Observation pack · Cork County Council
Comeragh, 30 Wheatfields, Kilmoney, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, P43 W720
Retention of a single-storey detached domestic garage with a pitched roof, located to the rear of the existing dwelling house, together with all associated site works
Observations close 30 Nov 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26/2765 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission for Retention
- Status
- Awaiting Recommendation
- Site area
- 757 m²
- Received
- 25 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 21 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=26/2765.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2765at 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 30 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/1849 | Grant with conditions | 29 Oct 2026 | 210 m | Permission for the construction of a temporary construction haulage route to facilitate the construction of a Large-Scale Residential development as permitted under Cork County Council Ref No. 25/4551 and An Coimisiún Pleanála Ref No. 322734-25, and all ancillary site development works, at Kilmoney (Townland), Carrigaline, Co. Cork. The temporary construction haulage route will be accessed from the R611. |
| 24/6418 | Conditional permission | 19 Jan 2026 | 120 m | Permission for the demolition of an existing building and the construction of 39 no. residential units comprising 2 no. 2-bed bungalow units, 15 no, 2-bed and 22 no. 3-bed terraced units all served by car parking and private open space and 2 no. residential serviced sites. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new entrance from the R611 road. The proposed development also includes provision of an amenity path along the site's northern boundary, landscaping, undergrounding of ESB cables, connection to the public sewer network, bicycle and bin storage facilities and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. |
| 25/4486 | Conditional permission | 18 Dec 2025 | 189 m | Permission to construct 2 storey extension to southern side of dwelling and all associated site works |
| 25/6246 | Grant with conditions | 16 Dec 2025 | 491 m | Permission to construct a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works. |
| 25/4898 | Conditional permission | 21 Nov 2025 | 453 m | Permission for construction of 2 no. detached dwellings comprising of 1 no. single storey detached dwelling and 1 no. two storey detached dwelling house and detached single storey domestic garage and all associates site works |
| 25/5341 | Conditional permission | 25 Sept 2025 | 471 m | Permission for the construction of a second floor extension to a dwelling incorporating an existing balcony and all associated site works |
| 25/4551 | Conditional permission | 26 May 2025 | 106 m | Permission for Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising the demolition of 3 no. existing agricultural farm sheds on site and the construction of 362 no. residential units to include 318 no. dwelling houses (comprising a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bed semi-detached and townhouse/terraced units) and 44 no. 2 bed apartment/duplex units, 1 no. creche with a community room and café and all associated ancillary development works including vehicular and pedestrian access, a 3m shared surface pedestrian and cycle link on the existing laneway to the east, upgrades to the L-6495-9 and L-6495-0 Mountain Road to the north and east of the site to include pedestrian crossings, traffic calming/raised tables and a 3m shared cycle/footpath facility connecting on to the R611/Kilmoney Road, drainage (including a pumping station), landscaping, amenity and open space/play areas, footpaths and cycle lanes, boundary treatments, bicycle and car parking, bin and bike storage, plant, public lighting and all other ancillary development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.mountainroadlrd.ie |
| 25/4528 | Conditional | 20 May 2025 | 349 m | Permission for the construction of 224 no. dwelling houses (54 no. dwellings will have an option for house type 2B-1 or 2B-2, with the remaining dwellings comprising house types 1A-1 (2 no.), 1A-2 (1 no.), 1A-3 (2 no.), 1B-1 (39 no.), 1B-2 (1 no.), 1C-1 (12 no.), 1D-1 (8 no.), 2A-1 (1 no.) 2A-2 (3 no.), 2A-3 (1 no.), 2A-4 (3 no.), 2B-1 (1 no.), 2B-3 (1 no.) 2C-1 (36 no.), 2C-2 (12 no.), 2D-1 (16 no.), 2E-1 (18 no.) and 2F-1 (13 no.), the construction of a crèche and all associated ancillary development works including access (including the completion of the inner relief road connecting on to the L2495), bus stops, parking, footpaths, lighting, foul and surface/storm water drainage, landscaping and amenity areas. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/4176. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323879 | Granted with conditions | 25 Mar 2026 | 327 m | |
| 322734 | Granted with conditions | 24 Sept 2025 | 106 m | |
| 316867 | Other | 17 Oct 2023 | 120 m | |
| 316816 | Other | 3 Oct 2023 | 120 m | |
| 316865 | Other | 3 Oct 2023 | 120 m | |
| 316356 | Other | 29 Sept 2023 | 141 m | |
| 313298 | Granted with conditions | 19 Jun 2023 | 458 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
- 25 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 30 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.