Observation pack · Cork County Council

Annabella, Mallow, County Cork, P51 P2KF

planning permission to: 1.Demolition of the existing extension and garage to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house and 2 no. detached store buildings, 2.Change of use of the existing 2 storey dwelling house to 2 no. residential apartments, 3.To construct 4 no. townhouses, 4.To construct a new bin store and bicycle store with revised layout of car parking spaces, 5.To alter the existing site entrance for vehicular access, with all associated site and ancillary works

Observations close 19 Nov 2026 14 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: 26/2667 · 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: 1,059 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=26/2667.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2667 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
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 × 14
bridge · Mallow Railway Station · house
Recorded monument × 1
Railway bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
25/5083	Refused	3 Jun 2026	—	0 m	1) Demolition of the existing extension and garage to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house and 2 no. detached store buildings. 2) Change of use of the existing 2 storey dwelling house to 2 no. residential apartments. 3) Construct 4 no. townhouses. 4) Construct a new bin store and bicycle store with revised layout of car parking spaces. 5) Alter the existing site entrance for vehicular access with all associated site and ancillary works.
26/0299	Unconditional permission	7 Apr 2026	—	17 m	Permission for Development on a site which will consist of the demolition of part of the existing Co-Op store, and associated garden centre, agri store, and delivery yard, and the provision of an expanded Co-Op store, and associated part-covered garden centre, agri store and delivery yard; the refurbishment of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) to provide a restaurant use at lower ground floor and ground floor, to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, and offices on the first floor and second floor; repair works to the Coach Houses (Protected structure Reg No. 72); 7no. new units (Units 2-8) suitable for convenience retail/comparison retail/retail warehousing/restaurant/café use, with retail use to include the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises, and restaurant/café use to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises. A glazed connection, for restaurant use, is proposed between the lower ground floor of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) and Unit 2. The proposed development also provides for the demolition of part of the boundary wall fronting West End; public realm works on West End; car parking; cycle parking; signage; waste management areas; ESB substation; rooftop plant, including solar panels; and all site development, infrastructural and landscaping works, including modifications to the existing access off Park Road, and improved/new pedestrian connections on West End and Park Road. The northern part of the site is located within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA-1). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4925
25/5017	Conditional permission	11 Dec 2025	—	458 m	Permission to demolish 2 no. existing derelict sheds and to construct 2 no. dwellings, 2 no. site entrances and all associated site works and service
25/5629	Conditional permission	6 Oct 2025	—	160 m	Permission for the construction of an ancillary bulk storage building and all associated site development works (change of elevational treatment of the southern and western elevations of the ancillary bulk storage building previously permitted under application register reference 20/4925) on a site to the south of, and attached to, the Co-Op store at West End and Park Road, Annabella, Mallow, Co. Cork.
25/4841	Conditional permission	5 Aug 2025	—	347 m	Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling, including elevational changes, a new single storey side extension and demolition of an outbuilding
25/4087	Conditional	9 Jul 2025	—	395 m	Permission for the subdivision of existing dwelling into 2 no. dwellings consisting of internal and external modifications to existing dwelling and a single storey extension to the rear of same dwelling and all associated site works and services
24/5483	Conditional	4 Jul 2025	—	179 m	Permission for the construction of a single storey retail warehouse (unit 3) to the immediate east of retail unit 2 permitted under application reference 20/4925; roller shutter door to the rear elevation; signage; rooftop plant; extension to the delivery yard area permitted under application register reference 20/4925; and all associated site development and drainage works on a site that forms part of the Mallow South Town Centre Development (under construction). The proposed development will modify condition no. 2, which omitted the proposed retail units 3 and 4, attached to application reference 20/4925. The proposed modified condition no. 2, will exclude the omission of retail unit no. 3. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
25/4336	Conditional	24 Apr 2025	—	450 m	Permission for Retention of change of use of the existing attic space to habitable use, Permission for Retention of the partially constructed extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and permission to complete same extension and alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site and ancillary works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319806	—	Granted with conditions	10 Feb 2025	118 m
315500	—	Granted with conditions	18 Jul 2024	326 m
315903	—	Granted with conditions	20 Feb 2024	367 m
310354	—	Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2021	411 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.