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Tullig, Millstreet, Co Cork

(A) Retention planning permission to retain extensions constructed to the side and rear of existing dwelling house and (B) Retention permission to retain storage shed/garage

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
26/2862 · full record
Authority
Cork County Council
Type
Permission for Retention
Status
Awaiting Admin Validation
Site area
962 m²
Received
4 Nov 2026
Decision due
7 Jan 2027

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2862.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26/2862 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
G3
High amenity
Greenbelt1: Discourage strongly new individual housing from being located within the greenbelts around the Main Towns.cork county development plan 20226 Jun 2022 → 5 Jun 2028
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 surroundingcork county development plan 20226 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
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Cork County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

  • Recorded monument × 3
    Ringfort - rath · Kiln - lime · R110341

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedDistanceDescription
26/1734Grant with conditions24 Aug 2026410 mPermission for:- a) Change of use of existing garage from garage to ancillary accommodation unit/granny flat, b) Elevational alterations to existing garage building, c) Construct an extension to existing garage building to be used as ancillary accommodation unit/granny flat and all site development works.
26/1444Grant with conditions22 Jul 2026169 mplanning permission to construct an extension to the side of existing dwelling house.
26/0941Grant with conditions8 Jun 2026493 mPlanning permission to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and new vehicular entrance.
25/5861Grant with conditions4 Nov 2025104 mPermission for construction of detached garage and removal of existing timber sheds, together with all associated site works
24/6334Conditional7 Feb 2025475 mPermission to construct a new dwelling house
24/5940Conditional4 Dec 2024414 mPermission for Retention of: a) Extension to dwelling as constructed (Previous REF. 06/4763) & b) Domestic garage/store.
23/5959Conditional18 Jun 2024462 mPermission for the construction of a steel storage building, and all ancillary site works including the raising of ground levels on a site adjacent to the existing steel plant and amendment to attenuation tank permitted by Cork County Council planning ref : 20/4765. Access to the proposed development will be from the existing steel facility entrance from the Main Street. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
23/6180Conditional20 Dec 2023347 mConstruction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312606Granted with conditions19 Nov 202439 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.