The former Coca Cola Bottling Plant, Carrigrohane Road, Cork
Modifications to a student accommodation development to add 75 apartments and increase height up to ten storeys.
1938242 · Cork City Council · Lodged 12 February 2019
- Reference
- 1938242
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 February 2019
Summary
AI-generatedProposed modifications to a permitted student accommodation scheme at the former Coca Cola Bottling Plant. The changes include adding 75 apartments (139 bed spaces), increasing the building height to range from six to ten storeys, and providing new amenity areas.
- Residential units
- 75
- Storeys
- 10
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Official record
Development description
- Permission for modifications to the student accommodation development permitted under cork city council ref. 's 15/36663, 17/37329 and 18/38086 at the site of the former coca cola bottling plant, carrigrohane road, cork. The proposed modifications include
- The provision of an additional 75 no. Apartments and 139 bed spaces (increasing the number of apartments on site from 92 to 167 and bed spaces on site from 484 to 623)
- An increase in height to range from six to ten storeys (from four to seven storeys previously permitted)
- Reconfiguration of layout at ground floor level to omit 4 no. Apartments/ 23 no. Bed spaces and provide increased student amenity areas, staff areas and plant rooms
- Modification to stair cores at all levels
- Provision of roof level amenity area/terrace on the sixth floor
- The construction of an external esb substation/switch room
- Relocation of communal refuse store
- Installation of generator and gas skid
- Provision of additional bicycle parking areas
- Omission of plant at lower roof level
- All associated plan and elevational changes, and all ancillary development
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.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 4, The Crescent, Farranlea Rd | Dec 2025 | €320,000 | 179 m |
| 13 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork | Jul 2025 | €340,000 | 236 m |
| 25 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork | Feb 2026 | €355,000 | 236 m |
| 34 Downview, Farranlea Rd, Cork | Apr 2025 | €360,000 | 236 m |
| 7 Downview, Farranlea Road, Cork | Oct 2025 | €328,000 | 236 m |
| 9 Farranlea Grove, Model Farm Rd, Cork | Sept 2025 | €520,000 | 241 m |
| 10 Victoria Court, Victoria Cross, Cork | Aug 2025 | €256,000 | 246 m |
| St Edmunds, 3 Lee Cottages, Lee Rd | Feb 2025 | €10,000 | 264 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 February 2019
- Decision due9 May 2019
- Decision issued2 May 2019
- Grant issued13 June 2019
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