Finnamore, Mounthovel, Rochestown Road
Amendments to a previously approved application to build a boundary wall and create pedestrian and vehicular entrances.
2544153 · Cork City Council · Lodged 11 September 2025
- Reference
- 2544153
- Authority
- Cork City Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 11 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of amendments to approved planning application 21/40155. It proposes the construction of a 2-metre-high property boundary wall, a 1.2-metre-wide pedestrian gate, and a 3-metre-wide vehicular entrance.
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 is sought for amendments to the approved planning application 21/40155. The development will consist of (1) the construction of a 2m high property boundary wall and (2) create a pedestrian gate (disabled access width of 1.2m) and vehicular entrance in keeping with road service guidelines width of 3m.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Courtyard, Rochestown Road, Cork | Jun 2025 | €975,000 | 27 m |
| Bofeenaun, 2 Brookfield, Rochestown Rd | Mar 2025 | €750,000 | 99 m |
| Beechvale Lawn, Rochestown Rd, Cork | Dec 2025 | €1,490,000 | 103 m |
| 1 Ashley, Rochestown Road, Cork | Dec 2025 | €320,000 | 140 m |
| 4 Ashley, Rochestown Road, Cork | Dec 2025 | €370,000 | 144 m |
| 2 Ashley, Rochestown Road, Cork | Dec 2025 | €264,000 | 144 m |
| 3 Ashley, Rochestown Rd, Rochestown | Dec 2025 | €320,000 | 149 m |
| Hillcrest, The Close, Rochestown Rd | Feb 2025 | €697,500 | 183 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 received11 September 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
Permission is sought for the renovation and extension of the existing dwelling and includes (1) a first floor…
Finnamore , Mounthovel , Rochestown Road
2140155Cork CityLodged 5 May 2021Extension
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Retention of entrance porch & side extension to dwellinghouse
Rochestown,, , ,
044275corkLodged 11 Jun 2004Retention
- RefusedAt this site
Demolition of dwelling and outbuildings and construction 7 no. dwellinghouses
Finnamore, Mounthovel, Rochestown Road, Rochestown
064538corkLodged 3 Feb 2006Housing estate
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Permission for the renovation and extension of the existing dwelling at Finnamore, Mounthovel, Rochestown…
Finnamore , Mounthovel , Rochestown Road
2139858Cork CityLodged 29 Jan 2021Extension
- GrantedAt this site
Retention of entrance porch and side extension to dwelling
Mounthovel, Rochestown, ,
044917corkLodged 30 Jun 2004Retention
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Demolition of existing building and construction of 7 no. dwellinghouses
Finnamore, Rochestown Rd, Rochestown,
064076corkLodged 10 Jan 2006Housing estate
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
Dwellinghouse
123 Rochestown Road, Rochestown, ,
051161corkLodged 28 Feb 2005
- GrantedAt this site
Dwellinghouse with attached garage
123 Rochestown Road, Rochestown, ,
051653corkLodged 18 Mar 2005New dwelling
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