Awaiting decisionHousing estateDecision was due 6 December 2018

Site of the former St. Ann's Hydropathic Est., St. Ann's Hill, Kilnamucky

Construction of a 120-bed nursing home and 29 detached houses at a protected historic site.

186697 · Cork City Council · Lodged 12 October 2018

Reference: 186697
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 October 2018

Summary

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The project involves the partial demolition, conservation, and change of use of the former St. Ann's Hydropathic Establishment, a protected structure, to integrate it into a new two-storey, 120-bed nursing home. The development also includes 29 detached houses, a new entrance road, and associated parking.

Housing estatenursing homehousingconservationprotected structure

Residential units: 29
Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

The construction of a nursing home and residential development 29 no. Detached houses and all ancillary site works on the site of the former st. Ann’s hydropathic establishment. The proposed development makes provision for the partial demolition, conservation, refurbishment, alteration and change of use of the remains of the former st. Ann’s hydropathic establishment which is a protected structure (rps 00815) to facilitate its integration into the proposed 2-storey nursing home which will provide for 120 no. Bed spaces and ancillary offices, meeting rooms, staff facilities, kitchen/restaurant, nurse stations, morgue, laundry facilities, communal lounge and the refurbishment of the former belfry tower structure. The proposed development will also include 29 no. Detached houses consisting of 26 no. Single storey 3-bedroom detached houses and 3 no. 2-storey, 4-bedroom detached houses. Access to the proposed development will be via a new entrance and access road from the r617 and ancillary site works will include provision of surface parking associated with the proposed nursing home, pedestrian walkways and landscaping.

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
3 Barters Wood, Tower, Blarney	Sept 2025	€470,000	263 m
Palm Vista, Tower Rd, Cork	Nov 2025	€315,000	313 m
30 Riverview Est, Tower, Blarneynot full market price	Nov 2025	€230,000	399 m
4 The Gardens, Gleann Na Ri Tower, Blarney	Mar 2026	€320,000	406 m
17 The Gardens, Gleann Na Ri, Tower	Dec 2025	€455,000	462 m
2 The Lawn, Gleann Na Ri, Tower Blarney	Sept 2025	€380,000	499 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.

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Application received12 October 2018
Decision due6 December 2018

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