Observation pack · Cork County Council

Allihies, Beara, Co. Cork

Permission for retention and completion of dwelling house currently constructed to foundation level, and all associated site works previously approved under planning reference 21/00439

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 21 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: 26/2818 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Admin Validation
Site area: 3,612 m²
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=26/2818.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2818 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 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 × 1
R100606

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
25/6810	Grant with conditions	17 Feb 2026	273 m	Permission for construction of single storey extension to dwelling house, modifications to domestic shed including relocation of external door, and all associated site works
25/59	Refused	10 Apr 2025	472 m	Permission sought for use of part of the roof of an existing single storey extension to dwelling (Granted under Pla. Ref. No. 23/631) as a roof garden and for erection of guardrail to same and for all associated site works
23/631	Conditional	5 Jan 2024	472 m	Permission sought for demolition of existing two storey rear extension to dwelling and for construction of new single storey extension in-lieu of same. Permission also sought for alterations to said dwelling and for all associated site works
22/468	Conditional	12 Sept 2022	386 m	Permission for demolition of rear single and two storey extensions to terrace dwelling and permission for alterations to elevations/fenestration to same
21/762	Conditional	15 Jun 2022	332 m	Construct a detached single storey office and storage building and all associated site works adjacent to Allihies Copper Mine Museum
22/232	Conditional	30 May 2022	370 m	Partial change of use of the lawful cafe use on the ground and first floor as permitted by Planning Ref. 00/1996 reversing back into use of the entire building for use as a single dwelling
21/439	Conditional	25 Nov 2021	0 m	(i) Construction of dwelling house (ii) installation of waste water system and (iii) associated site works

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.