The Half Moon Street mixed use development, on Lavitts Quay Paul Street Pauls Lane, and Half Moon Street
Change of use from retail to office space at Lavitts Quay, Cork.
2039314 · Cork City Council · Lodged 29 May 2020
- Reference
- 2039314
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 May 2020
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to change the use of a ground floor retail unit to office use, including bicycle storage and staff facilities. The project will integrate the space with an adjacent office lobby and make elevational changes to entrance doorways.
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 for (i) the change of use of existing ground floor retail use at retail unit 4 (as permitted under cork city council registered reference 07/31749 and amended under cork city council reference 16/36974) to office use, with bicycle storage, staff changing and break out space; (ii) integration and amalgamation of proposed office use with existing adjacent office lobby to the west fronting lavitts quay (as permitted under cork city council registered reference 07/31749), and; (iii) elevational changes including relocation and modification of entrance doorways on lavitts quay and half moon street and all ancillary site works.
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 24 November 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 12 June 2022.
Notified floor area: 417.5 m²
2 commencement notices are linked to this development.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 18, Rivergold, Lavitts Quay | Feb 2025 | €355,000 | 76 m |
| 25 River Gold, Lavitts Quay, Cork | Nov 2025 | €230,000 | 76 m |
| Apt 8 Rivergold, Lavitts Quay, Cork | Sept 2025 | €440,000 | 76 m |
| 37 Knapps Sq, John Redmond St, Cork | Aug 2025 | €288,000 | 121 m |
| 1 Daltons Avenue, Cornmarket Street, Cork | Mar 2025 | €528,635 | 135 m |
| 57 Camden Wharf, Carroll's Quay, Cork | Jan 2025 | €310,000 | 141 m |
| 30 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Jun 2025 | €311,000 | 141 m |
| 44 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Aug 2025 | €280,000 | 141 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 received29 May 2020
- Decision due23 July 2020
- Decision issued20 July 2020
- Grant issued28 August 2020
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
Alterations to the existing façade to include a new door and subdivision of the existing retail unit
Unit 03 , Half Moon Street , Cork
1636974Cork CityLodged 15 Jul 2016Alterations
- GrantedAt this site
The erection of signage with integrated ventilation louvres to existing façade
Unit 3 , Half Moon Street , Cork
1637195Cork CityLodged 9 Dec 2016Alterations
- Granted30 m away
Permission for partial construction, adaptation and refurbishment of their facilities at Half Moon street,…
Half Moon Theatre & , Cork Opera House back-of-house , Half Moon street
1737429Cork CityLodged 22 May 2017Alterations
- Granted50 m away
Permission for removal of existing signage and installation of new signage on the north, east and west…
Cork Opera House , Emmet Place , Cork
1737544Cork CityLodged 22 Aug 2017Alterations
- Awaiting decision50 m away
Permission for removal of existing signage and installation of new signage on the north elevation along…
Cork Opera House , Emmet Place , Cork
1737653Cork CityLodged 27 Nov 2017Alterations
- Granted70 m away
Permission for the installation of a 50m2 temporary tented structure within the garden of the Crawford Art…
Crawford Art Gallery , Emmett Place , Cork
2039611Cork CityLodged 19 Oct 2020Commercial
- Granted70 m away
Permission for a three year period of intermittent temporary art installations on the east façade at first…
Crawford Art Gallery , Emmet Place , Cork
1938243Cork CityLodged 12 Feb 2019Alterations
- Granted70 m away
Permission for development of this site at Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork City for a period of 7…
Crawford Art Gallery Cork , Emmet Place , Cork
2241598Cork CityLodged 30 Nov 2022Commercial
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