Site of the current Hickey's Retail Store at, nos. 9-12 Maylor Street, Cork City
Redevelopment of Hickey's retail store to construct 32 apartments across six storeys above a reconfigured ground floor retail space.
2140301 · Cork City Council · Lodged 21 June 2021
- Reference
- 2140301
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 June 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves the partial demolition and redevelopment of the Hickey's retail store site. It includes changing a portion of the ground floor retail space to residential access and constructing a six-storey residential development above, consisting of 32 apartments (9 studios, 11 one-bed, and 12 two-bed units).
- Residential units
- 32
- Storeys
- 6
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 the redevelopment of the site of the current hickey's retail store. The proposed development comprises of the change of use of a portion of the ground floor of the existing hickey's retail store from retail to residential ( to facilitate entrance lobby, plant room, covered bin store and bike store) accessed from maylor street comprising 173.15m2, and the consequent reconfiguration of a portion of the ground floor retail element retaining 980.44m2 of the hickeys store (916.87m2 shop access). Access to the hickeys retail store will be retained from maylor street as well as from nos. 123 and 124 oliver plunkett street. The existing apartments above accessed at no. 125 oliver plunkett street are not included in this development. Proposed above the retail on the maylor street side is 6 no storeys of residential development proposing the construction of 32 no. Apartments comprising 9 no. Studio apartments, 11 no. 1 bed apartments and 12 no. 2 bed apartments. The development also includes the demolition of 1916.41.2m2 of the site, mainly to the north east to facilitate an access to the residential units from maylor street site, and also includes drainage, landscaping and surface treatments including a podium garden, and all ancillary site development 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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 2, 19 Maylor St, Acra House | May 2025 | €690,000 | 75 m |
| 9 Morrison House, Morrisons Quay, Cork | Jul 2026 | €250,000 | 228 m |
| Apt 7, Quay House, Fitton St | Feb 2025 | €322,000 | 231 m |
| Apt 14, Quay House, Fitton St | Dec 2025 | €236,000 | 231 m |
| 11 Quay House, Fitton St, Cork | Nov 2025 | €346,500 | 231 m |
| 38 Opera Lane, Cork, Cork | Jan 2025 | €510,000 | 251 m |
| 58 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT | Feb 2025 | €281,938 | 251 m |
| 36 Opera Lane, Cork, Corkprice excludes VAT | Feb 2025 | €290,749 | 251 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 received21 June 2021
- Decision due11 November 2021
- Decision issued11 November 2021
- Grant issued23 December 2021
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