GrantedChange of useDecided 1 June 2023

90 Shandon Street, Cork

Conversion of a three-storey building on Shandon Street into a funeral parlour.

2341713 · Cork City Council · Lodged 19 January 2023

Reference: 2341713
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 19 January 2023

Summary

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The ground floor will change from retail/office use to a funeral parlour, requiring the demolition of first-floor accommodation to create a higher ceiling. The second floor will change from residential to storage and staff facilities.

Change of usefuneral parlourconversioncity centre

Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Permission for the following alterations to an existing three-storey building; namely, the change of use of the ground floor from retail premises and office premises to funeral parlour, the demolition of the internal first-floor residential accommodation to provide a higher ceiling in the proposed funeral parlour, change of use of the second floor from residential accommodation to storage and staff facilities, internal structural alterations to provide a new stairs to the second floor, new shopfront for the proposed business and any ancillary site works.

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 Dominck Court, Dominick St, Cork	Mar 2025	€260,000	43 m
1 Old Friary Place, Shandon St, Cork	Mar 2026	€330,000	62 m
30a Dominick St, Cork	Feb 2025	€280,000	62 m
50 Shandon Street, Cork City, County Cork	Mar 2025	€230,000	72 m
3 St Rita'S Villas, Shandon St, Cork	May 2026	€187,000	94 m
4 Church Street, Cork, County Cork	May 2026	€372,500	95 m
4 Coppinger View, Coppinger Court, Popes Quay	Apr 2026	€255,000	115 m
4 Popes Quay Court, Shandon St, Cork	Dec 2025	€265,000	122 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 received19 January 2023
Decision due1 June 2023
Decision issued1 June 2023
Grant issued13 July 2023

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