Land parcel 2256270

Area

2,056 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 6,334 m².

Zoning

M2 City Centre (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective
G3 Quayside Amenity Area (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 28 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for an office building of between 1-5-12-14-16 storeys over ground floor, including plant (parapet height +77.525); external terraces at Levels 2, 6, 13, and 15; meeting space at Level 15, which is also to be used for external events; and two levels of basement which accommodates car parking, cycle spaces, and motorbike spaces. The proposed office buildings are designed for single and/or multiple office users and provides for general offices and /or business and technology uses and/or office based industry uses. The proposed development includes a ground floor café/deli with outdoor seating area, and the refurbishment and reuse of 2no. Protected Structures, the two-storey former Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Offices, Ref. No. PS 1137, and the adjoining single-storey former Blackrock and Passage Railway Terminus – Ticket Office, Ref. No. PS 1138, which is also a Recorded Monument, CO074-119002, which are to be retained and initially reused as a temporary construction compound for the proposed development, and then refurbished as part of the proposed development for office use and public bar/restaurant use with outdoor seating area respectively. The total above ground gross floor area proposed is 23,054m2 (including existing buildings). The proposed development also includes the demolition of the existing two-storey Carey Tool Hire building and all ancillary structures, and the retention of the Albert Road Post Box (Protected Structure Ref. No. PS942). The proposed development also includes pedestrian accesses from Albert Quay East and Albert Street, the omission of the existing vehicular access from Alfred Street, and the repositioning of the existing vehicular access from Albert Quay East. The proposed development includes all site development; drainage; plant, including substations; and public realm and landscaping works, including a sculpture. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2140237

• 16 Jul 2019Conditional

  For permission for development which will include a minor extension of office floorspace at the fifth floor level of the permitted and under construction Block B of the Navigation Square development (as permitted under Cork City Council planning reference 16/36773 and 17/37514) on a site bounded by Albert Quay to the north and buildings fronting Victoria Road to the east and Albert Street to the west. The proposed extension of office space will cover an area previously permitted as an external terrace.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1938549

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

• Navigation House, store/warehouse, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Six-bay three-storey warehouse, c. 1880, with limestone ashlar facade, pilaster strips and heavy cornice; refurbished with double-height openings inserted, c. 1985. Profile steel pitched roofs. Now in use as Cork City Council planning offices.

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.