15 Georges Quay, Cork
Conversion of a protected mid-terrace building into a ground floor café and four apartments in Cork.
2443372 · Cork City Council · Lodged 4 November 2024
- Reference
- 2443372
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 4 November 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought for alterations to a protected mid-terrace building to create a ground floor café and four apartments on the upper floors. Works include rear balconies, new and amended dormers, rooflight replacements, and conservation repairs.
- Residential units
- 4
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 alterations to existing mid terrace building a protected structure to include for a ground floor café and 4 no. Apartments to the upper floors including alterations to rear elevation including balconies amendments to existing rear dormer and construction of new dormer to rear replace existing rooflights and new rooflight to front façade conservation and restoration works including the repair of the existing roof and building facades and all associated and ancillary site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 18 Georges Quay Cork | Dec 2025 | €138,250 | 21 m |
| Apt 2, 18 Georges Quay, Cork | Dec 2025 | €138,250 | 21 m |
| Apt 4, 18 Georges Quay Cork | Dec 2025 | €138,250 | 21 m |
| Apt 3, 18 Georges Quay, Cork | Dec 2025 | €138,250 | 21 m |
| 5 Dunbar St, Cork | May 2026 | €315,000 | 42 m |
| 27 Red Abbey Court, Dunbar St, Abbey Court | May 2025 | €360,000 | 69 m |
| Apt 1, 2 Sullivans Quay, Cork | Mar 2026 | €261,000 | 74 m |
| 1 Drinan Street, Cork | Apr 2026 | €380,000 | 112 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 received4 November 2024
- Decision due28 April 2025
- Decision issued23 April 2025
- Grant issued3 June 2025
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