The former Uponor Site, Ardarostig, Bandon Road Bishopstown
Demolition of a former industrial building to construct a new two-storey vehicle showroom and valeting building.
166632 · Cork City Council · Lodged 21 October 2016
- Reference
- 166632
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 October 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves the demolition of the former Uponor building and associated structures. In its place, a new two-storey vehicle showroom with a workshop, a separate single-storey valeting building, a carwash, and a relocated site entrance will be constructed.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
The demolition of the existing former uponor building and associated ancillary structures, the construction of a new two storey vehicle showroom incorporating a workshop, stores and staff facilities, a separate one storey valeting building, carwash area, recycling compound external car display, car parking, site lighting, building signage programme and 1 no. Totem sign, connection to mains water supply and drainage, connection to on site foul treatment facility, boundary fencing and walling, construction of a new relocated site entrance and new access road incorporating new bandon road junction, two number individual accesses to potential future sites’, associated lighting, entrances, services, unloading bay and turning area, new one storey substation building, new foul treatment and percolation facility, landscaping, site re-grading and all associated site development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for light industry and related uses.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tigh Deire, Bishopstown Rd, Bishopstown | Jun 2025 | €475,000 | 403 m |
| Cleaveragh, 2 Waterfall Road, Cork | Jul 2025 | €400,000 | 418 m |
| Valhalla, Ardrostig, Waterfall | Jul 2025 | €608,000 | 445 m |
| 122 Waterfall Heights, Waterfall Road, Bishopstownprice excludes VAT | Feb 2025 | €421,476 | 449 m |
| 82 Waterfall Heights, Waterfall, Corkprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €443,502 | 449 m |
| 75 Waterfall Rd, Cork, Cork | Oct 2025 | €585,000 | 466 m |
| 76 Waterfall Rd, Bishopstown, Cork | Mar 2025 | €560,000 | 466 m |
| 8 Units At Block 4, Waterfall Heights, Ardrostigprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €3,231,424 | 467 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 received21 October 2016
- Decision due23 March 2017
- Decision issued7 March 2017
- Grant issued7 April 2017
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