Community Action Group

Making a submission on a planning application

From the Cork City web site:

* Any person or body, on payment of the prescribed fee, may make a submission or observation in writing to Cork City Council in relation to a planning application.

* The submission or observation must be made within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Cork City Council of the valid planning application.

* The fee for making a submission is currently €20 and must be accompanied with the submission.

The planning application for the Good Shepherd Convent site was received by Cork City Council on 29th April. Effectively, this means that all submissions must be submitted by Friday 30th May at the latest, as the 5-week period ends on 2nd June, which is a Bank Holiday.

How to make a Submission

You can make a submission by:

1. Posting it to Planning Development Management, Cork City Council, City Hall, Cork accompanied by the prescribed fee as a cheque or bank draft for €20.
2. Using the online facility at corkcity.submit.com/show/239 with your debit or credit card.
3. Calling into the planning public counter with the submission and prescribed fee, €20. The public counter is open 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday except for public holidays.

NB:

Please note that if making the submission online you must not submit by email but you must use the Cork City dedicated website link at corkcity.submit.com/show/239

* Email submissions are not accepted.

* It is important to retain the receipt/ acknowledgement of your application. This will be needed if an appeal is made to An Bord Pleanala.

Here is an example of how to start your submission:

						[Your name]
						[Your full street address]
						[Your EIR code]

	Planning Development Management
	Cork City Council
	City Hall
	Anglesea Street
	Cork.

	[date]

	ref:	Planning Application ref. no.: 2543847
		Applicant's name: Bellmount Good Shepherd Ltd
		Address and Location of proposed LRD:
			The former Good Shepherd Convent
			Convent Avenue and Buckston Hill
			Sunday's Well 
			Cork

	To Whom it may Concern

	[Your objections start here....]

	[At the end, remember to write your name and sign]
	

For your information:

The Good Shepherd development plan is an LRD (Large Scale Residential Development)

The Legislative Basis for an LRD

The Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) process was introduced on 17th December 2021 to replace the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process. This restores the two-stage planning process, with decision making for LRD applications returning to the local planning authority in the first instance, with the subsequent right of appeal to An Board Pleanála. See large scale residential developments page on the Cork City Council Services page.