Observation pack · Cork County Council

Valley Rovers GAA Club, Innishannon, Co. Cork

Permission for (i) retention of six flood lights to the all-weather pitch, (ii) permission to change the lighting level of these six flood lights to 200lux, (iii) permission to extend the walkway along the lower part of the all-weather pitch and install low level lighting along same (iv) permission to extend the heights of the ball stop net at each end of the all-weather pitch,

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2623 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Technical Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 4.07 ha
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 3 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=26/2623.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2623 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 13 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
G4 Open space	Green Infrastructure includes 3 subcategories - Green Recreational (GR), Green Conservation (GC) and Green Active (GA)	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

NIAH-recorded building × 8
The Rectory · Christ Church (Inishannon) · house
Recorded monument × 7
Mill - bleaching · Church · House - 18th/19th century

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/1701	Grant with conditions	17 Aug 2026	—	134 m	Planning Permission for the construction of a domestic shed and all associated site works at The Spires, Laherfineen, Innishannon, Co. Cork.
26/1021	Grant with conditions	14 Jun 2026	—	20 m	Permission for a) to construct a ground floor extension to the south elevation, elevational and fenestration changes and minor internal alterations to the existing dwelling. b) construction of new detached carport and all ancillary site works.
26/0511	Grant with conditions	25 Apr 2026	—	139 m	Permission for: (1) Construction of a new extension to the side of the house and associated site works. (2) Retention of the enlargement and modification of an existing window and the insertion of an additional window on the side elevation of the house and associated site works.
25/6888	Grant with conditions	23 Feb 2026	—	14 m	Permission for works to comprise the demolition of 2 no. existing sheds on site and the construction of 5 no. terraced two-storey houses, 4 no. terraced three-storey houses, 1no. single-storey detached house, extensions to the south west and south east elevations of the existing dwelling house (Prospect Villa) and modifications to said dwelling, bin store to serve the development and all associated site works
25/6822	Grant with conditions	17 Feb 2026	—	257 m	Permission for an extension to the front elevational and internal alterations to existing dwelling house and all associated site works
24/6188	Refused	17 Nov 2025	—	15 m	Permission for works to comprise the demolition of 2 no. existing sheds on site and the construction of 4 no. terraced two-storey houses, 5 no. terraced three-storey houses, 2 no. two-storey semi-detached houses, single-storey and three-storey extensions to existing dwelling house (Prospect Villa) and all associated site works
25/4470	Unconditional	8 May 2025	—	443 m	Permission for a) The part demolition and alteration to the existing dwelling-house, including rear sunroom and the adjacent rear garage lean-to. b) The extension and alteration to the dwelling-house shall consist of construction of a new single storey extension to the rear and all associated works.
24/5739	Unconditional	5 Nov 2024	—	429 m	Permission for construction of a porch to the south (front) elevation, window to the east (side) elevation and rooflight to the north (rear) elevation existing dwelling house, and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314923	—	pending	25 Oct 2022	249 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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 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.