GrantedCommercialDecided 17 February 2020

111-112 (former A-wear Unit), St.Patrick's St

Amendments to a shopfront at the Savoy Centre, including a larger fire panel cupboard and internal illumination.

1938982 · Cork City Council · Lodged 18 December 2019

Reference: 1938982
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 18 December 2019

Summary

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The application proposes amendments to a previously permitted development at the former A-wear unit. It includes increasing the size of a fire detection panel cupboard to 1.0 sq m and installing internal illumination along the shopfront fascia and soffit return panels.

Commercialshopfrontretailsignage

Floor area: 1 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at the savoy centre. The development will consist of the following amendments to the previously permitted cork city council planning application ref 19/38450; an increase in the size and configuration of a cupboard containing a fire detection panel located behind the central column of the shopfront from o. 5 sq m to 1.0 sq. M. ; and the installation of internal illumination (14.7 sq. M. ) along the fascia and soffit return panels of the shopfront. Permission was sought for similar internal illumination under cork city council planning application reference no. 19/38450 but was omitted by way of a planning condition. The proposed internal illumination has been reduced in depth from 1345 mm in cork city council planning reference no 19/38450 to 795 mm in this planning application. The works are confined to the ground floor

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

City CentreUC

“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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
38 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Jan 2025	€510,000	82 m
36 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€290,749	82 m
45 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	May 2025	€530,000	82 m
44 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Jan 2026	€560,000	82 m
58 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€281,938	82 m
18 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€418,502	119 m
12 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Apr 2026	€475,000	119 m
24 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork	Nov 2025	€10,000	119 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

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Application received18 December 2019
Decision due20 February 2020
Decision issued17 February 2020
Grant issued23 July 2020
Appeal submitted13 March 2020
Appeal decided23 July 2020

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