GrantedChange of useDecided 17 October 2018

Clancy's Bar, Princes Street, Marlboro Street

Conversion of Clancy's Bar into a 29-bedroom hotel with upper-floor extensions.

1837937 · Cork City Council · Lodged 12 June 2018

Reference: 1837937
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 June 2018

Summary

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This application seeks to change the use of Clancy's Bar from a bar, restaurant, and nightclub to a 29-bedroom hotel. The development includes upper-floor extensions fronting Marlborough Street, a first-floor landscaped space, and facade alterations.

Change of usehotelchange of useextensionpub

Floor area: 1,533 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development to facilitate the change of use from a bar/restaurant/nightclub to use as a 29 bedroom hotel,(total gross floor area 1,533.1 sqm) including: (1) extensions at upper floor levels (fronting marborough street) to allow for bedrooms and ancillary space for the proposed hotel, (2) formation of an external landscaped space at first floor level, (3) alterations and improvements to the existing facades, (4) ancillary site works.

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

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

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
24 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Nov 2025	€10,000	183 m
12 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Apr 2026	€475,000	183 m
18 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€418,502	183 m
Apt 1, 2 Sullivans Quay, Cork	Mar 2026	€261,000	187 m
Apt 1, 12 Careys Lane, Cork	Mar 2025	€40,000	193 m
Apt 2, 12 Careys Lane, Cork	Mar 2025	€40,000	193 m
Apt 3, 12 Careys Lane, Cork	Mar 2025	€40,000	193 m
1 Drinan Street, Cork	Apr 2026	€380,000	195 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 received12 June 2018
Decision due17 October 2018
Decision issued17 October 2018
Grant issued28 November 2018

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