Observation pack · Cork County Council
Glengarriff Road,, Townlots,, Bantry, Co. Cork ,, P75 YT21
Permission for change of use of existing building from retail use to residential use to provide 3no. apartments, and including the following works (i) external door and fenestration changes including the installation of 6no. windows to the north-east elevation, (ii) installation of 6no. rooflights and (iii) all associated site works
Observations close 3 Dec 2026 19 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
- 26/2803 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Admin Validation
- Site area
- 173 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=26/2803.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2803at 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.
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 | 407 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. |
| 26/0612 | Grant with conditions | 28 Apr 2026 | 484 m | Permission for the following works to existing dwelling-house: (1) retention of extension to dwelling, (2) removal of 2 no. dormer windows, (3) removal of 3 no. chimney stacks, (4) installation of 2 no. pairs of roof lights to front elevation and 2 no. roof lights to rear, (5) fenestration changes, and (6) all associated site works |
| 26/0419 | Grant with conditions | 15 Apr 2026 | 382 m | Permission for change of use of existing ground floor unit from food/beverage outlet to retail unit and change of use of proposed commercial building to rear from storage in conjunction with food/beverage unit to storage in conjunction with retail unit, previous planning reference: 23/00726 |
| 25/6765 | Grant with conditions | 10 Feb 2026 | 40 m | Additional use of an existing office to offer community based cancer support services including counselling and therapy services with associated signage |
| 25/236 | Conditional permission | 9 Dec 2025 | 319 m | Permission for the following works to existing ruinous dwelling: (i) partial demolition of existing walls, (ii) refurbishment of dwelling, (iii) construction of extension to rear, and (iv) all associated site works |
| 25/5897 | Grant with conditions | 5 Nov 2025 | 89 m | Permission for the following: (i) retention of reinforced concrete retaining wall constructed to rear and sides of property, (ii) permission for renovation of existing dwelling house including raising of existing roof, fenestration changes, removal of chimney, construction of 2-storey extension to rear, and associated site works, (iii) construction of attached 2-storey building consisting of 2 no. apartments and for all ancillary site works including installation of external stairway, amenity areas, pathways and boundary walls. |
| 25/497 | Conditional permission | 8 Oct 2025 | 157 m | Permission for the following works to existing dwellinghouse, (i) extension to the front, (ii) canopy to the front, (iii) bay window to the rear, (iv) and all associated site works |
| 25/441 | Conditional permission | 22 Sept 2025 | 321 m | Permission sought for change of use of existing dwelling at No. 3 Newtown, Bantry For use as office space, for new ramped access to same and for new internal W.C. layout. Permission also sought for alterations to site boundaries of both no. 2 and no. 3 Newtown, Bantry for improved on-site vehicular parking and for safer ingress and egress onto the N71 and for all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502114 | pending | 10 Sept 2026 | 407 m | |
| 322259 | Granted with conditions | 12 Aug 2025 | 357 m | |
| 320574 | Invalid | 20 Aug 2024 | 88 m | |
| 315300 | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2024 | 360 m | |
| 317283 | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2024 | 357 m | |
| 313824 | Refused | 8 Sept 2023 | 209 m | |
| 313801 | pending | 15 Jun 2022 | 209 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
- 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.