Observation pack · Cork County Council
Ballymacorcoran, Clondrohid, Macroom, Co. Cork.
Permission for the construction of a new domestic dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Observations close 30 Nov 2026 15 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
- 26/2769 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Recommendation
- Site area
- 2,982 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=26/2769.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2769at 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.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/4589 | Grant with conditions | 23 Mar 2026 | 203 m | Permission for the retention of 2 no. existing temporary modular buildings which are used as dressing rooms for a duration of 10 years together with permission for retention of storage container, proprietary treatment unit and percolation area. Permission to develop a hurling ball wall with 10.4m high ball stop post and netting, control room, 6 no. floodlighting columns consisting of 6 no. 20m high poles with HFL 19S-1800WG-BR3030-757-60L-140 lights which will provide lighting to serve both the main pitch and training pitch, water harvesting tank for pitch sprinkler system, proposed new entrance slip road, proposed new boundary retaining wall, along with changes in design and layout to car park and the proposed pathway around the main pitch to that previously granted under planning reference number 19/6850, together with all other ancillary site works. |
| 25/6154 | Unconditional permission | 8 Dec 2025 | 362 m | Permission for the importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a temporary new haul road and the widening of the existing entrance, Extension Of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/5015. |
| 24/6226 | Conditional | 8 Apr 2025 | 427 m | Permission for new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works. |
| 24/5119 | Conditional | 20 Sept 2024 | 367 m | Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works |
| 23/6336 | Conditional | 14 Mar 2024 | 83 m | Permission for retention of : a) Extensions & alterations to existing dwelling (including attached tool shed & utility room and semi-enclosed car port), b) Domestic garage/store, c) Open horse shelter (wooden construction) & d) Horse stable/shed. |
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.