GrantedApartmentsDecided 20 August 2025

A c. 2.61 ha site on lands, adjoining ESB Networks DAC, Office at Farrandahadore More

Construction of 348 residential units, including 332 apartments and 16 townhouses, and a childcare facility in Wilton, Cork.

2543819 · Cork City Council · Lodged 22 April 2025

Reference: 2543819
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 22 April 2025

Summary

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This Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) on a 2.61-hectare site will provide 332 apartments across three blocks ranging from 5 to 6 storeys, alongside 16 two-storey townhouses. The scheme includes cost rental, affordable, and social housing units, as well as a 156 sq m childcare facility.

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Residential units: 348
Storeys: 6
Floor area: 30,494 m²

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Official record

Development description

For a 7-year planning permission for a large-scale residential development (lrd) at this site, with a total application site area of c. 2.61 ha, on undeveloped lands adjoining the esb networks dac office, at farrandahadore more, sarsfield road, wilton, cork city. The development will provide 348 no. Residential units, including 296 no. Cost rental apartments, 16 no. 2 no. Storey affordable for sale townhouses and 36 no. Social housing apartments, and a c. 156 sq m childcare facility, with associated staff and servicing areas and all associated development. The site is bounded to the south by the esb wilton offices and depot, to the east by the sarsfield road, to the west by cardinal court and to the north by the st. Joseph's sma wilton parish centre. The development, with a total gross floor area of approximately c. 30,494 sq m, will consist of 16 no. 2 no. Storey, 3-bedroom townhouses and 332 no. Apartment units (152 no. 1-bedroom apartments, 168 no. 2-bedroom apartments, 12 no. 3-bedroom apartments) arranged in 3 no. Apartment blocks. The easternmost block is 6 no. Storeys in height (c. 5,912 sq m). The central block (c. 11,790 sq m) ranges in height from 5-6 no. Storeys, including parking at ground floor podium level, with the c. 156 sq m childcare facility also provided at ground floor level. The westernmost block (c. 10,969 sq m) is proposed to range from 5
6 no. Storeys in height, including parking at ground floor podium level. The proposed development also provides public (c. 3,545 sq m) and communal (c. 1,487 sq m) open space, including provision of podium gardens in the central and western apartment blocks. Provision is made in the landscaping proposals for potential future pedestrian connections that would facilitate permeability through the site to adjoining lands to the western boundary, subject to agreement with those parties and/or cork city council, as appropriate. The proposed vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access into the development is via a reconfigured shared access with the esb facility to the southeast, via a controlled junction on sarsfield road. This reconfiguration includes changes to the existing boundary treatments and gates to the esb site, relocation of security barriers and an existing prefabricated security kiosk (c. 9 sq m) within the esb site. The existing gated vehicular entrance to the site on the eastern boundary to sarsfield road will be reconfigured to provide cycle and pedestrian only access. Pedestrian access is

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“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.

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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
54 Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork	Dec 2025	€370,000	181 m
79 Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork	Jan 2010	€245,000	219 m
91 Cardinal Court, Wilton, Cork	Jun 2026	€350,000	238 m
57 Wilton Court, Wilton, Cork	Jul 2025	€390,000	254 m
86 Wilton Court, Wilton, Corknot full market price	Mar 2025	€163,000	284 m
90 Wilton Court, Cork, Cork	Mar 2025	€305,000	291 m
61 Dons Court, Bishopstown, Cork City	May 2025	€475,000	293 m
49 Donscourt, Bishopstown, Cork	Sept 2025	€380,000	311 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 received22 April 2025
Decision due20 August 2025
Decision issued20 August 2025
Grant issued29 September 2025

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