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Rathgoggan South, Charleville, Co. Cork.

Retention permission for (a) elevational changes, (b) plaster quoin stones, (c) plaster finish to western elevation, all to existing dwelling house and (d) detached domestic garage at Rathgoggan South, Charleville.

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
26/2627 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission for Retention
Status
Awaiting Validation SRO
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
—
Floor area
—
Site area
1,344 m²
Received
10 Oct 2026
We first saw it
21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due
4 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2627.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2627 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn 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 surroundingcork county development plan 20226 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Cork County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
25/5786Grant with conditions11 Dec 2025—489 mPermission for Retention of a rear single storey extension to dwelling.
25/4344Conditional25 Jun 2025—431 mPermission for retention for: a) the front access and drive from the public road as constructed which included the removal of the front boundary wall, b) modular unit for use as home office and gym as constructed in the rear garden, c) the rear access as built and used from the lane way and all associated site works
24/5860Conditional9 Jun 2025—365 mPermission to construct a dwelling, garage (domestic use) alterations to existing splayed entrance to provide a 2nd entrance for proposed new dwelling and all ancillary works.
25/4220Conditional permission10 Apr 2025—233 mPermission to construct a cattle shed with slatted tank and ancillary works
24/6439Conditional19 Feb 2025—384 mPermission for decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
24/5044Conditional7 Oct 2024—440 mPermission for retention for a dwelling house for ground and first floor layout changes and elevation and fenestration changes and associated site works
24/4872Refused16 Sept 2024—341 mPermission for 2 number single storey, 1-bedroom townhouses and 4 number 2 storey, 2-bedroom townhouses, connection to public services, revised site boundary, revised entrance and all associated site works.
23/6045Conditional4 Dec 2023—482 mPermission for retention of an existing single storey extension to dwelling and a first floor dormer window to the rear

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321035—Refused21 Oct 2025341 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

  • 10 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.