Observation pack · Cork County Council

Cooldurragha,, Union Hall,, Co. Cork

Permission for Agricultural development for loose animal housing, machinery store & yard along with any associated site development works

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2733 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Site area: 2,108 m²
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Decision due: 16 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=26/2733.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2733 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 26 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
25/273	Refused	10 Jul 2025	0 m	Permission for Agricultural development for loose animal housing, machinery store & yard along with any associated site development works
24/471	Conditional	16 Jan 2025	21 m	Construction of a dwelling house incorporating an existing derelict dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment unit and all associated siteworks
24/179	Conditional	7 Jun 2024	26 m	Construct a new single storey extension to an existing house, a new dormer window at first floor, alterations to existing elevations and to carry out all associated site works
22/315	Conditional	28 Jul 2022	0 m	Construct a dwelling house, install a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314423		Refused	18 Oct 2023	0 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

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 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.