Observation pack · Cork County Council

Ballinaglogh, Leamlara, Co. Cork.

Permission to:- 1) Construct a new single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, 2) New domestic garage, 3) New vehicular entrance, 4) Install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, 5) Permission for retention of site boundaries as constructed and all associated site works.

Observations close 19 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2656 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,989 m²
Received: 15 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due: 9 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=26/2656.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2656 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 19 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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/5417	Grant with conditions	26 Mar 2026	—	127 m	Permission to alter existing two-storey dwelling house and construct a two-storey extension to same with septic tank and percolation area, including all site development works
24/5630	Refused	1 Sept 2025	—	421 m	A 10 Year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 179 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 25no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 7 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L7691 and L7692 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 7 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be 4 no. entrances from the R626, L7691 and L7692. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
23/6016	Conditional permission	26 Nov 2023	—	0 m	Permission to retain sunroom and utility room extensions to existing dwelling and all associated site works. Permission to alter boundaries from those granted in Pl.Reg.No. 94/33.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323747	—	Granted with conditions	19 Feb 2026	421 m
321518	—	Granted with conditions	17 Jul 2025	0 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

15 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 19 Nov 2026

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.