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Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Mahon, Cork

A major mixed-use development at Mahon Point Shopping Centre including 251 apartments, offices, retail, and a creche.

2544008 · Cork City Council · Lodged 9 July 2025

Reference: 2544008
Authority: Cork City Council
Register status: In progress
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 July 2025

Summary

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A 10-year planning permission is sought for a mixed-use development spanning 77,767 sqm. The project includes 251 residential apartments across four blocks ranging from 4 to 6 storeys, a 5-storey office block, a creche, retail units, and leisure facilities.

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Residential units: 251
Storeys: 6
Floor area: 77,767 m²

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Official record

Development description

10-year planning permission at mahon point shopping centre, mahon, cork for a mixed-use development comprising residential, retail, retail services, retail warehouse, office, commercial, restaurant/café use, a creche and a leisure/gym facility and all associated works. The proposed development comprises 77,767 sqm (gross internal floor area). Blocks a,b, c and d comprise 251 no. Residential units incorporating 92 no. One bedroom apartments, 99 no. Two bedroom apartments, 46 no. Three bedroom apartments, and 14 no four bedroom apartments, associated communal, public and private open space and recreational amenities and play space; a creche comprising 64 no. Child spaces, 1 no. Commercial unit, a management suite and 2 no. Restaurant/café units. Enhanced pedestrian and cycle access to surrounding developments to the north and west, all associated service, plant and circulation space. Blocks a and b have a height of 5 to 6 storeys and blocks c, and d have a height of 4 to 6 storeys. Block e contains 6,434sqm (gross internal floor area) office floorspace and has a height of 5 storeys with associated servicing, cycle parking, staff welfare facilities and all associated site works. A basement car park, with access ramp at block a containing 124 no car parking spaces is proposed to serve blocks a, b, c, d, and the offices at blocks e. Blocks g comprises additional retail floorspace as follows: new foodstore of 2,040sqm (gross internal floor area), retail warehouse unit of 3,420sqm (gross internal floor area), restaurant/café floor space 456sqm (gross internal floor area); leisure/gym of 537 sqm (gross internal floor area); back of house retail storage and servicing associated with existing retail provision on site, and associated service yards and plant. The proposed car parking for the shopping centre extension and development comprises a total of 125 no. Additional spaces as a result of loss of existing spaces to accommodate this extension and development. The proposed multistorey car park is accessed from a ramp to the north of block g and includes the provision of cycle parking, storage and cycle servicing station within a designated mobility hub also within block g. Block h is an extension to the existing shopping centre which comprises 10,974sqm (gross internal floor area) comparison retail space, 259 sqm (gross internal floor area) of restaurant/café floor space, 178sqm (gross internal floor area) of retail services and associated service yards and plant.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

District CentreDC

“To provide for the development and enhancement of district centres as mixed-use centres and as primary locations for retail, economic and residential growth.”

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
203 The Kestrel, The Sanctuary, Jacobs Island	Jul 2025	€168,750	406 m
4 Ballinure Cottages, Cork	Apr 2026	€150,000	406 m
615 The Kingfisher, Jacobs Island, Cork	Apr 2025	€315,000	438 m
628 The Kingfisher, The Sanctuary, Jacobs Island	Jun 2025	€315,000	438 m
Apt 618, The Kingfisher, Jacobs Island Ballinure	Jun 2025	€252,000	438 m
635 The Kingfisher, The Sanctuary, Jacobs Island	Jul 2025	€345,000	438 m
638 The Kingfisher, The Sanctuary, Jacobs Island	Jul 2025	€328,500	438 m
630 The Kingfisher, The Sanctuary, Jacobs Island	May 2025	€336,000	438 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.

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Application received9 July 2025

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