The former McKenzies, /Circuit Courthouse, Camden Quay Camden Place
Alterations to a permitted hotel development to replace a rooftop restaurant with 10 suites and increase capacity to 201 rooms.
2241112 · Cork City Council · Lodged 20 May 2022
- Reference
- 2241112
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 May 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development modifies a previously permitted hotel scheme at a Protected Structure. It replaces a rooftop restaurant and bar with 10 long-stay suites, reconfigures the ground floor cafe and lobby, and increases the total accommodation to 201 bedrooms.
- Residential units
- 201
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 alteration/modification of the 191 no. Bedroom hotel permitted under registered reference 21/40018. The proposed development consists of (1) the omission of the rooftop restaurant, bar waiting area, kitchen, store, toilets and services areas and their replacement with 10 no. Long-stay suites. (2) at ground floor the omission of the previously permitted access to rooftop restaurant from camden place and the relocation of the entrance serving the ground floor cafe also from camden place. (3) internal alterations at ground floor level comprising the increase in floor area of the cafe, omission of 2 no. Meeting rooms and the reconfiguration of lobby areas, service areas, gym, kitchen, staff welfare and administrative floor space. (4) associated elevational changes to fenestration and building treatments and the provision of additional signage. (5) and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will increase the total hotel accommodation on site to 201 no. Bedrooms comprising 148 no. Hotel bedrooms and 53 no. Long stay suites. The proposed development consists of or comprises the carrying out of works to a protected structure.
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | May 2026 | €425,000 | 54 m |
| 35 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Jun 2026 | €312,500 | 54 m |
| 30 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Jun 2025 | €311,000 | 54 m |
| 44 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Aug 2025 | €280,000 | 54 m |
| 33 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Apr 2026 | €420,000 | 54 m |
| 38 Camden Wharf, Camden Quay, Cork | Dec 2025 | €400,000 | 54 m |
| 57 Camden Wharf, Carroll's Quay, Cork | Jan 2025 | €310,000 | 54 m |
| 4 Coburg Street, Cork | Dec 2025 | €70,000 | 71 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 May 2022
- Decision due1 September 2022
- Decision issued1 September 2022
- Grant issued13 October 2022
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