Observation pack · Cork County Council
Foilnamuck,, Ballydehob,, Co. Cork,, P81 CH76
(i) construction of extension to side of existing dwelling house (ii) permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank system serving dwelling house, and for installation of replacement waste water system, (iii) and all associated site works
Observations close 4 Dec 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 26/2815 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Technical Validation
- Site area
- 1.01 ha
- Received
- 30 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 4 Jan 2027
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=26/2815.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2815at 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 4 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 × 2Industrial chimney · R180224
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0320 | Grant with conditions | 5 May 2026 | 364 m | Permission for Retention of existing dwellinghouse as constructed and Planning Permission is also sought for the construction of an ancillary detached domestic garage and for alterations to the existing dwellinghouse to include the change of use of an attached garage to a study and home office, and all associated site works |
| 24/71 | Conditional | 11 Apr 2024 | 463 m | Erection of agricultural shed for storage of hay and straw and associated site development works |
| 23/682 | Conditional | 26 Mar 2024 | 338 m | Permission and retention permission at Foilnamuck, Ballydehob, Co. Cork comprising: 1) Permission is sought for a) the conversion of the southern vehicular entrance to a pedestrian entrance only: b) the removal of an existing fence (located to the side of the vehicular entrance on the northeastern corner) to facilitate the reinstallation of a sod and stone ditch c) the construction of a storage shed; d) connection of the timber cabin into the permitted waste water treatment system permitted under Planning ref no. ref. 21/102 once works have been completed and 2) all associated ancillary site development works. 3) Retention permission is sought for a) construction of the existing vehicular entrance on the northeastern site boundary and internal access track serving the existing house and ancillary buildings; b) the relocation of the bored well, ground works and construction of a timber cabin for temporary residential use until the completion of works to the existing house permitted under Planning ref. 21/102 and thereafter for use as an artist's studio / home office ancillary to the main dwelling; c) the construction of a pump house and temporary permission for the use of same as a utility room ancillary to the cabin for the duration of the construction period of the main dwelling house permitted under Planning Ref. 21/102; e) temporary retention for the connection of the cabin and ancillary utility room into and use of the existing septic tank until the completion of permitted works to the main dwelling house, including the installation of a new wastewater treatment system, permitted under Planning ref. 21/102 |
| 23/319 | Refused | 4 Aug 2023 | 137 m | Retention and Completion of machinery storage shed and associated site development works |
| 22/337 | Conditional permission | 7 Jul 2022 | 363 m | Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse to include partial change of use and alterations of existing detached domestic garage to consist of part utility room / part garage and for connection of same to dwellinghouse and all associated site works |
| 22/123 | Conditional | 29 Jun 2022 | 329 m | Permission for the following: (i) retention of detached stable building, (ii) retention of polytunnel for domestic use, (iii) retention of base for workshop, (iv) permission for construction of workshop and (vi) retention of access track and parking area |
| 22/164 | Conditional | 28 Apr 2022 | 0 m | Reconstruction of single storey outbuilding with pitched roof in walled yard to side of existing dwelling and construction of new detached 1.5 storey garage with pitched roof and dormer window to north of existing dwelling |
What has happened on this file
- 30 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 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.