Emerald House, The Square, Monacnapa
Extension of duration to convert and extend a guest house, café, and shop into a public house, guest house, café, and shop.
195259 · Cork City Council · Lodged 20 May 2019
- Reference
- 195259
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Received
- 20 May 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThis is an application for an extension of duration of permission. The project involves the change of use and extension of an existing guest house, café, and tourist shop to include a public house, alongside the demolition of rear bathrooms and a storage shed to build a new single-storey extension.
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Official record
Development description
Change of use and extension of existing guest house, café and tourist shop to public house, guest house, café and tourist shop. Demolition of existing rear bathrooms and storage shed and construction of a new single storey extension to provide additional seating area, w. C. S, store rooms and tourist shop floor area, alterations to existing south elevation including 2 no. Canopies over the existing and proposed doors and associated site development works. Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 13/4999 and an bord pleanála reference: pl04.243540.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To consolidate and provide for the development and enhancement of urban town centres as primary locations for mixed use retail, economic and residential growth which also act as a focus for a range of services.”
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.
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Recent sales nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 19, Sunberry, Blarney | Apr 2026 | €260,000 | 221 m |
| 7a Blarney Shopping Centre, Blarney, County Cork | Jan 2026 | €109,000 | 223 m |
| 14 The Groves, Blarney, Co Cork | Jun 2026 | €420,000 | 326 m |
| Farren, Sunberry Drive, Blarney | Feb 2025 | €310,000 | 331 m |
| 37 The Groves, Blarney, Co Cork | May 2025 | €430,000 | 346 m |
| No 20 The Goves Harpers Creek, Glounthaune Co Corkprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €383,260 | 350 m |
| 13 Shamrock Terrace, Blarney, Cork | Feb 2026 | €200,000 | 472 m |
| 5 Muskerry Terrace, Blarney, Co Cork | May 2025 | €250,000 | 477 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 received20 May 2019
- Decision due15 July 2019
- Decision issued11 July 2019
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