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Observation pack · Cork County Council

Garravesoge, Riverstick, Co.Cork

Permission to decommission existing septic tank and install new sewerage treatment system to serve existing dwelling house

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
26/2778 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Status
Awaiting Recommendation
Site area
8,074 m²
Received
27 Oct 2026
Decision due
21 Dec 2026

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2778.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2778 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
26/1874Grant with conditions4 Sept 2026294 mPlanning permission to construct a new dwelling house.
25/6712Grant with conditions9 Feb 2026329 mPermission for alterations and extension to side and front of dwelling house.
23/5236Conditional permission28 May 2024465 mDemolish an existing old derelict building (formerly a dwelling) and outbuilding, and construct a new single storey dwelling house, installing a proprietary treatment unit and ancillary site development works.
22/6776Conditional permission15 Feb 2023184 mRetention of (a) garage and (b) revised site boundaries and permission for the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and tertiary filter.
21/5630Conditional25 Jan 2022292 mTo construct a dwelling house
21/5634Conditional25 Jan 2022301 mTo construct a new dwelling house.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312807Granted with conditions29 Jun 2023292 m
312842Granted with conditions29 Jun 2023301 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.