The Kingsley Hotel, Carrigrohane Road, Cork
Additions and alterations to the Kingsley Hotel to provide 63 extra guest rooms, a new gym, and offices.
1737328 · Cork City Council · Lodged 16 March 2017
- Reference
- 1737328
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 16 March 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting 19 apartments and the existing gym into guest rooms, offices, and meeting rooms, alongside a fourth-floor extension and rooftop terrace. It also includes converting parking garages into a new gym, building a single-storey extension, and adding a linking walkway.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Permission for additions and alterations to the kingsley hotel, carrigrohane road, to provide an additional 63 no. Guest rooms, new gym, administration offices and meeting rooms. The works include: change of use of 19 no. 2 bedroom apartments and existing hotel gym to guest rooms, administration offices and meeting rooms, together with all associated storage and service areas: guest room extension and new roof top terrace at fourth floor level of former apartment building: change of use of existing parking garages to gym: construction of single storey extension to southern elevation: construction of first floor walkway to northern elevation linking former apartment building with hotel: elevational alterations to existing apartment building including modifications to existing fenestration, replacement of existing balcony guarding, new glazed sections to ground floor, the addition of cladding to facades and new signage panel to south west corner: enlargement of existing windows on southern façade of main hotel: new landscaping to entrance and gym courtyard and modifications to existing wall and railings to carrigrohane road
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.
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Recent sales nearby
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Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received16 March 2017
- Decision due10 May 2017
- Decision issued10 May 2017
- Grant issued9 November 2017
- Appeal submitted2 June 2017
- Appeal decided9 November 2017
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