"Hilton", 24 Highfield Lawn, Model Farm Road
Retention of a two-storey side extension, alongside plans for a new granny flat, front porch, and widened entrance.
1636968 · Cork City Council · Lodged 11 July 2016
- Reference
- 1636968
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 11 July 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to retain an existing two-storey side extension containing a kitchen, living room, and bedrooms. It also requests permission to build a single-storey rear extension for a granny flat, a front entrance porch, and to widen the vehicular entrance with new piers and gates.
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Official record
Development description
Retain a two storey extension to the side of a dwelling, which accommodates a kitchen and living room with bedrooms over and for permission to alter and extend the same dwelling at "hilton" 24 highfield lawn model farm road. The single storey extensions to the rear of the dwelling are to accommodate a "granny flat" and a single storey to the front to accommodate an entrance porch, with all associated site works. It is also proposed to widen the vehicular entrance and erect new piers and gates.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and provide for residential uses and amenities, local services and community, institutional, educational and civic uses.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 28 March 2017.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greenway, Mofel Farm Road, Corknot full market price | Jan 2010 | €160,000 | 225 m |
| Avonlee, 68 Model Farm Rd, Cork | Feb 2026 | €345,000 | 228 m |
| Glenanaar, Bishopstown Ave West, Model Farm Rd | Apr 2025 | €600,000 | 258 m |
| 13 Kenley Drive, Model Farm Road, Cork | Jan 2025 | €752,000 | 271 m |
| Dun Angus, 7 Bishopstown Ave West, Model Farm Road | Sept 2025 | €1,050,000 | 272 m |
| Torwood, Bishopstown Ave, Model Farm Rd | Mar 2025 | €610,000 | 275 m |
| Doirin, Bishopstown Ave, Cork | Jan 2025 | €1,150,000 | 309 m |
| Small Acre, Bishopstown Ave, Model Farm Rdnot full market price | May 2025 | €297,000 | 362 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received11 July 2016
- Decision due5 September 2016
- Decision issued1 September 2016
- Grant issued4 October 2016
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