The Workshop, Old Blackrock Road, Cork City
Change of use from a furniture shop to a café with a delicatessen and external terrace.
1838061 · Cork City Council · Lodged 21 September 2018
- Reference
- 1838061
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 September 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to convert an existing furniture shop into a café and delicatessen. Works include demolishing the northern front façade wall to set back the building line, adding signage, teak cladding, and replacing a window on the eastern elevation.
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 proposed change of use of existing furniture shop to café with delicatessen and associated areas including external terrace and new footpath. Changes to building comprise of the demolishment of northern front façade wall (front elevation) in order to setback the building line of the unit, signage, teak cladding and expansion and replacement window on eastern elevation at this site.
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Elm Park, Old Blackrock Rd, Cork | Jan 2025 | €461,000 | 20 m |
| 3 Old Blackrock Rd, Blackrock Rd, Cork | May 2025 | €400,000 | 61 m |
| 4 Hillsboro Pl, Old Blackrock Rd, Cork | Oct 2025 | €315,000 | 62 m |
| 3 Carrig View Terrace, Old Blackrock Road, Cork | Apr 2025 | €320,000 | 81 m |
| 25 Fitzgerald Place, Old Blackrock Rd, Cork | Aug 2025 | €402,000 | 111 m |
| 26 Old Blackrock Rd, Blackrock Rd, Cork | Sept 2025 | €250,000 | 134 m |
| 22 Rockboro Avenue, Old Blackrock, Cork | Sept 2025 | €755,000 | 141 m |
| 13 Old Blackrock Rd, Blackrock Rd, Cork | Oct 2025 | €331,000 | 142 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 received21 September 2018
- Decision due10 September 2019
- Decision issued9 September 2019
- Grant issued6 February 2020
- Appeal submitted4 October 2019
- Appeal decided6 February 2020
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