Observation pack · Cork County Council

Sandyhill, Tallow, Co. Cork, P51Y2C1

Construction of an agricultural grain store and roofed dungstead with installation of solar panels on the roof and construction of underground effluent storage tank and all associated siteworks

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: 26/2668 · 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: 8,033 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=26/2668.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2668 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
25/6894	Grant with conditions	23 Feb 2026	—	70 m	Planning permission for construction of a slatted unit and associated works
25/6329	Grant with conditions	19 Dec 2025	—	329 m	Permission for the following a) Retention of agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing.b) Construction of extension to the south eastern elevation of cubicle & straw bedded livestock housing, (change of plan from that granted under planning reference 20/4146 & 25/05313) c) Increase length of slatted slurry tank within cubicle & straw bedded livestock housing (change of that granted under planning reference 20/4146 & 25/05313) d) Construction of agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing along with associated site works.
25/5313	Unconditional permission	26 Sept 2025	—	321 m	Construction of the following: a) Upgrading of existing agricultural entrance. b) 1 no. agricultural building to include milking parlour, livestock handling facilities, ancillary rooms, unroofed waiting yard and soiled water/parlour washings tanks. c) 1 no. agricultural building to include cubicle & straw bedded livestock housing along with slatted slurry storage tanks. d) 2 no. earth banked silage pits, dungstead/bale store & an apron. e) Erection of meal bin and 2 no. water storage tanks along with associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4146.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
309121	—	Granted with conditions	8 Nov 2023	464 m
310545	—	Withdrawn	23 Nov 2021	278 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.