GrantedApartmentsDecided 6 August 2025

Former Vita Cortex Plant, Kinsale Road and Pearse Road, Cork

Construction of 170 residential units in blocks up to nine storeys on the former Vita Cortex Plant site in Cork.

2543946 · Cork City Council · Lodged 12 June 2025

Reference: 2543946
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 June 2025

Summary

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This Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) on a brownfield site proposes 170 residential units, comprising 158 apartments and 12 townhouse apartments. The development features four blocks ranging from four to nine storeys, and includes a creche, café, retail units, and solar panels.

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Residential units: 170
Storeys: 9

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which will consist of a large-scale residential development (lrd) on the brownfield site of the former vita cortex plant, kinsale road and pearse road cork. The proposed development will consist of a large-scale residential development (lrd) of 170no. Residential units (158no. Apartments and 12no. Townhouse apartments, to include 51no. 1-bed units, 84no. 2-bed units, 35no. 3-bed units) arranged in 4no. Blocks varying in height from four to part eight/part nine storeys over ground. The proposed development also includes: a creche, café and management office on the ground floor level of block 3 and 4no. Retail units on the ground floor level of block 4; 514no. Bicycle spaces. Including 162no. Visitor spaces, located either in 4no. Bike sheds at undercroft level and ground level, or on the public plaza at ground level; 9no. Motorcycle spaces, and 82no. Shared car parking spaces (including 13no. Ev spaces and 6no. Accessible spaces, 3no. Of which are ev spaces) at undercroft level and ground level; the provision of private, communal and public open space, including all balconies and terraces; rooftop solar panels and green roofs; internal roads and pathways; new vehicular and pedestrian access points from kinsale road and pearse road, including a terraced entrance, with cycle wheel ramp, from pearse road; 6no. Bin stores at undercroft level and ground level; the relocation and upgrade of 1no. Esb substation; signage; and all associated site development works, drainage, including nature-based suds measures, and all hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments. The proposed development will also facilitate the future implementation of busconnects along kinsale road. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an integrated pollution control licence issued by the environmental protection agency (epa)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Neighbourhood and Local CentresDC

“To protect, provide for or improve local facilities.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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
Grange Ville, 33 Pearse Road, Ballyphehanenot full market price	Jul 2025	€160,000	71 m
5 Slieve Mish Park, Kinsale Rd, Cork	Sept 2025	€445,000	95 m
12 Slieve Mish Park, Kinsale Rd, Cork	Jul 2025	€350,000	128 m
Fatima 36 Green Lawn, Kinsale Rd, Cork	Aug 2025	€740,000	151 m
16 Tory Top Rd, Ballyphehane, Cork	Jul 2025	€392,000	157 m
33 Botanic Rd, Ballyphehane, Corknot full market price	Feb 2026	€200,000	171 m
43 Green Lawn, Kinsale Rd, Cork	Aug 2025	€475,000	172 m
9 Botanic Rd, Cork, Cork	May 2026	€383,000	177 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 received12 June 2025
Decision due6 August 2025
Decision issued6 August 2025
Appeal submitted28 August 2025

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