Observation pack · Cork County Council
Knockanemore, Ovens, Co. Cork
Permission for dwellinghouse, site entrance, sewerage system and all associated works
Observations close 9 Dec 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 26/2861 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Awaiting Admin Validation
- Site area
- 1,597 m²
- Received
- 4 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 7 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=26/2861.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2861at 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 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/1239 | Grant with conditions | 10 Aug 2026 | 368 m | Permission for 4 no. residential serviced sites. This development will include new access road and vehicular entrances, individual wastewater treatment systems, storm and surface water sewers including attenuation system, public lighting, boundary walls, footpaths, public open spaces together with all other ancillary site works. |
| 26/0070 | Grant with conditions | 9 Mar 2026 | 15 m | the construction of a new detached, two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling house, a new on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works including new site entrance and boundary treatments. |
| 25/4999 | Conditional | 11 Jul 2025 | 244 m | Permission for the construction of new covered play area incorporating retaining wall, together with all other ancillary site works |
| 25/4779 | Conditional | 19 Jun 2025 | 354 m | Permission for (1) the demolition and removal of 2no. existing prefab classrooms, (2) the removal of 1no. storage shed, (3) the erection of 3no. modular buildings providing 2no. SEN classrooms, 3no. mainstream classrooms and 4no. SET rooms, with associated toilets, (4) the construction of a 100sqm soft play area with perimeter fencing, and (5) all associated site development works, including all foul and surface water drainage works, gate and boundary fencing. |
| 25/4708 | Conditional | 9 Jun 2025 | 366 m | Permission for the construction of a detached single storey dwelling with a detached garage/store, and a detached garden shed, including the provision of a waste water treatment system, construction of an access lane from existing site entry on killumney road to the proposed dwelling and all associated site development works |
| 25/4701 | Conditional | 9 Jun 2025 | 406 m | Permission for the construction of new dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works |
| 25/4463 | Conditional | 6 May 2025 | 188 m | Permission to decommission existing on site sewage system and construct a waste water treatment unit to serve existing dwelling with all associated site works |
| 24/6257 | Conditional | 8 Apr 2025 | 390 m | Permission for the construction of a new 2 storey dwelling with attached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316772 | Granted | 23 Oct 2023 | 170 m | |
| 316487 | Granted | 6 Oct 2023 | 257 m | |
| 313996 | Granted with conditions | 13 Sept 2023 | 368 m | |
| 312510 | Granted with conditions | 26 Jul 2023 | 385 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
- 4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 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.