GrantedCommercialDecided 27 September 2022

Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Tadgh Barry Road and lands, adjacent to David McCarthy Road and

Construction of a four-storey office building, commute hub, energy centre, and new surface car park at the Apple campus.

2241121 · Cork City Council · Lodged 24 May 2022

Reference: 2241121
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 24 May 2022

Summary

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The development consists of a four-storey office building over a partial lower ground floor, connected to the existing 'HH4' building by a cantilevered link corridor. It also includes a single-storey commute hub for bicycle/scooter parking, an energy centre, security huts, and a new surface car park to the north of David McCarthy Road.

Commercialofficecampusparking

Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Permission for the construction of a four storey over partial lower ground floor level office building providing office space, meeting rooms, staff welfare, service areas and all ancillary site development works. The proposed office building will be constructed within the existing carpark and will connect to an existing office building known as ‘hh4’ to the southeast by way of a cantilevered link corridor at first floor level resulting in façade amendments and internal reconfigurations to the existing ‘hh4’ building. A central pedestrian avenue will also be provided between the existing and proposed building. The proposed development includes a single storey commute hub building providing bicycle/scooter parking, storage and staff facilities serving the wider apple campus, a single storey energy centre building and 2 no. Single storey security huts. A new surface car park on lands to the north of the david mccarthy road is proposed to accommodate the relocation of the displaced car parking spaces resultant from the construction of the proposed office building and provision of additional car parking spaces, in addition to the reconfiguration of the existing car park to the south of the david mccarthy road. The proposed carpark to the north of the david mccarthy road will be linked with the main campus via a pedestrian underpass under david mccarthy road and a covered pedestrian pathway. 2 no. New vehicular accesses are proposed off the david mccarthy road. Ancillary site development works include hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting, public realm upgrades, signage, plant and photovoltaic panels and all other site development works above and below ground. An environmental impact assessment report has been prepared in respect of the planning application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Business and TechnologyCOE

“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.

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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
120 Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork	Nov 2025	€275,000	396 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 received24 May 2022
Decision due27 September 2022
Decision issued27 September 2022
Grant issued8 November 2022

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