Observation pack · Cork County Council
Grancore North, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
The development will consist of use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of abandoned sand and gravel quarry and all associated site works
Observations close 3 Dec 2026 20 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
- 26/2800 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Technical Validation
- Site area
- 9,128 m²
- 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=26/2800.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2800at 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.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/445 | Conditional permission | 6 Nov 2025 | 398 m | Permission to demolish existing dry store which adjoins existing dwelling house, permission to construct a shorter replacement store with attic storage space, permission to reduce the size of the window in eastern gable of existing dwelling house, permission to demolish three no. agricultural dry stores, permision to construct (a) an agricultural machinery storage shed, (b) roofed potato handling yard, (c) roofless cow cubicle yard with two no. slatted slurry tanks, (d) covered soiled water holding tank, (e) slatted soiled water holding tank, (f) three no. rainwater harvesting tanks and carry out all associated site works |
| 25/444 | Conditional permission | 30 Sept 2025 | 261 m | Construct a calf house, seepage holding tank, slatted soiled water tank, two no. rainwater harvesting tanks, and carry out all associated site works |
| 24/364 | Conditional permission | 18 Dec 2024 | 7 m | Extend existing sand and gravel quarry at Fourcuil TD into Garranecore TD, involving extension of existing internal haulage road in Fourcuil TD to the proposed sand and gravel quarry area, including provision of a bridge over Garraneard stream, importation of clean stone and soil for reinstatement works, carrying out of associated landscaping / biodiversity works and all other associated works |
| 23/391 | Conditional | 23 Nov 2023 | 317 m | Construct a dwelling house incorporating a domestic garage together with all ancillary siteworks |
| 23/216 | Conditional | 13 Jun 2023 | 403 m | Permission for the retention of a garage with attached car port and shed |
| 22/389 | Conditional | 16 Dec 2022 | 417 m | Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will be submitted to the Authority with the application. |
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.