/Castlelake, Terry's-land and Carrigtohill (Townlands), Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The proposed development provides for the construction of 160 no. semi-detached and townhouse dwelling houses comprising of 13 no. 4 bedroom units, 79 no. 3 bedroom units and 68 no. 2 bedroom units. The proposed alterations will replace 158 no. permitted residential units consisting of 108 no. detached, semi-detached and townhouse dwelling houses (13 no. 4 beds, 64 no. 3 beds and 31 no. 2 beds) and 50 no. apartment/duplex units (35 no. 2 beds and 15 no. 3 beds). Ancillary site development works include revised estate road layout, landscaping and amenity proposals. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the existing road network at Castlelake. LRD Website: www.CastlelakeLRDAmendments.ie
The application
- Reference
- 26/2599 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- LRD Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Recommendation
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 6.11 ha
- Received
- 12 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
- Decision due
- 7 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=26/2599.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2599at 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 New residential | Residential: Promote development mainly for housing, associated open space, community uses and, only where an acceptable standard of amenity can be maintained, a limited range of other uses that support the overall residential function of the area. | cork county development plan 2022 | 6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028 |
| 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 | 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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0637 | Grant with conditions | 28 Sept 2026 | — | 293 m | Construction of two new detached dwelling houses, installation of two wastewater treatment systems with percolation areas and all associated siteworks at Ballynoe, Terrysland, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. |
| 25/6607 | Refused | 10 Aug 2026 | — | 119 m | alterations to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted by An Bord Pleanála Reference 313827-22 and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development provides for a revised 5 storey apartment building (Block A2) comprising 55 no. apartment units (28 no. 1 bed and 27 no. 2 bed) with revised communal area, bin storage, administration and service areas on the ground floor in addition to associated elevational/design amendments to the permitted building. The proposed development will result in an increase of 13 no. apartment units from that permitted by An Bord Pleanála Reference 313827-22. The proposed development also provides for a covered bicycle store, revised landscaping and vehicular access arrangement to the site and the reconfiguration of the permitted surface car park serving the apartment building. LRD Website. www.CastlelakeLRDBlockA2Amendments.ie |
| 26/0806 | Grant with conditions | 22 May 2026 | — | 64 m | Permission for conversion of the attic space of dwelling to a bedroom, installation of a dormer window to the front elevation, 3 no. rooflights to the rear elevation & all associated site works |
| 24/5931 | Conditional permission | 12 Jan 2026 | — | 281 m | Permission to construct a new Licenced Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works (all totaling 2,958.2 sqm gross floor space and ranging in height equivalent from 3 to 4 storeys). The development of the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore (2,864 sqm gross floor space ranging from single storey, part first floor and part second floor) will consist of: A retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total net retail floorspace of 1,646 sqm), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), manager's office, delivery area and storage (incl. cold storage and deposit return scheme facilities), all at ground floor, incl. lift and stairwell to staff facilities at first floor, staff facilities (incl. welfare lobbies, toilets, cloak/change rooms, staff canteen and meeting room), IT room, lift and stairwell (192 sqm) at first floor, incl. stairwell to second floor lift machine room and screened open plant deck area, enclosed stairwell and lift machine room (27 sqm), and screened open area plant deck area at second floor, rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totaling 612 sqm, corporate signage consisting of 3 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 2 no. wall mounted externally illuminated billboards, 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board, and 2 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole signs at vehicle entrance and public plaza area 85 no. surface parking spaces (6 no. disabled, 4 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging, 63 no. regular car parking and 10 no. motorcycle) and 28 no. bicycle spaces and boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping (incl. public plaza at the junction of Castlelake Avenue and Cork road (L3678) and dedicated pedestrian permeability routes linking to lands to the north), services (incl. diversion of existing foul water pipe, site drainage accommodation works and underground surface water attenuation storage), external covered trolley bay (69.7 sqm gross floor space), ESB Substation (24.5 sqm Gross floor space) and all other ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore will be provided via new site entrance from Castlelake Avenue and secondary pedestrian access will be provided via the proposed public plaza at the junction of Castlelake Avenue and Cork road (L3678). This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. |
| 24/5905 | Conditional permission | 20 Feb 2025 | — | 141 m | Permission for (a) Construction of new access point from Castlelake, to include set back area, gates (vehicular and pedestrian), railings and dished footpath/kerbs together with (b) Construction of maintenance access road and footpath, to include fencing leading to bunded green area/attenuation basin and adjacent stream at the southern boundary on lands adjacent to the west of Carrigtwohill Educational Campus. |
| 24/5945 | Conditional | 9 Dec 2024 | — | 479 m | Permission to widen the existing vehicular entrance, extend existing concrete driveway & all associated site works |
| 24/5761 | Conditional | 11 Nov 2024 | — | 328 m | Permission for construction of a new commercial vehicle road worthiness testing (CVRT) building and all ancillary site works |
| 24/4163 | Conditional | 21 Oct 2024 | — | 183 m | Permission to construct a pedestrian site entrance and to carry out all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500753 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2026 | 281 m |
| 321526 | — | Other | 14 Apr 2025 | 0 m |
| 321654 | — | Invalid | 14 Jan 2025 | 328 m |
| 321051 | — | Invalid | 4 Oct 2024 | 0 m |
| 313827 | — | Granted with conditions | 21 Nov 2023 | 0 m |
| 315087 | — | Other | 26 Oct 2023 | 0 m |
| 309851 | — | Other | 25 Nov 2022 | 0 m |
| 309849 | — | Other | 25 Nov 2022 | 0 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
- 12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.