Inch, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25P2K3
Permission for the refurbishment and change of use of the existing derelict stone building to provide a dwelling house, including repairs, refurbishment and conservation of the existing structure, construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the existing building, construction of a single storey extension linking the existing building to the proposed two storey extension, removal of existing mobile home. Permission for retention of wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site development works
The application
- Reference
- 26/2724 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Validation SRO
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 2,542 m²
- Received
- 21 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
- Decision due
- 15 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=26/2724.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2724at 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 25 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/6815 | Grant with conditions | 18 Feb 2026 | — | 458 m | Permission to erect: a new storage/workshop unit , re locate existing steel storage container and demolish part of existing storage attached to main dwelling, including all associated site works |
| 25/4990 | Conditional permission | 25 Nov 2025 | — | 84 m | Permission to construct a new two storey dwelling, garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services. |
| 24/4416 | Conditional permission | 1 May 2024 | — | 0 m | Permission to construct a new sunroom to front of existing dwelling along with a new two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling |
| 23/4884 | Conditional | 15 Sept 2023 | — | 460 m | A glamping site with access to county road, containing, communal shower building and 3 No. toilet blocks, communal cooking/living building with external covered seating and wood fired BBQ, communal barn style building with indoor play/meeting area, domestic horticultural polytunnel, 5 No. Yurt style glamping tents, converted double decker glamping bus, steel storage unit for storage associated with glamping site, solid fuel store, chicken house, BBQ shack and domestic dwelling for the sole use of the owners. The domestic dwelling has an attached covered, storage/carport and utility/laundry area which does not have walls on all sides and which is uses for benefit of the dwelling and for servicing the glamping site, including all associated and on site effluent treatment unit and percolation area Known as Inch Hideaway. |
| 22/5438 | Conditional | 11 Aug 2022 | — | 323 m | Permission for 1. The retention of an existing 85m high telecommunications structure carrying associated antennae and infrastructure to provide mobile phone coverage in the area, and to support the dedicated communications networks in the area for the state’s emergency services. It is also proposed to retain the control building and associated infrastructure to provide the power supply for the tower infrastructure including for aviation warning lights. 2. The installation of 74m of 2.4m high green palisade fence to bound the retained building, communications tower and associated infrastructure. |
| 22/4145 | Conditional | 23 Mar 2022 | — | 109 m | The construction of a new single storey detached dwelling with associated single storey detached garage, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance and including all associated site works and landscaping |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314587 | — | Withdrawn | 27 Mar 2023 | 323 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
- 21 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 25 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.