95-98, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork
Conversion of a vacant tool hire business and pub, plus a new five-storey block, to create 15 residential units.
2543997 · Cork City Council · Lodged 4 July 2025
- Reference
- 2543997
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 4 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes converting a vacant tool hire business into 10 apartments and a vacant pub into a townhouse. It also proposes renovating 2 existing apartments and constructing a new five-storey block containing 4 apartments, alongside the demolition of rear storage sheds.
- Residential units
- 15
- Storeys
- 5
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 proposed demolitions, extensions, renovations and façade alterations to existing buildings; a proposed change of use of existing vacant tool hire business with associated offices and store rooms into 10no. Apartment units; the reconfiguration and renovation of 2no. Existing apartment units; the construction of a five storey apartment block, containing 4no. Apartment units, bicycle parking and home storage units; the change of use of a vacant public house into 1no. Townhouse unit; the demolition of all existing rear storage shed structures; the provision of communal bin storage, communal open spaces, site landscaping and all associated site works
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Arcadia Hall, Cork, Cork | Jun 2026 | €210,000 | 82 m |
| 13 Grattans Hill, Glanmire Rd Lower, Cork | Mar 2026 | €165,000 | 95 m |
| 111 Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City, Co Cork | Jun 2026 | €730,000 | 99 m |
| 3 Gibralter Terrace, St Lukes, Cork | Jul 2025 | €230,000 | 126 m |
| Emerson House, 2 Clarence Terrace, Summerhill North | Jun 2026 | €540,000 | 136 m |
| 25 Lower Glanmire Rd, Cork | Sept 2025 | €277,000 | 145 m |
| Eagle Lodge, Summerhill North, Cork | Sept 2025 | €700,000 | 186 m |
| 4 St Lukes Ave, St Lukes Cross, Cork | Mar 2026 | €100,000 | 187 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 July 2025
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