UCC Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall
Deep energy retrofit of the UCC Enterprise Centre in Cork, including solar panels and a new plantroom.
2240978 · Cork City Council · Lodged 30 March 2022
- Reference
- 2240978
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 30 March 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe application is for a deep energy retrofit of the part single-storey, part two-storey UCC Enterprise Centre. Works include external insulation, new windows and doors, a new metal roof, rooftop solar PV panels, and a new single-storey plantroom for a geothermal heat pump.
- Storeys
- 2
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 deep energy retrofit of the existing part single-storey, part two-storey enterprise centre building t distillery fields, north mall, cork, t23n73k. The works comprises of installation of new external insulation with render finish, new aluminium windows and doors and new profiled metal roof to replace existing. Also installation of rooftop pv panels, construction of a new single storey plantroom for geothermal heat pump and associated site development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and provide for residential uses and amenities, local services and community, institutional, educational and civic uses.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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 14 June 2023. A completion certificate was lodged on 2 December 2024.
Notified floor area: 1,650 m²
2 commencement notices are linked to this development.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Landscape Terrace, Sundays Well, Cork | Oct 2025 | €506,000 | 108 m |
| 13 Sundays Well Rd, Sundays Well, Cork City | Jan 2026 | €295,000 | 121 m |
| Apartment 1, 15 Sundays Well Road, Cork | Jul 2026 | €630,000 | 134 m |
| 13 Salmon View Terrace, Sunday's Well Avenue, Sunday's Well | Sept 2025 | €335,000 | 140 m |
| 28 Sunday's Well Avenue, Cork | Nov 2025 | €250,000 | 148 m |
| 8 Sundays Well Ave, Sundays Well, Cork | Jan 2025 | €297,000 | 150 m |
| 84 Blarney St, Cork, Corknot full market price | Mar 2026 | €150,000 | 176 m |
| 24 Altus, Sundays Well Rd, Co Corkprice excludes VAT | Jan 2025 | €524,229 | 184 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 received30 March 2022
- Decision due30 June 2022
- Decision issued30 June 2022
- Grant issued11 August 2022
In the area
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