Land parcel 2282441

Area

21,127 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

M3 District Centre (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

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  For a 7-year Planning Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site, with a total application site area of c. 2.61 ha, on undeveloped lands adjoining the ESB Networks DAC Office, at Farrandahadore More, Sarsfield Road, Wilton, Cork City. The development will provide 348 no. residential units, including 296 no. cost rental apartments, 16 no. 2 no. storey affordable for sale townhouses and 36 no. social housing apartments, and a c. 156 sq m childcare facility, with associated staff and servicing areas and all associated development. The site is bounded to the south by the ESB Wilton Offices and Depot, to the east by the Sarsfield Road, to the west by Cardinal Court and to the north by the St. Joseph's SMA Wilton Parish Centre. The development, with a total gross floor area of approximately c. 30,494 sq m, will consist of 16 no. 2 no. storey, 3-bedroom townhouses and 332 no. apartment units (152 no. 1-bedroom apartments, 168 no. 2-bedroom apartments, 12 no. 3-bedroom apartments) arranged in 3 no. Apartment blocks. The easternmost block is 6 no. storeys in height (c. 5,912 sq m). The central block (c. 11,790 sq m) ranges in height from 5-6 no. storeys, including parking at ground floor podium level, with the c. 156 sq m childcare facility also provided at ground floor level. The westernmost block (c. 10,969 sq m) is proposed to range from 5 - 6 no. storeys in height, including parking at ground floor podium level. The proposed development also provides public (c. 3,545 sq m) and communal (c. 1,487 sq m) open space, including provision of podium gardens in the central and western apartment blocks. Provision is made in the landscaping proposals for potential future pedestrian connections that would facilitate permeability through the site to adjoining lands to the western boundary, subject to agreement with those parties and/or Cork City Council, as appropriate. The proposed vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access into the development is via a reconfigured shared access with the ESB facility to the southeast, via a controlled junction on Sarsfield Road. This reconfiguration includes changes to the existing boundary treatments and gates to the ESB site, relocation of security barriers and an existing prefabricated security kiosk (c. 9 sq m) within the ESB site. The existing gated vehicular entrance to the site on the eastern boundary to Sarsfield Road will be reconfigured to provide cycle and pedestrian only access. Pedestrian access is

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2543819

• 15 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission is sought for the installation of a roof mounted Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panel array, covering an area of 625sqm, at the existing ALDI retail store at a site on Bishopstown Road, Wilton, Cork, T12X659. The application relates to a site located within a Solar Safeguarding Zone (SSZ) requiring the application to be made.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2543809

• 14 Nov 2024Conditional

  Refurbishment and extension to existing Public Toilets, Management Suite and Storage Areas including change of use of existing retail areas (107.12m2)

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2443404

• 13 Feb 2023N/a

  Permission is sought for permission for the construction of a single-storey Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) Kiosk (Gross Floor Area: 17 sq.), including 2 no. signage panel areas for branding on the side elevation of the DRS Kiosk (1.0m x 2.0m), and all associated site development works. The development will result in the removal of 2 no. existing car parking space in the car park that serves the existing Aldi Store.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2341778

• 28 Feb 2018Conditional

  Permission for a mixed use development at Wilton Shopping Centre on a site of 4.82 hectares which is located to the south of Bishopstown Road, to the east of Cardinal way and to the west of Sarsfield Road at Wilton, Cork City. The proposed development consists of: the partial demolition of the existing shopping centre [including the Pennys anchor store located at 56 Homefront] located to the northern end of the existing shopping centre comprising an area of 4,222m2 and the removal of 420 surface car parking spaces. The proposed development also consists of the construction of an extension to the existing shopping centre ranging in height from two to seven stories. The proposed extension consists of: Retail and retail services [including cafe/restaurant uses] over three levels compromising 21,223m2 GFA,a 14 screen [1.550 seats], cinema compromising 4,165m2 GFA, offices compromising 4,398m2 GFA, a 190 no. bedroom hotel compromising 9,335m2 GFA, a public plaza and outdoor seating area, a multi storey car park with 6 levels providing 874 spaces, a surface car park on the roof of the second storey which is accessed from the multi storey car park providing 257 spaces and the replacement of 178 surface car parking spaces as well as 227 bike parking spaces and 70 motorbike parking spaces. Also proposed is a new vehicular entrance/egress from Sarsfield Road, as well as the relocation of the existing pedestrian crossing further north on Sarsfield Road. In addition, dedicated floorspace for landlord areas is proposed, including food court seating, toilets, shared cores, general circulation areas and corridors. The total gross area to be constructed of all levels is 66,681m2. Permission is sought for the outlined herein including, but not limited to, works in existing accesses, plant areas, ESB substations and mechanical and electrical switchrooms , landscaping and all associated site works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report [EIAR formerly known as EIS] has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1837794

• 31 Oct 2017Refused

  permission for development which will consist of the removal of the existing 3m high stand-alone double-sided sign and its replacement with a new 5.5m high externally illuminated double sided sign and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1737614

• 16 Mar 2017N/a

  permission for development on lands measuring 0.1399 Ha located within an existing car park at the south-east corner of Wilton Shopping Centre. The proposed development will consist of: the provision of a two storey, drive-thru restaurant (571 sq m) with an enclosed yard (19 sq m ) including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises; vehicular and pedestrian access; footpaths; the partial re-arrangement of the existing Wilton Shopping Centre car park resulting in the net reduction of 28 no. car parking spaces on the site of the proposed restaurant; the provision of 2 no. disabled parking spaces and 1 no. set-down space to the west of the internal access road in lieu of area primarily used for standard parking spaces; 10 no. covered bicycle parking spaces; signage (elevational and freestanding including a 7.45 metre high internally illuminated monument sign to replace the existing monument sign); freestanding structures for the drive-thru restaurant including a height restrictor and customer order points with canopies; outdoor seating area with associated fence and lighting; plant; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments including the provision of a retaining wall along the eastern and southern boundary of the restaurant; and all associated site works above and below ground.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1737330

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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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.