Observation pack · Cork County Council

Kilcolman, Dromahane, Mallow,, Co. Cork

Planning permission to (a) construct a new dwelling house, (b) modify an existing entrance and (c) install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2753 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Site area: 3,811 m²
Received: 23 Oct 2026
Decision due: 17 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=26/2753.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2753 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 27 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
26/0940	Refused	9 Jun 2026	93 m	Planning permission to (a) construct a new dwelling house, (b) construct a new vehicular entrance, (c) install a new bored well and (d) install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
24/6174	Refused	21 Jan 2025	236 m	Permission to a) construct a new dwelling house, b) construct a new vehicular entrance, c) install a new bored well and d) install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
23/4716	Conditional permission	7 Jun 2023	9 m	Permission for retention for detached domestic shed and dog pen and associated site works, all as constructed on site.
22/5857	Conditional	3 Oct 2022	431 m	Construct a dwellinghouse
21/7173	Conditional	25 May 2022	177 m	The demolition of existing derelict dwelling and construction of new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, driveway, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works.

What has happened on this file

23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026

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