49/50 Old Market Place, The Junction of Castle market Avenue, And Wolfe Tone Street
Construction of a three-storey building containing nine apartments at Old Market Place.
1737404 · Cork City Council · Lodged 28 April 2017
- Reference
- 1737404
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 April 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a new three-storey apartment building containing nine apartments. The project will utilise an existing structure already erected on the site from a previous planning permission.
- Residential units
- 9
- Storeys
- 3
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 the construction of a 3 storey apartment building, containing 9 no. Apartments and which will utilise the existing structure erected on site on foot of tp 05/30265. The proposed development consists of 6 no. 2 bed apartments, 2 no. 3 bed apartments and 1 no. 1 bed apartment, bin storage yard and all ancillary site development works.
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Old Market Place, Off Blarney St, Cork City | May 2026 | €295,000 | 82 m |
| 58 Brother Rice Avenue, Off Blarney St, Cork | Jun 2026 | €276,000 | 95 m |
| 30 Mary Aikenhead Place, Cathedral Road, Cork | Feb 2026 | €301,000 | 110 m |
| 29 Mary Aikenhead Place, Cork | Jan 2026 | €230,000 | 113 m |
| 15 Glen Ryan Rd, Cork, Cork | Nov 2025 | €335,000 | 126 m |
| 384/384a, Blarney St, Cork City | Apr 2026 | €375,000 | 129 m |
| 1 Saint Nicholas Square, Ballymacthomas, Cork | Jan 2026 | €299,000 | 140 m |
| 21 Blarney St, Cork, Cork | Jan 2025 | €275,000 | 155 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 received28 April 2017
- Decision due22 June 2017
- Decision issued22 June 2017
- Grant issued24 January 2018
- Appeal submitted19 July 2017
- Appeal decided23 January 2018
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