Observation pack · Cork County Council

Spurree, Castlelyons, Co. Cork, P61 F386

Permission for the retention of stables, office, wc, elevational changes to the manure store, and all associated site works at Spurree, Castlelyons, Co. Cork

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 26/2833 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission for Retention
Status: Awaiting Admin Validation
Site area: 5,677 m²
Received: 2 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 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=26/2833.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2833 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 7 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
23/6225	Refused	8 Jan 2024	280 m	Permission for the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling, a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, and including all associated site works and associated landscaping
22/6333	Conditional permission	31 Jul 2023	0 m	The construction of a new dwellinghouse, an on-site waste-water treatment system and all other associated site works. Vehicular access to the site is via a splayed entrance from the public road as granted under 21/4054.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318960		Withdrawn	17 May 2024	280 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

2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 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.