Observation pack · Cork County Council

Sheskin,, Bantry,, Co. Cork

Construction of dwelling house to be used for short-term letting and all associated site works

Observations close 1 Dec 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2776 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Invalid - Prepare Letters
Site area: 610 m²
Received: 27 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=26/2776.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2776 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 1 Dec 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
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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
26/0979	Grant with conditions	19 Aug 2026	489 m	The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail warehouse building and the construction of a music and events centre to comprise: • A multi-purpose auditorium (1105.5sqm) incorporating a 271-seat performance hall and associated ancillary rooms and spaces including reception and ticket office, foyer, changing rooms, shower and toilets, technical support rooms, green room, offices and stores; • A linked 3-storey education hub (691sqm) incorporating a ground floor café / bar (105sqm), and teaching and rehearsal rooms, a multi-purpose performance space, and other ancillary rooms on upper floors; • A separate 2-storey plant building to rear incorporating ESB substation, switch room and external stairs; • Building and site signage to include 3no. flagpoles at site entrance onto Bridge Street; • Landscaping, boundary treatment, and on site public realm works; • 2no. universal access parking spaces to the front, 2no. staff parking spaces to the rear. • 40no. cycle parking spaces, including 10no. covered cycle spaces in a bike shelter to the rear; • Modifications and improvements to existing vehicular entrance onto Bridge Street and new service and emergency gate to rear onto Market Lane; • All other associated plant, telecommunications infrastructure, utility connections, public lighting, drainage and other site development works.
25/5806	Grant with conditions	3 Nov 2025	415 m	Construction of dwelling house and for all associated site works
25/261	Conditional permission	19 Aug 2025	62 m	Alterations and extension to a dwelling house. Works include alterations and one new window opening to the existing dwelling and apart single storey and part two storey extension to the existing bungalow and associated site works
25/97	Conditional	16 Apr 2025	463 m	Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) Construction of extension to front of house, (ii) Construction of extension to rear of house, (iii) Installation of 4 no. rooflights to rear of house, (iv) fenestration changes, and (v) associated site works
24/699	Conditional	19 Feb 2025	458 m	The construction of a two-storey building extension to the existing hospital to provide a 16-bed Rehabilitation Unit and Undercroft Plant Area at ground floor level, a 24 bed in-patient ward at first floor level and a Louvred Plant room Enclosure at roof level. Permission is also sought for refurbishment works within the ground floor of the existing hospital and the placement of a Plant room on the existing hospital roof. The works will include all associated site development works, realignment of existing parking spaces to provide additional parking, the upgrade of the adjoining landscaping and amenity areas associated with the proposed Stroke Rehabilitation Unit and In-Patient Ward building extension and permission for modifications to northern end of the existing pedestrian walkway which runs along the eastern boundary and associated ancillary works
24/414	Conditional	11 Sept 2024	462 m	Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: - (A) Permission for conversion of existing attic space to habitable use, for alterations to same including partial raising of said roof. (B) For fenestration changes to elevations including windows and doors. (C) For change of use of attached garage to extend living area of said dwelling, including minor alterations to roof of same (D) Permission for detached domestic storage shed. (E) Permission for the replacement of existing septic system with new system and connection of same to public sewer. (F) For all associated site works
24/372	Conditional	29 Aug 2024	212 m	Permission for construction of dwelling house and for all associated site works
23/725	Conditional	17 Apr 2024	427 m	Construction of dwelling house and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502114	pending	10 Sept 2026	489 m
315971	Granted with conditions	7 Mar 2024	458 m
314742	Refused	9 Feb 2024	389 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

27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 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.