21 Washington Street including laneway west, of No.23 Washington Street and to the side of Litt, and Gravel Lane
Demolition of Kino Cinema for a new art house cinema and student accommodation.
1938828 · Cork City Council · Lodged 25 October 2019
- Reference
- 1938828
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 October 2019
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to demolish the existing Kino Cinema and construct a new ground floor art house cinema and performing arts space with a supporting cafe/bar. Overhead, a student accommodation residence will provide 17 bed spaces, including a roof garden terrace.
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... To demolish the existing kino cinema, and the construction of a new ground floor art house consisting of cinema and performing arts space, to facilitate art house movies and small performing arts events, supporting café/bar, basement and associated facilities with a student accommodation residence overhead, which is to be utilised for tourist or visitor accommodation only outside of academic term times, providing 17 no. Bed spaces, roof garden terrace and all associated student accommodation ancillary spaces, and all associated site works above and below ground.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Washington Court, Anne St, Cork | Apr 2026 | €370,000 | 21 m |
| 14 Washington Court, Anne St, Washington St | Jan 2025 | €300,000 | 34 m |
| Apt 13, Salmon Weir, Washington St | Mar 2025 | €285,000 | 41 m |
| 16 Salmon Weir, Washington St, Cork | Jul 2025 | €330,000 | 41 m |
| 25 Salmon Weir, Washington St, Cork City | Jan 2025 | €261,000 | 70 m |
| Apt 32, Salmon Weir, Lancaster Quay | Jul 2025 | €320,000 | 70 m |
| Apt 13, Waterside Quay, Hanover St | Nov 2025 | €280,000 | 81 m |
| Apt 12, Waterside Quay, Hanover St | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 81 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 received25 October 2019
- Decision due30 July 2020
- Decision issued27 July 2020
- Grant issued4 February 2021
- Appeal submitted21 August 2020
- Appeal decided4 February 2021
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