Observation pack · Cork County Council
Orchid Meadows’, New Water Rock Road, Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Knockgriffin (Barrymore) and Water Rock,, Midleton, Co. Cork
The proposed development will consist of the following: a new landscaping and boundary treatment to include walls, estate signage, planting and all associated site development and infrastructural works at the vehicular entrance to the site from the New Water Rock Road to the North. This will amend the permission previously granted under Reg. Ref. 21/7265, as amended by Reg. Ref. No. 25/6929.
Observations close 12 Nov 2026 21 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2606 · 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
- 615 m²
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 2 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=26/2606.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2606at 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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/1847 | Grant with conditions | 13 Oct 2026 | — | 253 m | 5 year temporary Permission for 1) provision of a drive-thru coffee unit housed within converted shipping containers, 2) sale of specially prepared hot & cold beverages/snack food for take away, 3) ancillary signage, both illuminated and non-illuminated and 4) all associated site works including bin compound at service station complex previosuly approved under planning file ref no' s 19/5870, 25/4142 and 26/0554. |
| 26/1681 | Grant with conditions | 18 Aug 2026 | — | 343 m | Cork County Council Mortimer We Re Back Limited intend to apply to Cork County Council for Proposed Planning Permission Retention & Completion of modifications to 18 no. dwelling units, House numbers 14-21 and 24- 33 The Ivy Proposed Planning Permission Amendment's to 32 no. dwelling units, House numbers 1-5,14-18,24-32,37-49 At The Ash, Water Rock Manor, previously permitted under Cork County Council, Large-scale Residential Development, Planning Reference 22/5839 & all associated site development works at The Ivy & The Ash , Water Rock Manor, Water - Rock (townland), Midleton, Co. Cork The proposed Planning Permission retention & Completion of modifications includes for the following: • Design changes to House Types at No. 24 & 25 The Ivy, Water Rock Manor from two Semi-Detached Houses to two number detached houses. • House Nos. 26 & 27 The Ivy, Water Rock Manor to make modifications to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 14-21, 28-29 & 31&32 The Ivy, Water Rock Manor to make modifications to elevations and associated internal changes. • House Type L's at Nos. 30 & 33, The Ivy, Water Rock Manor to alter previous granted elevations and to amend floor area of each dwelling. The proposed planning permission amendments includes for the following: • House Nos. 1,2,3,4 & 5 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 14,15,16,17 & 18 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 24,25 & 26 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 27,28,29,30,31& 32 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 37,38,39 & 40 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 41,42,43,44,45 & 46 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. • House Nos. 47,48 & 49 The Ash, Water Rock Manor to make amendment's to elevations and internal layouts. |
| 26/0365 | Grant with conditions | 11 Aug 2026 | — | 471 m | Permission to:- (i) Demolish existing 2 storey extension and single storey porch to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse. (ii) Construct a new 2 storey extension and single storey porch to the rear of existing dwellinghouse. (iii) Installation of a new window at ground floor level to the rear of existing dwellinghouse. (iv) Retention of existing sun room extension to the side of existing dwelinghouse and all associated site works. |
| 25/6258 | Grant with conditions | 5 Aug 2026 | — | 228 m | Permission for change of use of 7 no. existing warehousing units from warehousing to light industrial with ancillary retail use and any associated works |
| 26/1322 | Grant with conditions | 13 Jul 2026 | — | 45 m | Permission for an amendment to previously granted planning permission (planning reference no. 22/6627) consisting of a change to part of the permitted site layout as per the following: A) The omission of permitted semi-detached house type ‘C’, ‘Garnish’, and its replacement with semi-detached house type ‘G’, ‘Garnish #2’, house numbers 31, 32, 45, 46, 52, 53, 54, 55, 61 & 62 inclusive and B) to carry out all associated site development works. |
| 26/0840 | Grant with conditions | 27 May 2026 | — | 365 m | A 10 year planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at Water-Rock, Midleton, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 452 no. residential units with supporting resident amenity facilities, a single-storey crèche, and all ancillary site development works. The development will be delivered on a phased basis. The proposed development makes provision for 219 no. two storey houses, comprising 17 no. detached units (14 no. 4-bed units and 3 no. 3-bed units), 120 no. semi-detached units (104 no. 4-bed units and 16 no. 3-bed units), 82 no. 3-bed terraced units. The proposed 233 no. apartment / duplex units, comprising 99 no. duplex/own-door apartments (42 no. 3-bed units, 15 no. 2-bed units and 42 no. 1-bed units) in 20 no. 3 storey blocks and 134 no. apartments units (74 no. 2-bed units, 32 no. 1-bed units and 28 no. studio apartments) in 4 no. 3 – part 5 storey blocks. The proposal makes provision for 2 no. communal rooms in apartment Block C and Block E, outdoor amenity areas including a linear park along the Glounamuck Stream, landscaping, and ancillary infrastructure development works in the form of wastewater infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utility services, public lighting, surface car parking, bin stores, bicycle stores, roof mounted solar panels, plant and comms rooms, 6 no. ESB substations, and all associated site development works. Vehicular access to the development will be via 2 no. entrances off Water-rock Road (L3618) to Site B and 1 no. entrance to Site A off the Water-Rock Urban Expansion Area Service Corridor Link Road (L3822-5). The proposal includes pedestrian and cycling paths and access points, and makes provision for the delivery of part of the Carrigtwohill to Midleton Inter-Urban Cycleway to the south of Site A. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. LRD Website: www.Water-rockLRD.ie |
| 26/0554 | Grant with conditions | 30 Apr 2026 | — | 253 m | Permission for carwash facility comprising of 1) automatic rollover carwash unit complete with side-screens, 2) pressure-jet carwash facility with enclosure building over, 3) 10,000-litre underground water storage tank, 4) carwash pump room for water-treatment facilities, water pumps and compressor unit, at service station complex previously approved under planning files ref. no's 19/5870 and 25/4142 |
| 25/6447 | Grant with conditions | 27 Mar 2026 | — | 232 m | Permission for amendments to previously granted planning permission (planning reference no. 22/6627) consisting of a change to part of the permitted site layout as per the following: A) The omission of apartment block no. 4 and house numbers 198 & 199 and their replacement with 4 no. Maisonette apartment units and 7 no. 3 & 4 bedroom housing units. B) The omission of house no.' s 185 - 192 inclusive and their replacement by a 3-storey apartment block containing 15 apartment units. C) Minor modifications to the site layout for 19 no. houses, no.' s 171 to 184 and no.' s 193 to 197 inclusive. D) The provision of a retaining landscape structure to the eastern boundary. E) The provision of a subterranean water attenuation tank. F) Minor alterations to permitted roadways and services infrastructure, and G) To carry out all associated site development works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317575 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jul 2024 | 278 m |
| 316964 | — | Granted | 8 Apr 2024 | 255 m |
| 318277 | — | Withdrawn | 27 Feb 2024 | 20 m |
| 316013 | — | Granted with conditions | 13 Feb 2024 | 368 m |
| 317031 | — | Granted | 26 Oct 2023 | 227 m |
| 315087 | — | Other | 26 Oct 2023 | 286 m |
| 316484 | — | Granted | 6 Oct 2023 | 415 m |
| 316977 | — | Granted | 21 Sept 2023 | 255 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
- 8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 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.