Observation pack · Cork County Council

No 5 Saint Patrick’s Place, New Raod, Bandon, Co. Cork, P72FD99

subdivision of existing terraced dwelling into to two number apartments (one-1 Bedroom and one-2 bedroom) alterations to elevations, demolition of existing rear extension and construction of new single storey rear extension and private roof terrace, new dormer window to rear elevation and all associated site works

Observations close 23 Nov 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2696 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Admin Validation
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: —
Floor area: —
Site area: 124 m²
Received: 18 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 14 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=26/2696.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2696 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 23 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public.	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 × 8
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Patrick · P. Keohane · house
Recorded monument × 3
Mill - unclassified · Bridge · R185117

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26/2006	Refused	21 Sept 2026	—	71 m	Permission for change of use of commercial unit (previously used as café) to residential (apartment dwelling) including internal modifications to facilitate same and any ancillary siteworks.
26/1010	Grant with conditions	12 Jun 2026	—	192 m	We Bank of Ireland Bandon (Cork County Council' s Record of protected structure reference number 20844177) wish to seek permission for the demolition of part of the existing boundary wall & pier and install a new rendered block wall with PCC capping and associated site works
26/0858	Grant with conditions	30 May 2026	—	403 m	Permission to (i) upgrade the existing surface and install low level lighting on existing walkway around main pitch and (ii) extend the backstop net on both sides of the existing backstop net located on the Eastern side of the top pitch, all to existing GAA facility.
25/6809	Grant with conditions	18 May 2026	—	78 m	Permission for the following: a) Change of use of existing 3 storey Health Centre to 3 no. apartments with 1 no. 2 bed apartment at each floor level, b) demolition of existing single storey building ancillary to existing Health Centre with an attached store at the rear, c) construction of a 3 storey extension at rear for stairwell to serve the upper floors, d) alterations to elevations and provision of balconies along with all associated site works.
26/0472	Grant with conditions	21 Apr 2026	—	460 m	Permission for retention of a side extension to existing dwelling.
26/0356	Refused	8 Apr 2026	—	62 m	Permission for a partial change of use from restaurant, offices and stores to staff accommodation on the first and second floor levels and to install roof lights on the front and side elevations and associated site works
25/5372	Conditional permission	18 Feb 2026	—	435 m	Planning permission for the development of an educational campus, extending the existing Colaiste na Toirbhirte and including a new building for the relocated Gaelscoil Droichead na Banndan from north of the N71 onto the site immediately south of an Colaiste Na Toirbhirte. Permission for 1) the construction of a part 2 storey and part 3 storey post-primary school building comprising internal classrooms (16no.). specialist teaching rooms, offices, special education needs base, double-height multi-purpose room and ancillary accommodation on and accessed at the lower ground floor and ground floor levels, 2) a 2-storey primary school comprising of 12 classrooms with 2 classroom SEN base, to accommodate the existing Gaelscoil, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces and a general purpose hall, 3) outdoor play areas and ballcourts with perimeter fencing, site lighting, an amphitheatre overlooking one of the ball courts, external heat pumps and LPG tanks enclosure, and a new ESB substation, 4) site works, including alteration of 2 no. existing vehicular entrances to L2032 Cloghmacsimon public road, a new pedestrian site entrance, set-back from N71 Bandon relief road, the relocation of existing onsite surface carparking and the provision of additional car parking spaces, roadworks, canopied bicycle parking, alterations to existing boundary walls, new fencing, drainage and surface water attenuation works, landscaping, site lighting, signage and all associated site works, 5) the demolition of existing 4 no. ballcourts, a water storage tank, 810m2 of temporary prefabricated building, and ancillary hardstanding and landscaping, 6) minor alterations to the existing school building and construction of 2 no. linking canopies, 7) ESB cable diversion, at the site immediately south of and at Coláiste na Toirbhirte, Ard Aoibhinn, Cloghmacsimon, Bandon, Co. Cork.
25/6028	Grant with conditions	7 Jan 2026	—	254 m	Permission for change of use from retail to a launderette and external signage with lighting

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500968	—	Refused	7 Apr 2026	435 m
323644	—	Withdrawn	10 Oct 2025	295 m
318708	—	Granted with conditions	30 Dec 2024	449 m
315953	—	Granted with conditions	25 Mar 2024	149 m
312689	—	Granted with conditions	14 Jun 2022	407 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

18 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 23 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.