Observation pack · Cork County Council
‘Tobar Gui’, Buncoille, Monkstown, Co. Cork. T12 HDX4
Permission for the retention of as-built domestic garage together with all other ancillary site works
Observations close 23 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2703 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission for Retention
- Status
- Awaiting Recommendation
- Site area
- 1,266 m²
- Received
- 19 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 14 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=26/2703.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2703at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 Rural cluster | 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 within 100 m
- Recorded monument × 2Kiln - lime · R179232
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0394 | Grant with conditions | 29 Jun 2026 | 416 m | Permission for the works will include demolition of a section of existing stormwater outfall pipe with associated concrete encasement and the construction of a replacement section of stormwater outfall pipe with an additional discharge point and associated concrete encasement. The construction will also include associated site works consisting of minor site clearance, excavation works and temporary works. The proposed development is covered by an existing Industrial Emissions Licence no. P0864-01. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. |
| 25/4623 | Conditional | 30 May 2025 | 422 m | Permission for alterations & extension to dwelling house consisting of; a front porch extension, elevational changes & any associated site works |
| 24/5200 | Conditional permission | 10 Mar 2025 | 0 m | Permission to (a) Construct a new extension onto front, rear and side of existing dwelling house. (b) Construct a new porch and modify the existing windows. (c) Demolish the existing roof, modify, alter and extend the existing roof to incorporating same to existing dwelling house and to provide living accommodation at first floor level with all associated site services. |
| 24/6031 | Conditional | 18 Dec 2024 | 428 m | Permission for the Retention and completion of dwelling and garage and all associated site works (change of plan and boundaries to that permitted by pl. reg. no. 22/6422) |
| 24/4187 | Conditional | 27 May 2024 | 6 m | 1)Full planning permission for the construction of new dwellinghouse, new domestic garage, new double entrance off public laneway. 2) Permission for the retention of existing mobile home on a temporary basis, together with all other ancillary site works. |
| 22/6422 | Conditional | 27 Apr 2023 | 428 m | Permission for the construction of detached dwelling, detached garage and store area, new mains connection and all associated site works. |
| 23/4278 | Conditional | 13 Apr 2023 | 156 m | Extensions and alterations to dwellinghouse to include, demolition of extension to front, construction of new first floor dormer roof extension for habitable purposes, extension to rear, subdivision of dwelling house into 2 no semi- detached dwellinghouses, placing of temporary mobile home on site and all associate site works. |
| 22/4747 | Conditional | 19 Jul 2022 | 76 m | Retention of (a) sun room and entrance porch extension to front of dwellinghouse (b) utility room extension to rear of dwellinghouse (c) detached garden shed structure adjacent to south-western gable wall of dwellinghouse and (d) detached ancillary single-storey granny flat structure to rear of dwellinghouse together with all associated alterations and site works. |
What has happened on this file
- 19 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 10 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.