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About

Coakley O’Neill Town Planning is an independent Cork-based town planning consultancy, established in February, 2010 by Dave Coakley and Aiden O’Neill.

The practice provides clients with planning solutions which best suit their needs. We and our Associates have extensive knowledge and practical expertise of planning issues at national, regional and local level across the public and private sectors.

The Team

Aiden O'Neill

Aiden O'Neill

Director

Aiden qualified as a town planner from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1994, with the qualifications of BSc(Hons), PG Dip, MIPI, and has since worked in the public and private sector in the UK and Ireland. His initial experience was in various London regeneration bodies/Local Authorities, latterly the London Development Agency, where he was the principal officer on major mixed use brownfield land redevelopment projects in East and West London, including the Wembley Stadium and Environs Regeneration project. Aiden relocated to Cork, Ireland in early 2004, and was Director of RPS Planning and Environment overseeing a number of infrastructure, residential, retail and tourism projects. In February, 2010, he co-founded Coakley O’Neill Town Planning Ltd with Dave Coakley, and has since advised on commercial, infrastructural, residential, educational, retail and brownfield land redevelopment projects, including SID, LRD, SHD and arbitration cases, of varying scales across the country for a public and private sector client base.

Dave Coakley

Dave Coakley

Director

Dave qualified as a town planner from the University of West England in 2005, and holds the qualifications of BA (Hons), MPhil, MTCP, MIPI, and has worked in the public and private sector in Cork since 2001. Dave has a particular expertise in the development planning process and has led on the preparation of Integrated Area Plans, Local Area Plans, including the North Docks Local Area Plan, and Action Area Plans , and planning policy advisor on internal Part 8 applications and part of the LOTS team and Part V Implementation Team while at Cork City Council. In private practice, Dave was the principal planner for the Cork Area Strategic Plan (CASP) update in 2008. He co-founded Coakley O’Neill Town Planning Ltd with Aiden O’Neill, and has since advised on commercial, infrastructural, energy, sporting, retail and brownfield land redevelopment projects, including SID, SHD and oral hearings, of varying scales, including strategic masterplanning, energy planning, waste infrastructure, residential development, policy submissions, initial planning appraisals, applications, appeals, enforcement, and advocacy work.
Alan O’Callaghan

Alan O’Callaghan

Executive Planner

Alan graduated from University College Cork with a Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development (M.Plan) in 2021 and joined the company the same year, initially as a Planning Intern, then a Graduate Planner, then Assistant Planner, and further promoted to Executive Planner in March, 2025.
Since joining the company, Alan has worked on service station upgrades, electricity infrastructure upgrades and new and extended schools developments across the Country, residential developments, including LRD, in the Munster area, and sporting facilities and student accommodation in Cork City.
Rory Hanrahan

Rory Hanrahan

Assistant Planner

Rory qualified as a town planner from University College Cork in 2023 following the completion of his Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development, with the qualifications of BA(Hons), MPlan, MIPI. Rory joined Coakley O’Neill in June 2023 as a Graduate Planner on completion of his Masters, and was promoted to Assistant Planner in October, 2024. Rory has worked on projects across a range of sectors including commercial projects ranging from medical facilities, office developments and hospitality uses in addition to residential projects including Large Scale Residential. Other projects include the Ballina Lough Talt Water Supply Project on behalf of Uisce Éireann and Flood Relief Schemes at Castleconnell, Kilkee, Mountmellick and Carrickmines – Shanganagh.
Drishya Babu Jayalekshmy

Drishya Babu Jayalekshmy

Graduate Planner

Drishya qualified as a Town Planner in 2024, having completed a Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development (MPlan) at University College Cork. She also holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture (B.Arch) from APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, completed in 2021, and has experience working in the architectural sector. Drishya joined Coakley O’Neill in September 2024 as a Graduate Planner, following a summer internship with Cork City Council. Since joining the company, she has contributed to a variety of planning applications, including changes of use, redevelopment of a Protected Structure, a Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) in Cork City, and major infrastructure projects, including developments at Dublin Airport, as well as road, electricity, and wastewater infrastructure. She has also contributed to school redevelopment projects, initial planning assessments and the preparation of compliance reports.

Contact

 

Tel: +353 (0) 21 230 7000

Fax: + 353 (0) 21 230 7047

Location

NSC Campus, 

Mahon,

Cork