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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Glór Na Mara,, Ballycotton,, Co. Cork

Planning Permission for revisions to the design of the dwelling house previously granted planning permission under Ref. 25/5324, including the change from a two-storey detached dwelling house to a single-storey detached dwelling house, revisions to the floor area, all four elevations, levels, boundary treatments, together with a new site entrance, domestic shed, and all associated site development works at Glór Na Mara, Ballycotton, Co. Cork.

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 25 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
26/2631 · 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
1,996 m²
Received
12 Oct 2026
We first saw it
21 Oct 2026, 02:10
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2631.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2631 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
26/2179Grant with conditions8 Oct 2026—439 mPermission for retention of material alterations to the elevations and fenestrations of the existing dwelling previously granted permission under planning register no. 76/2167.
25/6228Unconditional permission15 Dec 2025—245 mTo construct two storey dwelling house, new site entrance and driveway, provision of treatment unit and percolation area as temporary foul drainage until new council drainage scheme is implemented, thereafter connection to new public sewer and all associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/6610
25/6231Refused15 Dec 2025—1 mOutline Permission for 2 no. dwellings, vehicular entrances, install 2 no. new wastewater treatment systems and percolation areas and all associated site works.
25/6197Grant with conditions8 Dec 2025—221 mPermission for retention of elevational changes to his existing dwelling house & retention of the existing single storey rear extension as constructed & all associated site works
25/5324Conditional permission27 Aug 2025—0 mPermission for revisions to design of granted planning permission ref:24/04019 for construction of a new two-storey dwelling house, new site entrance and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works including revised roof profile, internal alterations and minor elevational changes.
25/4071Conditional18 Mar 2025—386 mPermission for construction of a single storey extension to the side (east) of the existing dwelling house, elevational change to existing side (east) window and all associated site works
24/4019Conditional4 Mar 2024—0 mPermission for construction of a new 2-storey dwelling house, new site entrance and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works
23/6111Conditional8 Dec 2023—174 mRetention of demolition of original dwelling, retention of existing dwelling as constructed, and retention of entrance and access road as constructed along with permission to construct a single storey extension to the east side of the dwelling and french doors to the front (north) elevation of the dwelling and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312229—Granted with conditions9 May 202260 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.