Chapel St, Bantry
Co. Cork: the land, its zoning and planning, and every recorded sale since 2010
Parcel 5500897
- Area
- 17,357 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres)
- Buildings
- 13 buildings touch it, 1,541 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M5 Special Policy Area (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
M1 Special Policy Area (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Knocknamuck
Planning applications on this parcel
25 Feb 2022Unconditional
1) the retention of the change of use from school to office on part of the ground floor (558 sq. metres); and permission for 2) the change of use of the remaining ground floor and first floor from school to office (982 sq. metres); 3) demolition of the single storey annex (209 sq. metres) to the northweat of the existing building and construction of a new two storey extension (1,085 sq. metres) to be used as an An Post sorting office at ground floor level and office use at first floor level, with an associated foyer/lift; and 4) all associated ancillary development works including staff facilities (gym, canteen) parking, drainage and landscaping
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/119
22 Nov 2019Conditional
1) The construction of 1 no. plant enclosure located to the rear of the main office building which will accommodate a sub-station and will be the control room for the heating, cooling and air-filtration systems; 2) alterations to permission as per granted under Pl. Reg. No: 17/167 to consist of permission for: i) internal and external alterations to the permitted gound floor of the main office building ii) alterations to the existing entrance of the main office building including layout of the stepped / ramped access (in lieu of lobby extension and access as permitted); iii) retaining the existing lobby extension to the front (permitted to be demolished under Pl. Reg. No: 17/167); iv) all associated site development works including alterations to the permitted parking layout and construction of a pedestrian access pathway within the site
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/747
21 Mar 2017Conditional
Development at the former Ardscoil Phobail Bheanntraí comprising 1) the retention of the change of use from school to office on part of the ground floor (558 sq metres); and permission for 2) the change of use of the remaining ground floor and first floor from school to office (982 sq metres); 3) demolition of the single storey annex (209 sq metres) to the northwest of the existing building and construction of a new two storey extension (1,085 sq metres) to be used as an An Post sorting office at ground floor level and office use at first floor level, with an associated entrance foyer/lift; and 4) all associated ancillary development works including staff facilities (gym, canteen), parking, drainage, and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/167
27 Feb 2009Conditional
Removal of existing prefabricated classroom building, construction of new detached school building ancillary in use to main school building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/213
20 Aug 2001Conditional
Erection of prefabricated classroom
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4712
24 Jul 2001Conditional
Erection of temporary prefabricated classroom to the rear of existing building
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4265
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
- Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey convent with breakfront end bays and projecting gabled porch, built 1862, having ten-bay side elevation to west and four-bay side elevation to east. Various single-storey extensions to rear (north) and east. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with bracketed limestone cornice and ashlar limestone chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to porch with cross finial and corbels. Cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted snecked stone walls with ashlar limestone string courses and quoins. Limestone buttresses to porch. Rubble stone walls to rear elevation (north). Round-headed openings with limestone sills and block-and-start surrounds, having hood mouldings to ground floor, set in single arrangement to central block, in triples to ground floor and in pairs to first floor, flanking blocks. Round-headed timber sliding sash windows to ground floor openings, replacement casement windows to first floor openings. Round-headed door opening having limestone surround, comprising engaged Doric columns flanking pair of timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges, having ashlar archivolt and hood moulding above, approached by limestone steps. Located within extensive grounds, terraced to south and stone flight of steps to south of convent.
- Convent of Mercy, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay double-height chapel, built 1879, having projecting entrance block to south-west and engaged corner turret, and single-storey projecting aisle to south. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with bands of fish scale slate, ridge tiles, cast-iron rain water goods, and stone and cast-iron finials. Painted snecked stone walls having limestone horizontal banding and quoins, with buttresses to entrance section. Rubble stone walls to rear and east gable having brick string courses and recent render. Limestone niche to west gable having carved statue. Ashlar limestone dressings to windows openings, south and west elevations, and red brick dressings to north elevation openings. Pair round-headed openings with oculi above to nave and east gable, having stained glass windows. Lancet windows to side aisle. Oculi openings to upper level, entrance block. Rose window and shouldered opening to west gable. Round-headed door opening having limestone surround, with engaged columns flanking timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges.
- Convent of Mercy, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached six-bay three-storey school block, built c.1880. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and bracketed eaves course. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills.
- Convent of Mercy, school, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Attached multiple-bay two-storey school block, built c.1900. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and bracketed eaves course. Rendered walls with string course between floors. Round-headed openings to ground floor, and shouldered openings to first floor, having red brick dressings and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, set in single, paired and triple arrangements. Square-headed opening having timber battened doors.
- Convent of Mercy, school, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Attached three-bay single-storey school having projecting porch, dated 1905. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, decorative ridge cresting and bracketed eaves course. Hipped artificial slate roof to porch. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with quoins. Tripartite arrangement to porch, comprising central blind niche and basin, flanked by blind square-headed openings and end pilasters, with moulded entablature and name plaque above. Rounded-headed openings set in triple arrangement, having red brick surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having timber battened doors.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Land parcels
- 26
- median 143 m²
- Median price
- —
- 1 market sale since 2021, too few
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses, 13 of 26 parcels
- Planning
- 32
- applications within 15 m of the street since 2010
Estimate About €248,000 for a second-hand house here at 2026 prices; one sale in two between €209,000 and €299,000. Refine the estimate
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, within 15 m of the street
26 parcels, from 3 m² to 17,357 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres), median 143 m².
Line of the street: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Zoning
Development plan, within 15 m of the street
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork The zoning objective in the plan
13 parcels of this street - M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork The zoning objective in the plan
9 parcels of this street - M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork The zoning objective in the plan
4 parcels of this street
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0. A parcel counts in the zone its centre falls in.
Planning applications
Sites within 15 m of the street, newest first
26 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission sought for change of use of an existing dwelling to 2 no. apartments (1 apartment on the ground floor and the 2nd apartment over the 1st and 2nd floors) including part demolition to rear of dwelling and for the construction of a new rear extension in its place and alterations to elevations and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/85
25 Feb 2022Unconditional
1) the retention of the change of use from school to office on part of the ground floor (558 sq. metres); and permission for 2) the change of use of the remaining ground floor and first floor from school to office (982 sq. metres); 3) demolition of the single storey annex (209 sq. metres) to the northweat of the existing building and construction of a new two storey extension (1,085 sq. metres) to be used as an An Post sorting office at ground floor level and office use at first floor level, with an associated foyer/lift; and 4) all associated ancillary development works including staff facilities (gym, canteen) parking, drainage and landscaping
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/119
22 Nov 2019Conditional
1) The construction of 1 no. plant enclosure located to the rear of the main office building which will accommodate a sub-station and will be the control room for the heating, cooling and air-filtration systems; 2) alterations to permission as per granted under Pl. Reg. No: 17/167 to consist of permission for: i) internal and external alterations to the permitted gound floor of the main office building ii) alterations to the existing entrance of the main office building including layout of the stepped / ramped access (in lieu of lobby extension and access as permitted); iii) retaining the existing lobby extension to the front (permitted to be demolished under Pl. Reg. No: 17/167); iv) all associated site development works including alterations to the permitted parking layout and construction of a pedestrian access pathway within the site
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/747
25 Aug 2017Conditional
Demolition of existing stone wall and closing up of existing entrance to site, construction of new site boundary wall and widening of existing footpath, construction of access road to lower ground floor of funeral home and new vehicular entrance with access control barrier, demolition of bridge parapet, construction of bridge widening works and new parapet wall and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/554
11 Aug 2017Incompleted application
Demolition of existing stone wall and closing up of existing entrance to site, construction of new site boundary wall and widening of existing footpath, construction of access road to lower ground floor of funeral home and new vehicular entrance with access control barrier, demolition of bridge parapet, construction of bridge widening works and new parapet wall and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/528
21 Mar 2017Conditional
Development at the former Ardscoil Phobail Bheanntraí comprising 1) the retention of the change of use from school to office on part of the ground floor (558 sq metres); and permission for 2) the change of use of the remaining ground floor and first floor from school to office (982 sq metres); 3) demolition of the single storey annex (209 sq metres) to the northwest of the existing building and construction of a new two storey extension (1,085 sq metres) to be used as an An Post sorting office at ground floor level and office use at first floor level, with an associated entrance foyer/lift; and 4) all associated ancillary development works including staff facilities (gym, canteen), parking, drainage, and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/167
27 Mar 2009Conditional
Part demolition (front facade side and part-rear walls to be retained) of retail unit with residential unit over, construction of ground floor commercial unit and 2no. apartments over
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/336
27 Jan 2009Conditional
Demolition of all onsite buildings, including 3no. houses (with the exception of a shed (157sqm) to be retained on Chapel Street), and the development of mixed use scheme, incorporating four new buildings, a surface carpark with new entrance from Chapel Street, a footbridge across the Mill Stream, and all associated site works and landscaping, including outdoor public and semi-public spaces and restricted vehicle entrance and exit points from Chapel Street to the site; One of the proposed buildings is a district courthouse which is subject to a part 9 application and is described in this for information purposes only; Descriptions of the individual elements of the scheme are set out below: District Courthouse: subject to a separate Part 9 application; Social Welfare Office building: a three-storey building comprising 926sq.m space for social welfare offices over three floors, 506sq.m general office space over three floors, and a 43sq.m café unit at ground floor level. The public pedestrian entrance is from the shared outdoor space, with a staff entrance from Chapel Street; Funeral Home: a two-storey building comprising 327sq.m space. Public pedestrian access is from the shared outdoor space, and from a deck along the reinstated stream edge; Townhouses: a three-storey building comprising 3no. individual town-houses, of 149sq.m, 125sq.m and 140sq.m respectively: One townhouse has private footbridge access to private garden to the south of the Mill Stream, adjacent to the proposed car-park. The townhouses are accessed from the shared outdoor space and have balconies overhanging the Mill Stream; Car-park: a surface car-park comprising 79no. spaces over 2050sq.m of surface area, to the south side of the Mill Stream. The vehicular entrance to the car-park is adjacent to the retained shed on Chapel Street; Site-works and landscaping: the 4no. buildings comprising the scheme are situated on a shared hard landscaped space, with selected specimen trees, paving, lighting and seating. The stream edge is to be built up in its present position, with selected balustrading to match balconies and footbridge
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/60
22 Dec 2008Incompleted application
The demolition of all onsite buildings, including 3no. house (with the exception of a shed(157sqm) to be retained on Chapel St), and the development of a mixed use scheme, incorporating four new buildings, a surface carpark with new entrance from Chapel St, two footbridges across the Mill Stream, and all associated site works and landscaping. one of the four proposed buildings is district courthouse which is subject to part 9 application and is described in this application for information purposes only. Descriptions of the individual elements of the scheme are set out below: District Courthouse: subject to a separate Part 9 application. Social Welfare Office building: a three-storey building comprising space for social welfare offices over 3 floors and a 43sq.m. cafe unit at ground floor level. Funeral Home: a two-storey building comprising 327 sq.m. space. Townhouses: a three-storey building comprising 3no. individual townhouses.One townhouse has private footbridge access to a private garden to the south of the Mill Stream, adjacent to the proposed car-park. Car-park: a surface car-park comprising 79no. spaces to the south side of the Mill Stream and connected to the existing Council car-park by a proposed new footbridge over the stream. Site-works and Landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2239
13 Oct 2008Incompleted application
Development will consist of demolition of all onsite buildings, including 3no. houses and development of three storey Social Welfare Office building as first part of an overall site redevelopment: Building will comprise 943sq.m space for social welfare offices, 491sq.m general office space and 44sq.m café unit at ground floor level; provision of surface carpark to south side of stream that crosses the site, comprising 79no. parking spaces; pedestrian footbridge linking new carpark to council carpark; and all associated siteworks and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1847
4 Jul 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing habitable unit, reconstruction of habitable unit and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1243
30 May 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of existing habitable unit, reconstruction of habitable unit and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1025
19 May 2008Refused
Demolition of retail unit with residential unit over and construction of ground floor commercial unit and 2no. apartments over
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/924
28 Apr 2008Conditional
Conservation, alteration and repair works to St. Finbarr's Church, including demolition of existing WC off kitchen area, demolition of existing oil tank building, erection of new boiler house and accessible toilet building, associated new foul water drainage connection to existing public sewer, new oil tank, removal of existing boiler house from former mortuary chapel building and restoration of same to form new small chapel
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/778
23 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of retail unit with residential unit over and construction of ground floor commercial unit with 2no. apartments over
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/732
1 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Conservation, alteration and repair works to St. Finbarr's Church, including demolition of existing WC off kitchen area, demolition of existing oil tank building and erection of new boiler house and accessible toilet building, associated new foul water drainage connection to existing public sewer, new oil tank, removal of existing boiler house from former mortuary chapel building and restoration of same to form new small chapel
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/575
30 Jul 2007Conditional
Alterations to window layout of previously permitted townhouse planning ref; no. 07-304
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2043
9 Jul 2007Withdrawn
(1) Demolition of existing funeral home and site clearance, (2) Construction of 3 storey office building to include proposed new Social Welfare offices, fronting onto Chapel Street (total floor 1284sqm), (3) Construction of 2 storey over basement funeral home building to rear of site (total floor 680sqm), (4) Provision of 12no. car park spaces, (5) Diversion of existing river within site along southern boundary, (6) Ancillary site works and boundary treatments
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1845
5 Feb 2007Conditional
Demolition and reconstruction of townhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/304
31 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Demolition and reconstruction of townhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2272
29 May 2006Conditional
Change of use of part of the Supermarket Retail unit at ground floor level to Off-Licence Retail area in the existing Centra Supermarket
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/995
23 Mar 2006Conditional
(a) To utilise existing 2 storey area of bar, for use at first floor bar area and for alterations to roof over same; (b) Minor alterations to doors on rear elevation; (c) Minor internal alterations to existing bar
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/489
23 Mar 2006Conditional
(a) New stores area, staff facilities and office use at first floor level; (b) internal alterations to increase retail area at ground level; (c) installation of goods lift in stores area; (d) erect external signage on front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/487
21 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Demolition of attached shed and alterations, extension and change of use of storage shed to furniture shop
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6850
28 Jun 2004Conditional
Demolition of funeral home and construction of funeral and detached office building
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/4734
The 25 most recent of 32 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Every recorded sale
7 sales, newest first
| Date | Address, as recorded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2024 | CHAPEL ST, BANTRY, CORK P75RY88 | €210,000 |
| 2 Dec 2020 | CHAPEL ST, BANTRY, CORK | €100,000 |
| 5 Mar 2020 | CHAPEL ST, BANTRY, CORK | €95,000 |
| 31 Jul 2017 | CHAPEL ST, BANTRY, CORK | €120,000 |
| 29 Jul 2016 | CHAPEL STREET, BANTRY, CO CORK | €80,000 |
| 5 Jul 2016 | CHAPEL ST, BANTRY, CORK | €50,000 |
| 20 Mar 2015 | CHAPEL STREET, BANTRY, COUNTY CORK | €50,000 |
Source: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. Sales marked “not full market price” are left out of every median.