Observation pack · Cork County Council

Anna Villa, 12 Marine Villas, Monkstown, Co. Cork. T12 DXH4

Permission to construct a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, remove existing balcony railing and door to the second-floor level of the front elevation and reinstate original window size and bay window roof profile, remove section of existing front roadside boundary wall and provide new vehicular entrance and private parking area to the front of existing semi-detached three storey over basement dwelling along with all ancillary site development works.

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 5 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: 26/2637 · 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: 743 m²
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=26/2637.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2637 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
R3 Rural cluster	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 × 27
house · Glancool · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/6626	Grant with conditions	26 Aug 2026	—	434 m	Permission for conversion (Consisting of internal alterations only) and change of use of the Castle from a single dwelling previously permitted under planning reference 0711897 to 3 No. apartments ( also previously permitted under planning ref 104242) and all associated site works at Monkstown Castle, The Demense, Monkstown, Co. Cork, T12Y9RK. This development comprises of works to a Protected Structure: Ref No. RPS00569.
25/6522	Refused	6 Jul 2026	—	495 m	Permission for retention of: 1) single storey conservatory to side of dwelling and 2) altered position of single storey utility room to front of dwelling.
26/0378	Grant with conditions	13 Apr 2026	—	60 m	Permission for Retention for two no. timber garden sheds, sunroom to side and dormer windows to front elevation of existing detached dormer dwelling. Permission to remove existing outbuilding, sunroom to rear and porch to side. Convert existing garage to games room, alterations to elevations of dwelling, alterations to existing vehicular entrance and all ancillary site development works.
25/6030	Grant with conditions	20 Nov 2025	—	447 m	a) Permission for proposed alterations to a previously approved permission (Pl.Reg.No. 23/5790) to include redesign of proposed part single, part two storey extensions to the rear and sides of existing dwelling (Protected Structure RPS No. 00570) and all associated site works. The proposed works will result in a reduction of approx. 130sqm in total floor area from the previously approved planning permission. b) Permission for Retention for the removal of the single storey lean to extension to the rear of the main house.
25/5221	Conditional permission	14 Aug 2025	—	268 m	Permission for retention of a) single-storey extension to the north of the dwelling house and b) three-storey extension to the west of the dwelling house.
25/5111	Conditional permission	30 Jul 2025	—	456 m	Permission to incorporate existing balcony to form part of existing dwelling at first floor level and retention of alterations to elevation of existing dwelling house
25/4966	Conditional permission	14 Jul 2025	—	257 m	Permission for the construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling and associates site works.
25/4358	Conditional	13 Jun 2025	—	29 m	Permission for alterations to existing semi-detached dwelling house, namely; demolition of existing two-storey structure on side elevation and construction of a new two-storey extension to the side and rear elevations, along with all associated site development works. Alterations also include replacing existing pvc framed glazing with timber framed glazing on the front elevation.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320459	—	Refused	1 Apr 2026	171 m
314852	—	Granted with conditions	22 Jan 2024	282 m
317375	—	Granted with conditions	2 Nov 2023	410 m
312403	—	Granted with conditions	10 Mar 2023	449 m
312067	—	Granted with conditions	12 Apr 2022	428 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.