Observation pack · Cork County Council

Ballyellis, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 H1KN

Planning permission to (a) demolish a single storey extension to South East Elevation of the existing single storey dwelling house, (b) make minor alterations to the fenestration of the existing North West elevation of the existing single storey dwelling house, (c) construct a new part single storey / part two storey extension to the existing single storey dwelling house and (d) install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 30 Nov 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2767 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Recommendation
Site area: 2,787 m²
Received: 26 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=26/2767.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2767 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 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
G4 Open space	Green Infrastructure includes 3 subcategories - Green Recreational (GR), Green Conservation (GC) and Green Active (GA)	cork county development plan 2022	6 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028
R2 Existing residential	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 × 2
Ringfort - rath · R114183

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
25/5537	Grant with conditions	29 Jun 2026	46 m	1) Planning permission for the construction of a new 2-storey office/store building, 2) retention permission of the existing modular office building, 3) all associated site works.
25/4096	Conditional	24 Mar 2025	264 m	Permission to retain 1) alterations to garage, 2) extensions to rear of garage, 3) canopy to rear of dwelling, and 4) single leaf wall connecting house and garage and all associated site works
23/4609	Conditional	4 Jul 2023	379 m	Construction of a dwelling and all associated site works.
22/5843	Conditional	3 Oct 2022	357 m	Permission for the construction of (1) a front/side extension including alterations to the existing pitched roof at the north-western elevation; (2) 2 no. new roof lights and ; (3) minor elevational changes and all associated site works to an existing detached dwelling house

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
310354		Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2021	422 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

26 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.