GrantedChange of useDecided 26 April 2023

6 Cornmarket Street, (A Protected Structure), and 13 Daltons Avenue

Change of use and extensions to a protected structure, including a rooftop garden and restaurant extension.

2241327 · Cork City Council · Lodged 9 August 2022

Reference: 2241327
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: RETENTION
Received: 9 August 2022

Summary

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This application proposes changing the use of the first floor to a restaurant and the upper floors to offices within a protected structure. It includes a first-floor rear rooftop extension with a trolley lift, and seeks retention for a rooftop garden used for agricultural purposes.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for the following alterations to 6 cornmarket street (a protected structure), namely; change of use of the first floor from storage to restaurant, the change of use of second and third floors from storage to offices and meeting room, the construction of a first floor rooftop extension to the rear elevation for use as restaurant and ancillary facilities, and the construction of a trolley lift from the ground floor retail space to rooftop. The application also includes the seeking of permission for retention of the use of the flat roof over 6 cornmarket street and 13 dalton's avenue as a rooftop garden for agricultural purposes including external access/egress stairs on dalton's avenue elevation, timber finished roof top guarding, refuse storage and security fence on dalton's avenue.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

City CentreUC

“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.

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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
1 Daltons Avenue, Cornmarket Street, Cork	Mar 2025	€528,635	23 m
6 Coal Quay, Cork	Feb 2025	€239,291	34 m
Apt 18, Rivergold, Lavitts Quay	Feb 2025	€355,000	80 m
Apt 8 Rivergold, Lavitts Quay, Cork	Sept 2025	€440,000	80 m
25 River Gold, Lavitts Quay, Cork	Nov 2025	€230,000	80 m
Apt 22, Popes Quay, Cork	Jul 2025	€286,000	116 m
Apt 1, 19a Popes Quay, Cork	Feb 2025	€200,000	190 m
12 Sylvan Way, Janeville, Cork Roadprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€427,312	195 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 received9 August 2022
Decision due27 April 2023
Decision issued26 April 2023
Grant issued7 June 2023

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