Observation pack · Cork County Council
Monanimy Lower, Killavullen, Co. Cork.
Permission to construct a 2 storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, new access to serve proposed dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Observations close 8 Dec 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 26/2837 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Admin Validation
- Site area
- 5,175 m²
- Received
- 3 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=26/2837.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2837at 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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/0893 | Grant with conditions | 30 Sept 2026 | 232 m | Full planning permission for a) the demolition of existing grain storage bins, b) the construction of eleven new grain storage bins, c) associated gantries & mechanical plant, d) all associated site works. |
| 21/7360 | Conditional | 18 Jul 2022 | 207 m | to construct a new dwelling house, carport & domestic garage |
| 22/5135 | Conditional | 11 Jul 2022 | 149 m | Permission for the following: a) removal of existing earthen banked slurry pit, b) construction of agricultural building to include robotic milking parlour, cubicle livestock housing, livestock crush & slatted slurry/ soiled water / parlour washing tanks, c) agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing, d)erection of meal bin, and all associated site works |
| 22/4821 | Conditional | 27 Jun 2022 | 208 m | Retention for the conversion of the existing attic to habitable accommodation, alterations to the existing elevations and canopy erected off the southern gable of the existing dwelling house. Permission for the change of use of the existing creche (class 8) to granny flat ancillary to existing dwelling house and the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and installation of a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area to serve the existing dwelling house and proposed granny flat and all associated site works |
| 21/6922 | Conditional | 9 Feb 2022 | 427 m | (1) Retention of alterations and extensions to existing dwelling consisting of a side and rear extension and attic conversion including 3 no. rooflights (2) Retention of existing domestic garage/store (3) Retention of existing site entrance (4) New alterations and extensions to existing dwelling consisting of the demolition of existing rear extension, construction of a new first floor extension and a new front entrance porch and all associated elevational changes (5) The construction of a new extension to the side of existing dwelling for use as a granny flat (6) To replace existing septic tank serving existing dwelling with a new secondary wastewater treatment system and tertiary filter and all associated site works and services. |
What has happened on this file
- 3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 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.