Tivoli Industrial Estate, Tivoli, Cork
Establishment of a temporary 7-year bus depot for 150 buses in Tivoli, including demolition and refurbishment works.
2342055 · Cork City Council · Lodged 2 June 2023
- Reference
- 2342055
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 2 June 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development involves creating a temporary bus depot for approximately 150 buses. The works include demolishing a steel-frame shed, converting an existing warehouse into a workshop, installing a fueling point, bus wash, modular welfare units, and creating 69 car parking spaces.
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 a temporary bus depot, for a period of seven years, for the parking of approximately 150 buses, incorporating the demolition of a three-bay steel frame and ancillary shed building, the refurbishment of existing warehouse for change of use as a workshop, a new bituminous hardstanding surface with drainage interceptors, reconfiguration of existing vehicle entrances to form a single entrance and provision of one additional new vehicle entrance, provision of 69 car parking spaces, covered bicycle parking spaces, a covered and bunded fueling point including a double skinned 75,000lt fuel storage tank and 15,000lt ad blue storage tank, a bus wash area for including a water recycling unit and servicing shed, two externally placed modular units for use as welfare facilities, stormwater attenuation, oil separators and upgraded stormwater network, associated lighting, fencing, cctv and all ancillary site development works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide and promote a mix of residential, employment and other uses in the long term, to ensure the creation of a vibrant, compact and sustainable urban area.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
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
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrender of Leasehold interest in, property at Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City | Jun 2026 | €55,000 | 197 m |
| 34 Glenmont, Silversprings, Cork | Oct 2025 | €318,000 | 271 m |
| 27 Glenmont Apts, Silversprings, Cork | Jul 2025 | €300,000 | 271 m |
| 11 Glenmont, Silversprings, Tivoli | Jul 2025 | €292,000 | 289 m |
| 10a Glenmont, Silversprings, Cork | Jul 2025 | €310,000 | 289 m |
| 18 Glenmont, Silversprings, Cork | Jan 2026 | €35,000 | 289 m |
| Normic, Tivoli, Cork | Sept 2025 | €345,000 | 302 m |
| Caragh, Tivoli, Cork | Jul 2025 | €335,500 | 353 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 received2 June 2023
- Decision due6 November 2023
- Decision issued6 November 2023
- Grant issued18 December 2023
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