GrantedCommercialDecided 21 June 2022

Harbour Lights, Castle Road, Blackrock

Extensions and car park alterations at a residential care facility in Blackrock.

2241063 · Cork City Council · Lodged 27 April 2022

Reference: 2241063
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 27 April 2022

Summary

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Permission is sought to construct extensions to the front and rear of an existing long-stay residential building. The works also include a revised car parking layout at the front and lowering the rear garden level to create an accessible special needs garden.

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Official record

Development description

Permission to construct extensions to front and rear of our existing long stay residential building, also construct revised carparking layout to front of building and undertake reduction of garden level to rear (to provide a special needs accessible garden area). All above works to be inclusive of all necessary siteworks and ancillary accommodation on our lands.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
16 Eden Court, Blackrock, Cork	Mar 2026	€281,000	95 m
17 Eden Court, Mahon, Cork	Apr 2025	€248,000	99 m
10 Eden Court, Mahon, Blackrocknot full market price	Apr 2025	€247,000	116 m
13 Castle Rd, Blackrock, Cork	May 2026	€500,000	157 m
12 Eden Grove, Mahon, Cork	Jul 2025	€306,000	177 m
3 Eden Court, Castle Rd, Blackrock	Nov 2025	€331,000	178 m
14 Gatelodge, Castle Rd, Blackrock	Oct 2025	€665,000	228 m
20 Gate Lodge, Castle Rd, Blackrock	May 2026	€487,000	263 m

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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 received27 April 2022
Decision due21 June 2022
Decision issued21 June 2022
Grant issued2 August 2022

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