GrantedCommercialDecided 12 March 2018

Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain Street, Harley St and

Redevelopment and expansion of the Metropole Hotel, including demolition works and a new six-storey extension.

1737497 · Cork City Council · Lodged 14 July 2017

Reference: 1737497
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 July 2017

Summary

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A 10-year planning permission is sought for the redevelopment and refurbishment of the Metropole Hotel and former P.J. O'Hea site. The project involves demolishing several buildings, retaining the facade of No. 25 St. Patrick's Quay, and constructing a new six-storey hotel extension with 140 bedrooms, bar and restaurant facilities, and retail units.

Commercialhoteldemolitionredevelopment

Storeys: 6

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Official record

Development description

Trigon hotels ltd, intend to apply for a 10-year permission for full planning permission for the redevelopment and refurbishment of the metropole hotel and former p. J. O' hea site at a site bounded by maccurtain street to the north, st. Patrick's quay to the south and existing buildings to the east and west; harley's street traverses the centre of the site. The proposed development consists of
The demolition of buildings to the south of the original metropole hotel including the modern existing rear extension, leeside leisure, and part of no. 25 st patrick's quay (the façade of no. 25 st. Patrick's quay is to be kept and incorporated into the hotel redevelopment) and
The demolition of the former p. J. O' hea building st patrick's quay and harley's street. The proposed development includes the construction of a new hotel extension of 6 floors over upper & lower ground level to the south of the existing metropole hotel with primary access from the existing maccurtain street hotel entrance at ground floor level. It includes hotel accommodation of 140 new bedrooms, bar and restaurant facilities, 4 no. Retail / cafe units at ground floor level, penthouse function rooms, 2 levels of basement parking for 92 cars, ancillary hotel uses and site access and development works. The refurbishment and renovation of the existing hotel building includes 43 bedroom suites and meeting rooms, the rein-statement of original ground floor frontage and the historic entrance on maccurtain street. The proposed development also allows for the construction of a new 228 bedroom hotel at the former p. J. O' hea site consisting of 6 floors of bedroom accommodation over upper and lower ground floor lobby and including hotel bar with one retail unit, roof terrace and two no. Link bridges to the metropole hotel over harley's street. The proposed overall development will allow for a total of 411 no. Bedrooms. Access to the car park is via st. Patrick's quay. The proposed development includes signage and all associated site development works. This application is accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis) and environmental impact statement (eis) / environmental impact assessment report (eiar) the metropole hotel is a protected structure (cork city council record of protected structures listing ps 185)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

City CentreUC

“To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area and to promote its role as a dynamic mixed used centre for community, economic, civic, cultural and residential growth.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 1, 56 Mccurtain St, Cork	Jul 2026	€1,360,000	109 m
Apt 1, Bridge House, St Patricks Quay	May 2025	€290,000	115 m
Apt 1, 4 Sydney Place, Cork	Jan 2026	€1,065,000	132 m
1 Marlboro Mews, Sydney Place, Cork	Feb 2026	€322,000	174 m
3 Marlboro Mews, Sydney Place, Cork	Mar 2025	€250,000	174 m
4 Coburg Street, Cork	Dec 2025	€70,000	221 m
Apt 1 - 3 York Terrace, Summerhill North, Cork	Dec 2025	€450,000	257 m
Ground Floor, 2 Mount Verdon Terrace, Wellington Rd	Dec 2025	€825,000	282 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

Timeline

Application received14 July 2017
Decision due13 March 2018
Decision issued12 March 2018
Grant issued23 April 2018

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