Land parcel 2241903

Area

1,982 m²

Buildings

6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,040 m².

Zoning

M2 City Centre (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for development ona site of c. 0.24 hectares at the Leisureplex site located at 1 MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street Cork T23TE84. The site includes a protected structure RPS Ref. PS007 former postal sorting offices. the proposed development will comprise a hotel development consisting of the demolition of the existing buildings on site (c. 2576 sq m) the retention of and modifications to the façade of the former postal sorting offices protected structure to Brian Boru Street (c.25 sq m) (including alterations and repair works to the façade comprising the replacement of existing windows removal of redundant electrical services piped services and the removal of existing signage and ancillary elements) the development of 1 5 and 7 no storey (with setbacks) (excluding roof access areas and roof plant) building to provide a hotel (173 no bedrooms and related ancillary hotel facilities including reception area lobby public bar licensed restaurant kitchen cold room storage areas administration and staff facilities plant refuse area and bicycle parking area) with a total new build gross floor of c. 7660 sqm (excluding c. 25 sq m retained façade) associated lighting pedestrian and bicycle access/egress bicycle parking sustainable urban drainage systems (including green/blue roofs and attenuation tanks) plant and switch rooms roof mounted photovoltaic panels roof plant and associated screening bin store associated hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site excavation infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply) including services connections from the site to existing connections in MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2443331

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission for the redevelopment of the Leisureplex site, No.1 MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street, Cork to provide for a 171 bedroom hotel. The proposed development consists of: the demolition of existing structures; retention of and modifications to the existing façade of the Former Postal Sorting Offices (Protected Structure PS007); the construction of a 5-7 storey hotel including a bar and restaurant at ground floor level, roof top plant at 5th floor level, a new service vehicle access onto MacCurtain Street, a service yard including an external plant area and generator enclosure, all ancillary signage and all associated site development works. The proposed development consists of the carrying out of works to Protected Structure PS007.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2039165

• 7 Nov 2018Conditional

  Permission... for a change of use of the second floor accommodation from residential to commercial office space for the existing Credit Union, including internal alterations and enlarged north facing (rear) windows and velux roof lights to the second floor accommodation and a new lift shaft in the rear yard to serve all 3 floors of the Credit Union Building.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1838119

• 5 Apr 2018Refused

  Permission for change of use of premises from retail to amusement arcade with alterations at ground floor level at 2. McCurtain Street. The proposed alterations and internal alterations proposed to 3 McCurtain street will facilitate the amalgamation of the unit with the existing amusement arcade at 'Gold Rush' 3 McCurtain street

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1837846

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

• Building misc, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced thirteen-bay double-height former postal sorting office with three-bay central breakfront, built c. 1940, now in use as bowling alley. Rendered parapet with render eaves band. Roughcast rendered walls with raised render panels between openings and having brick plinths. Render walls to central breakfront. Timber sash windows to central breakfront and timber fixed windows to flanking bays. Pairs of timber panelled 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).

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.