Infrastructure · Co. Cork

Little Island Industrial Estate Wallingstown Little Island Co. Cork

Granted 17 Dec 2025 (final grant issued 30 Jan 2026)

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Key facts

  • Planning application 25/5753 at Little Island Industrial Estate Wallingstown Little Island Co. Cork: Modifications to the existing pharmaceutical facility.
  • It was received by Cork County Council on 29 Aug 2025.
  • Status: Granted 17 Dec 2025 (final grant issued 30 Jan 2026).
  • Permission was granted on 17 Dec 2025 and the final grant issued on 30 Jan 2026. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Cork County Council planning register, checked 13 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Modifications to the existing pharmaceutical facility

Permission for modifications to the existing pharmaceutical facility and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will consist of permission for: 1) the construction of; a) 2 no. equipment control buildings and 3 no. tanks, b) electrical substation building and bunded transformer, and c) a monitoring kiosk and for the demolition of production building unit 1, 2) the retention and subsequent demolition of a store building, 2 no. shipping containers, and 5 no. portacabins, and 3) the retention for the following; modifications to the site layout to include 2 no. contractor's compounds, 11 no. shipping containers, 4 no. portacabins, a modular building comprising of a 5 no. portacabins, workshop/fabrication buildings, administration hut, internal modifications to warehouse 1 to provide additional floor area at first floor level, internal modifications to the engineering workshop building to provide additional floor area at first floor level and associated external stairs, a covered bicycle shelter, security fencing and gates, road tanker bund with access stairs and platform, provision of a bunded area, forklift charging lean-to, motorcycle shelter, sprinkler building, fire water pump house, extension to switch room building, and alterations to the entrance building consisting of cladding of the external stairs. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS00495). The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence

Location
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Planning reference
25/5753
Application type
Retention permissionPermission to keep work already carried out.

Numbers and dates

Project type
Infrastructure
Received
29 Aug 2025
Decision to grant
17 Dec 2025
Final grant
30 Jan 2026
Protected structure
Yes, RPS 00495

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Decision to grant
  3. Final grant issued

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 17 Dec 2025 and the final grant issued on 30 Jan 2026. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 25/5753 on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Cork County Council planning register, checked 13 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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