Sundays Well Road, Cork
Conversion of a flower shop into a one-bedroom home with a first-floor extension.
2442768 · Cork City Council · Lodged 19 March 2024
- Reference
- 2442768
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 March 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to demolish the existing roof and signage of a flower shop to convert it into a one-bedroom home. It includes building a new first-floor extension with a flat roof to house the kitchen, living, and dining areas.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 2
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 the demolition of existing roof and signage, for the change of use of existing flower shop to a residential 1-bedroom dwelling, for the construction of a new first-floor extension with flat roof, elevational alteration and all associated site works. The proposed dwelling will have a bedroom on the ground floor and kitchen/ living/ dining on the first-floor extension.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and provide for residential uses and amenities, local services and community, institutional, educational and civic uses.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 9 July 2024.
Notified floor area: 48 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Wellington Place, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Feb 2025 | €440,000 | 34 m |
| 7 Carlisle Terrace, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Dec 2025 | €465,000 | 93 m |
| 1 Victoria Villas, Wellington Bridge, Western Rd | Apr 2025 | €481,000 | 180 m |
| Janeville Lodge, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Apr 2025 | €840,000 | 186 m |
| Carrigbeg House, Sundays Well Rd, Cork | Mar 2025 | €650,000 | 216 m |
| Highwood, 13 Ashboro, Shanakiel | Jan 2025 | €622,500 | 257 m |
| Thomond, Shanakiel Rd, Cork | Sept 2025 | €1,400,000 | 270 m |
| Lisheen, Sundays Well, Cork | Feb 2026 | €1,990,000 | 273 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 received19 March 2024
- Decision due13 May 2024
- Decision issued13 May 2024
- Grant issued24 June 2024
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