Motivated Fitness Gym, Unit 9 Metro Business Park, Ballycurreen Industrial Estate
Retention of a change of use from light industrial to a gym.
2543953 · Cork City Council · Lodged 17 June 2025
- Reference
- 2543953
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 17 June 2025
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to retain the change of use of Unit 9 in Metro Business Park. The unit has been converted from light industrial use to a gym and fitness facility.
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 retention is sought for the change of use from light industrial to a gym/fitness gym.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for light industry and related uses.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Alderbrook, Frankfield, Cork | Aug 2025 | €270,000 | 170 m |
| 3 Hampstead, Ballycurreen, Cork | Feb 2025 | €935,000 | 188 m |
| 60 Alderbrook, Frankfield, Cork | Aug 2025 | €380,000 | 193 m |
| 40 Alderbrook, Frankfield, Cork | Jul 2025 | €440,000 | 246 m |
| 22 Curraghconway, Ballycurreen, Co Cork | Jan 2026 | €335,000 | 357 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 received17 June 2025
- Decision due11 August 2025
- Decision issued11 August 2025
- Grant issued22 September 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Erection of an information sign at entrance to business park
Ballycurreen, Lehenagh, ,
096265corkLodged 7 Jul 2009Commercial
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Erection of an information sign
Ballycurreen, Lehenagh, ,
096402corkLodged 20 Jul 2009Other
- Granted40 m away
Change of use from warehousing to warehousing with light industrial and sales facility for forklift business…
Ballycureen Ind. Est., Kinsale Road,, Ballycureen,
047183corkLodged 22 Sept 2004Change of use
- Granted50 m away
Erection of an information sign
Ballycurreen, Lehenagh, ,
096533corkLodged 29 Jul 2009Other
- Granted50 m away
Construction of an enclosed link connecting the existing warehouse A and warehouse B, construction of a…
Grange Industrial Estate, Ballycurreen, Cork,
125036corkLodged 18 May 2012Industrial
- Granted50 m away
Amend and extend the existing internal layout including ground, first and additional second floor and…
Ballycurreen, Kinsale Rd, ,
057344corkLodged 7 Oct 2005Commercial
- Awaiting decision60 m away
Construction of an enclosed link connecting the existing warehouse A and warehouse B, construction of a…
Grange Industrial Estate, Ballycurreen, Cork,
124903corkLodged 2 May 2012Industrial
- Granted80 m away
Permission for alterations to an existing warehouse including for the removal of an existing canopy and…
John Atkins and Co. Ltd. , Metro Business Park , Ballycurreen Road
2039805Cork CityLodged 23 Dec 2020Industrial
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