The Doctors Consulting, Rooms located at, 161 Shanakiel Shanakiel Road
Conversion of a vacant doctor's consulting building into a single house with a new extension.
2241035 · Cork City Council · Lodged 20 April 2022
- Reference
- 2241035
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 April 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks a material change of use from a vacant medical consulting building to a single residential dwelling. Works include the demolition of an existing single-storey side and rear structure, internal alterations, and the construction of a new single-storey extension.
- Residential unit
- 1
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Official record
Development description
Permission for the material change of use from medical use (currently vacant) to residential use ( 1 no. Dwelling house) of existing detached building formerly known as the doctors consulting rooms located at 161 shanakiel, shanakiel road, sundays well, cork t23v9hr. Proposed works to include: (1) demolition of existing rear and side single storey structure adjoining two-storey building; (2) internal alterations and construction of new single storey extension to rear and side of existing two storey building, including minor alterations to existing elevations; (3) all associated site works including new boundary treatment and landscaping.
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomond, Shanakiel Rd, Cork | Sept 2025 | €1,400,000 | 124 m |
| 5 The Grove, Shanakiel, Cork | Mar 2025 | €300,000 | 164 m |
| Carrigbeg House, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Mar 2025 | €650,000 | 171 m |
| Lisheen, Sundays Well, Cork | Feb 2026 | €1,990,000 | 177 m |
| Janeville Lodge, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Apr 2025 | €840,000 | 186 m |
| 78 Sundays Well Road, Cork | Jan 2010 | €510,000 | 187 m |
| Mount Vernon, 68 Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Feb 2026 | €1,260,000 | 196 m |
| 48 Briarscourt, Blarney Rd, Shanakiel | Dec 2025 | €318,000 | 210 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 received20 April 2022
- Decision due4 August 2022
- Decision issued4 August 2022
- Grant issued14 September 2022
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