New Application · decision due 15 Oct 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted
Commercial new build, lands at Fota Retail & Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands at Fota Retail & Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an...
The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.
Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.
No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.
Opportunity & supplier intelligence
What is known, and what may happen next
Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.
The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 15 Oct 2026; no procurement timetable is published.
Decision due 15 Oct 2026 / Confidence: MediumPublic planning decision due date; the authority may update it.
Open evidenceNo commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.
Source limitedNo drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.
Source limitedConfirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands at Fota Retail & Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking including accessible parking spaces, grill bays, EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, a height restrictor, customer order points...
Open scope evidenceNamed firms
Public source roles
- McDonald'S Restaurants of Ireland Ltd
- Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
- Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.
Evidence-backed work packages
Explicit source signals only
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Exact reference
- 26/2189
- Evidence reviewed
- 4 Sep 2026
- Confidence
- Source-linked
Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.
Application-stage scope
2 source-supported signalsWhat the public record evidences
Commercial new build
The public application record identifies commercial new build in the submitted planning scope.
Roads and site-development scope
The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.
Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.
Project facts
Named source parties
- Promoter
- McDonald'S Restaurants of Ireland Ltd
- Planning agent
- Eva Bridgeman Mipi
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Official description
Application text
We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands at Fota Retail & Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking including accessible parking spaces, grill bays, EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, a height restrictor, customer order points with associated canopies, totem signage, free-standing signage, banner frames and digital menu boards, plant and PV panels at roof level, ESB substation and kiosk, landscaping including outdoor furniture/seating area with parasols, boundary treatments, lighting, new vehicular access onto the existing internal access road, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.
Source-aware chronology
Empty lanes explain their state.Application to site progress
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Applied 21 Aug 2026 26/2189
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Decision Decision not recorded yet
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Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
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Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
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Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register
Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 26/2189
We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands at Fota Retail & Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking including accessible parking spaces, grill bays, EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, a height restrictor, customer order points with associated canopies, totem signage, free-standing signage, banner frames and digital menu boards, plant and PV panels at roof level, ESB substation and kiosk, landscaping including outdoor furniture/seating area with parasols, boundary treatments, lighting, new vehicular access onto the existing internal access road, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.
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