Observation pack · Cork County Council
Mardyke, Barry's Road, Schull, Co. Cork, P81P031
Retention of mobile home for a period of 3 years
Observations close 19 Nov 2026 5 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
- 26/2666 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission for Retention
- Status
- Awaiting Recommendation
- Site area
- 2,436 m²
- Received
- 15 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 9 Dec 2026
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=26/2666.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2666at 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| G3 High amenity | Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns. | 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0749 | Grant with conditions | 13 May 2026 | 328 m | Permission for Retention of a dwellinghouse & detached garage as constructed |
| 25/6433 | Grant with conditions | 2 Mar 2026 | 210 m | Proposed extensions, alterations and renovations to an existing detached dwelling house, the construction of a detached garage, the demolition of ancillary structures on site and all associated site works |
| 25/6671 | Unconditional permission | 6 Feb 2026 | 402 m | Construction of 2 no. Two storey (3 Bed) Dwellings, 4 No. car parking spaces and all associated site works (previous permissions 05/1839, 08/1110, 13/426). |
| 25/220 | Conditional permission | 24 Sept 2025 | 308 m | Construction of a proposed new detached dwelling house and all associated site works |
| 25/109 | Conditional permission | 9 Sept 2025 | 487 m | Permission for the demolition of existing bin store and the construction of 4 no. residential units and all ancillary site development works including landscaping, parking and new proposed bin store |
| 24/225 | Conditional permission | 13 May 2025 | 265 m | Permission for the construction of 57 no. residential units (comprising a mix of 3, 4 and 5 bed dwelling houses and 1 and 2 bed duplex/apartment units) and all associated ancillary development works including, vehicular and pedestrian access on to Colla Road, via Chestnut Grove, a pedestrian connection to Copper Point residential estate, footpaths, lighting, parking (vehicular and bicycle), drainage, landscaping, amenity areas, bin and bike storage, ESB Substation and undergrounding of overhead electricity power lines |
| 24/697 | Conditional permission | 3 Apr 2025 | 342 m | Demolish the existing 1.5 storey dwelling and to construct new 1.5 storey dwelling, new vehicular site entrance and new single-storey garden shed - (change of design to dwelling and site entrance as previously permitted under planning reference 22/598) |
| 24/390 | Conditional | 5 Sept 2024 | 237 m | Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwellinghouse, to consist of (a) demolition of an attached garage, boiler house and chimney stack (b) alterations to internal layout, external fenestration and roof (c) construction of extensions (d) all associated site development works, to include the demolition of a detached greenhouse |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323719 | Granted with conditions | 3 Feb 2026 | 487 m | |
| 322693 | Granted with conditions | 6 Oct 2025 | 265 m | |
| 314251 | Withdrawn | 30 Aug 2022 | 342 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 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.