Unit 1 Nore House, Riverview Business Park, Bessboro Road Mahon
Change of use of a ground floor office to a community day service facility in Mahon.
2140676 · Cork City Council · Lodged 23 November 2021
- Reference
- 2140676
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 23 November 2021
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to change the use of the ground floor of Unit 1, Nore House from offices to a day service facility. The service will provide learning, development, and social care opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities or Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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 is sought for the change of use of the ground floor of unit 1 from offices to provide 'day service' opportunities for learning and development community inclusion and social care provision to adult service users presenting with intellectual disability/ autistic spectrum disorder together with all ancillary development. Minor internal alterations consisting of the subdivision of rooms. Access is to be taken from the existing access point on bessboro road.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the creation and protection of high technology related office-based industry and enterprise, to facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”
National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Clover Lawn Skehard Rd, Blackrock, Cork | Dec 2025 | €500,000 | 85 m |
| 35 Clover Lane, Janeville, Carrigalineprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €440,088 | 142 m |
| 12 Clover Hill Est, Skehard Rd, Cork | Nov 2025 | €445,000 | 263 m |
| 9 Clover Lawn, Skehard Rd, Blackrock | Apr 2025 | €461,250 | 273 m |
| 4 Clover Lawn, Cork Road, Mallownot full market price · price excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €334,801 | 298 m |
| 5 Clover Lawn, Cork Road, Mallownot full market price · price excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €334,801 | 302 m |
| 3 Clover Lawn, Cork Road, Mallonot full market price · price excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €325,991 | 304 m |
| 2 Clover Lawn, Cork Road, Mallownot full market price · price excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €312,775 | 305 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 received23 November 2021
- Decision due26 January 2022
- Decision issued26 January 2022
- Grant issued9 March 2022
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