Land parcel 2237143

Area

33,552 m² (3.36 ha, 8.29 acres)

Buildings

9 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 6,564 m².

Zoning

S3 Institutions and Community (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
G3 Landscape Preservation Zones (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
R2 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 16 Jun 2023Conditional

  Permission is sought by the Health Service Executive for the construction of a day room and link corridor extension at ground level (95.5sqm) and retention of 2 no. walled bin enclosures (27.5sqm + 26.0sqm) to the Heather House Community Nursing Unit at Heather House, St. Mary's Campus, Gurranabraher, Cork. The works will include internal modifications to the existing building and ancillary site works and landscaping.

  Retention · Cork City Council, 2342090

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  For retention permission and permission for development of this site at Heather House, St. Mary's Campus, Gurranabraher, Cork. The development consists of: The retention and completion of the existing extension to the Heather House Community Nursing Unit at Heather House, St. Mary's Campus, Gurranabraher, Cork which consists of internal works to the existing structure, car parking and landscaping.

  Retention · Cork City Council, 2140698

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an extension to ground and first floor at rear of existing administration building, comprising of new entrance and lift core with connections into the existing building at both ground and first floor level together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2140479

• 8 Dec 2020Conditional

  Permission for change of use of an open green area to a horticultural site for training purposes and to erect perimeter fence and horticultural related structures.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2039733

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

• St Mary's Hospital, hospital/infirmary, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey hospital ward, built c.1950, with advanced and recessed sections, verandas to south elevation and extensions to north. Flat lead-covered roof with projecting eaves and cast-iron downpipes. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with concrete lintels and sills and uPVC windows. Entrance no longer visible. Verandas to south with metal railings on red brick plinth walls, accessed from wards via square-headed door openings with concrete lintels and uPVC doors having overlights and sidelights. Verandas overlook sloping grounds to south.

• St Mary's Hospital, hospital/infirmary, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey hospital ward, built c.1950, with projecting entrance block to north, verandas to south and extensions to east and west of entrance block and to south-east. Flat lead-covered roof with projecting eaves and cast-iron downpipes. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with concrete lintels and uPVC windows. Concrete canopy projecting over square-headed door opening set in splayed recess with replacement timber double-leaf doors having overlights. Verandas to south with metal railings on red brick plinth walls, accessed from wards via square-headed openings with concrete lintels and uPVC doors having overlights. Located in south-west corner of site with verandas overlooking sloping ground to south.

• St Mary's Hospital, water tower, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding square-plan water tower, built c.1950. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with concrete plinth and concrete parapet with projecting cornice. Square-headed openings with concrete surrounds. Metal doors to ground floor opening with upper floor opening now blocked. Collecting tank no longer in situ. Located in north-western corner of the grounds of St Mary’s Hospital.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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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.