GrantedApartmentsDecided 10 May 2017

The Former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Carrigrohane Road, Cork

Modifications to a permitted student apartment development to add 74 bed spaces and reduce basement parking.

1737329 · Cork City Council · Lodged 16 March 2017

Reference: 1737329
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 March 2017

Summary

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The applicant is seeking modifications to a previously permitted student accommodation scheme at the former Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. The changes will increase the total number of bed spaces from 410 to 484, reduce basement parking to 25 spaces, and alter the ground floor layout and elevations.

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Residential units: 92

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Official record

Development description

Permission for modifications to the 92 no. Student apartments permitted under cork city council ref. 15/36663, to provide an additional 74 no. Bed spaces (increasing the number of bed spaces on-site from 410 to 484), reduced basement car parking area to provide 25 no. Basement car parking spaces with 8 no. Car parking spaces at surface level, modifications to common areas at ground floor level and all associated plan and elevational changes (including modifications to ground floor level), and ancillary development including plant and equipment, substation, switch-room , recycling/refuse storage , landscaping, vehicular and pedestrian access, and bicycle parking

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 4, The Crescent, Farranlea Rd	Dec 2025	€320,000	179 m
13 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork	Jul 2025	€340,000	236 m
25 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork	Feb 2026	€355,000	236 m
34 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork	Apr 2025	€360,000	236 m
7 Downview, Farranlea Road, Cork	Oct 2025	€328,000	236 m
9 Farranlea Grove, Model Farm Rd, Cork	Sept 2025	€520,000	241 m
10 Victoria Court, Victoria Cross, Cork	Aug 2025	€256,000	246 m
St Edmunds, 3 Lee Cottages, Lee Rd	Feb 2025	€10,000	264 m

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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

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Application received16 March 2017
Decision due10 May 2017
Decision issued10 May 2017
Grant issued12 June 2017

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