Observation pack · Cork County Council

Castleharrison, Ballyhea, Co. Cork. P56 DE44

Permission for Retention of :- 1) Construction of a side and rear annex to a dwelling house, 2) Minor alterations and change of use from domestic garage to a self-contained dwelling unit, 3) Detached metal-clad storage unit for commercial premises, 4) Rear mono-pitch office/storage annex to portal frame commercial premises and all ancillary site works

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26/2795 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Validation SRO
Site area: 1.36 ha
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Decision due: 23 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=26/2795.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2795 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 3 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Recorded monument × 2
Ritual site - holy well · R116053

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
24/5251	Conditional permission	10 Mar 2025	394 m	Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
23/5808	Conditional	21 Mar 2024	0 m	Permission for the construction of an all-weather playing pitch with flood lighting and security perimeter fence and all associated site works.

What has happened on this file

29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 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.