Observation pack · Cork County Council

Barnagore, Ovens, Co. Cork., P31 D253

Amendments and the extension to an existing service compound serving the Dell Technologies facility and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development consists of the demolition/clearance of 3 no. existing compound areas and associated equipment/structures to facilitate the construction of 2 no. single storey plantroom buildings and 2 no. new outdoor chiller compounds with associated electrical infrastructure/transformers and the installation of electrical infrastructure/transformers to serve an existing chiller compound. Ancillary site development works include the installation of an acoustic barrier/fence, the diversion of existing underground ESB lines, piperacks and landscaping proposals

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 26/2872 · full record
Authority: Cork County Council
Type: Permission
Status: Awaiting Technical Validation
Site area: 1.06 ha
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 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=26/2872.
Write your observation.Quote 26/2872 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 10 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
M4 Major town centre	Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses: Facilitate development that supports in general the employment uses of the Existing Mixed/General Business/ Industrial Areas.	cork county development plan 2022	6 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 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

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Recorded monument × 3
Enclosure · Enclosure · Enclosure

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
26/1837	Grant with conditions	5 Nov 2026	152 m	Planning permission to construct 2 No tennis courts with 2 No 14m Floodlights & 1 No paddle court with 2 No 6m Floodlights & associated site works including drainage, fencing, paths & electrical infrastructure.
26/1762	Grant with conditions	19 Aug 2026	266 m	We, MM Fiber Packaging Ireland Ltd., wish to apply for full planning permission for the following works at site located at MM Packaging, Barnagore, Ovens, Co. Cork, P31 CA55: 1) Construction of new storage unit to be located adjacent to existing package manufacturing facility and be used by same. New storage unit will be accessed via existing internal road network and site entrance currently serving the existing facility; 2) all associated site development works to include drainage works and the installation of new security fence and associated gates for the purpose of securely enclosing the site.
25/6577	Grant with conditions	27 Jan 2026	330 m	Permission for retention for alterations and extensions to dwelling including: the relocation of front entrance, the construction of a porch to the front of dwelling, removal of sunroom and construction of an extension to a lounge room at the rear of the dwelling and other general amendments to elevations.
25/4992	Conditional permission	27 Aug 2025	449 m	Permission for two storey dwelling, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works.
24/6076	Conditional	23 Dec 2024	377 m	Permission for erection of palisade security fence with double gate around perimeter of existing water tank and all associated site works
24/5958	Conditional	3 Dec 2024	216 m	Permission for the construction of an extension to an existing detached domestic garage in the rear garden to be used as a gym/games room ancillary to the existing dwelling house. Permission for retention is also sought for a) a sunroom as constructed to the rear of the existing house including the demolition of an old existing sunroom & b) a dormer window as constructed to the rear roof of the existing house and all associated site works
23/5485	Refused	10 Jul 2024	170 m	Construction of 51 no. dwelling houses comprising 30 no. 4-bed dwelling houses, 12 no. 3-bed dwelling houses and 9 no. 2-bed dwelling houses, a temporary wastewater treatment plant, pumping station and all associated site development works including vehicular access, footpaths, parking, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas.
24/4813	Conditional	26 Jun 2024	286 m	1) Demolition of the existing side extension, rear porch and roof of front porch of the existing dwelling, 2) Change of use of the existing garage to domestic use, namely to bedroom and en suite, 3) Construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, 4) Alterations to the existing elevations and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320466	Refused	19 Feb 2025	170 m
316355	Other	23 Oct 2023	24 m
316354	Other	23 Oct 2023	170 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

5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 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.