Unit "A", Thompson House, MacCurtain Street
Change of use from retail to a restaurant in a protected structure on MacCurtain Street.
1938373 · Cork City Council · Lodged 30 April 2019
- Reference
- 1938373
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 30 April 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a change of use from retail to a restaurant for food and drink consumption on the premises. The works include internal layout alterations and a new external sign on a protected structure.
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 is sought for the change of use from retail use to a restaurant for the sale of food and drink for the consumption on the premises, alterations to internal layout, construction of a new external sign which will be fixed to front elevation and all associated site works to a protected structure at unit "a", thompson house, maccurtain street, cork city.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 56 Mccurtain St, Cork | Jul 2026 | €1,360,000 | 77 m |
| Apt 1, 4 Sydney Place, Cork | Jan 2026 | €1,065,000 | 80 m |
| 1 Marlboro Mews, Sydney Place, Cork | Feb 2026 | €322,000 | 125 m |
| 3 Marlboro Mews, Sydney Place, Cork | Mar 2025 | €250,000 | 125 m |
| Apt 1, Bridge House, St Patricks Quay | May 2025 | €290,000 | 134 m |
| Apt 1 - 3 York Terrace, Summerhill North, Cork | Dec 2025 | €450,000 | 216 m |
| 4 Coburg Street, Cork | Dec 2025 | €70,000 | 231 m |
| Ground Floor, 2 Mount Verdon Terrace, Wellington Rd | Dec 2025 | €825,000 | 234 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 received30 April 2019
- Decision due30 July 2019
- Decision issued29 July 2019
- Grant issued3 September 2019
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