Observation pack · Cork County Council

Quartertown Lower,, Mallow, Co. Cork

Construction of 83 no. housing units comprising a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bed units. The proposed scheme consists of 4 no. 4 bed units, 40 no. 3 bed units, 22 no. 2 bed units and 17 no. 1 bed units. Vehicular access is proposed to the north of the site onto the R619 road , pedestrian access is proposed to the east of the site off Lower Duhallow Park and pedestrian crossings are also proposed at this location. Planning permission is also sought for the provision of car parking spaces, drainage works, covered bicycle parking, bin stores, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site development works at Quartertown Lower, Mallow, Co. Cork. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2628 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 3.80 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=26/2628.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2628 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 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.

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
G5 Open space and amenity	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
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 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
mill (water)
Recorded monument × 6
Fulacht fia · Milling complex · Burnt mound

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/5252	Refused	10 Jun 2026	—	0 m	Permission for the construction of 74 no. housing units comprising a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bed units. The proposed scheme consists of 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached units, 44 no. 3 bed semi-detached/townhouse units and 24 no. 2 bed townhouses/bungalow units. Vehicular access is proposed to the north of the site onto the R619 road, pedestrian access is proposed to the east of the site off Lower Duhallow Park and a pedestrian crossing is also proposed at this location. Permission for the provision of 127 car parking spaces, drainage works, 44 no. covered bicycle parking, bin stores, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
26/0945	Grant with conditions	8 Jun 2026	—	211 m	The development will consist of (a) the construction of a single storey extension to the production area of Unit A on the North West Elevation, (b) first floor extension to the office area of Unit A and, (c) all associated site works.
25/5763	Grant with conditions	28 Apr 2026	—	32 m	Permission for 1) demolition of the two existing derelict dwellings, numbers 7&8, 2) construction of two replacement single storey semi-detached dwellings, 3) carrying out all associate site works, including boundary walls and fences
25/6200	Grant with conditions	8 Apr 2026	—	497 m	Permission for retention of as-built dwelling house previously permitted under planning reference number 75/982, site boundaries and all associated site works and services.
25/5261	Conditional permission	16 Feb 2026	—	425 m	1) permission for the permanent retention of the following; a) alterations to the site entrance approved under PP ref no 14/4381, including lay-bys each side of the site access road for use as short term drop off parking and the use as day time light commercial vehicle sales display, gravel landscaping, seven no. flag poles, road markings and an additional sign b) two no. hardcore areas, used for commercial vehicle parking, c) nine no. former commercial goods trailers and shipping containers in two locations, eight used for vehicle parts storage and one used as horse feed and bedding store, including a roofed lean-to between two of the trailers. d) fence to the east boundary, 2) Permission for the demolition of existing compressor room ,3) permission for the following; a) the construction of two extensions to the existing commercial vehicle road worthiness testing centre incorporating one additional heavy commercial vehicle testing lane and one light commercial vehicle testing lane, b) the redesign and replacement of the south and west facades of the existing test centre. The application includes one EV charging point, new fencing, landscaping, road markings with in the site and associated site works.
25/6210	Grant with conditions	11 Dec 2025	—	189 m	Permission for the internal change of use of part of ground floor of existing warehouse to offices (325 square metres), construction of additional ancillary offices & showroom at first floor level (253 square metres), all to be used ancillary to the existing office warehouse use in the building, installation of additional glazing together with alterations to external windows & doors to the offices on the north, south and west elevations, together with all associated site works
25/6015	Split decision	18 Nov 2025	—	244 m	Permission for retention of existing front porch extension to dwelling and existing front boundary walls and hedgegrows, all as constructed on site.
24/5191	Conditional permission	21 Jul 2025	—	73 m	Permission for a mixed use light industrial/warehouse/commercial development comprising of 5 no. light industrial units with ancillary office space. The proposed development will also include associated site development works including but not limited to vehicular access, car parking spaces, footpaths, foul and storm drainage networks, water-mains, public lighting, landscaping and boundary treatment. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319106	—	Granted with conditions	24 Sept 2024	352 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.