The Elms, Boreen Dearg, Rathpeacon
Conversion of a detached garage and connection to the main house via a new link extension.
2140067 · Cork City Council · Lodged 9 April 2021
- Reference
- 2140067
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 9 April 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe applicant intends to extend and alter their existing home by converting a detached garage into living space. A new single-storey link extension will be built to connect the garage to the main house.
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Official record
Development description
Permission to extend and alter her existing dwelling house which includes the conversion of the existing detached garage to living accommodation and the connection of this detached garage to the existing dwelling house by means of new single storey link extension and all associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Glen Iris, Rathpeacon, Cork | Feb 2025 | €600,000 | 315 m |
| 2 The Old Farmhouse, The Heights, Kileensprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €400,881 | 488 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 received9 April 2021
- Decision due17 March 2022
- Decision issued16 March 2022
- Grant issued27 April 2022
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted110 m away
Alterations, raising of roof, porch and dormer extension to dwelling and detached domestic garage
Boreen Dearg, Rathpeacon, ,
04417corkLodged 29 Jan 2004Extension
- Awaiting decision160 m away
Dwellinghouse, garage and biocycle unit
Monard, Blarney, ,
044549corkLodged 22 Jun 2004New dwelling
- Refused160 m away
Bungalow
MONARD, , , , MONARD,
032497corkLodged 26 May 2003
- Refused170 m away
Dwellinghouse and garage
Monard, Blarney, ,
054579corkLodged 29 Jun 2005
- Granted180 m away
Dwellinghouse, garage and septic tank
Rathpeacon, Killeens, ,
088954corkLodged 19 Sept 2008New dwelling
- Refused190 m away
Dwellinghouse and garage
Rathpeacon, Killeens, ,
042128corkLodged 1 Apr 2004
- Granted230 m away
Construction of 4 no. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses of 144 sq.m including all associated site works
Rathpeacon, Killeens, Co.Cork,
174064corkLodged 17 Jan 2017Housing estate
- Granted240 m away
Dwelling house, detached domestic garage & all associated site works including new septic tank
Rathpeacon, Killeens, ,
096593corkLodged 4 Aug 2009New dwelling
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