Land parcel 2300101

Area

31,907 m² (3.19 ha, 7.88 acres)

Buildings

16 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 9,473 m².

Zoning

G5 Sports Grounds and Facilities (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
S3 Institutions and Community (Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new 2.235 square metre storey ambulance base (with plant room at roof level), regional headquarters and training facility with an attached single-storey 3-ambulance bay garage, free-standing ambulance canopies, new boundary wall and vehicular entrance gates to South Douglas Road and all ancillary external works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2443218

• 3 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission for construction of an ESB MV substation and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2341885

• 16 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension and internal refurbishment works to the existing St. Claire's and St. Oliver's Nursing Home together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2140006

• 28 Feb 2020Conditional

  Permission...for the demolition of existing single storey garage to existing semi detached two storey dwelling, construction of a new single storey extension to existing semi detached two storey dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2039123

• 18 Sept 2019Conditional

  Permission for the refurbishment of the former Workhouse Reception Building St. Finbarr's Hospital into office accommodation, the demolition of the annex and passageway to the rear (south elevation) together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1938708

• 12 Aug 2019Conditional

  Permission for the development of lands within the grounds of St.Finbarr's Hospital, Douglas Road, Cork... The proposed development will comprise of a two and four storey split level community nursing unit/residential care unit (c.8,020sqm total Gross floor area) with the fourth floor comprising set-back plant rooms and maintenance accommodation. The development comprises 105 en-suite bedrooms including 30 en-suite bedrooms for dementia residents with associated resident accommodation including dining rooms, kitchenettes, day rooms, sun rooms, activities room, quiet rooms, resident areas with family overnight room, visitor's room, treatment room and a hairdresser salon; Internal courtyards and terrace spaces; Associated back of house areas (including kitchen and laundry rooms), staff accommodation and ancillary office space. Permission is also sought for associated landscaping, revisions to internal access roads, parking, site services, waste compound (36sqm), ESB Substation (25sqm)and all associated site and development works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1938619

• 26 Oct 2018Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of 5 number extensions (Switch Room, Boiler Room and Toilets) and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1838109

• 22 May 2017Conditional

  permission for the construction of an extension to northeast elevation and reconfiguration of internal layout to include 1 no. bedroom, accessible WC, kitchen, living room and dinning room together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1737425

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 Finbarr's Hospital, hospital/infirmary, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-storey hospital building, c. 1875. Pitched slate roof. East gable wall in red brick with contrasting brick arches around openings and contrasting brick courses. Roughcast render finish to rest of building. Round-headed tripartite window opening with decorative fanlight and oculus to east gable. Two over two timber sash windows to western gable with oculus and small camber headed window.

• St Finbarr's Hospital, workhouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached multiple-bay single-storey building, built 1841, formerly the dining hall and chapel of the Cork Union Workhouse with single-storey structures set perpendicular to east and west of north end of the chapel, forming part of the original H-plan workhouse building complex. Adjoins former workhouse infirmary buildings to the south. Three-bay single-storey structure with half-dormer attic added to north and double-height structure having red-brick chimney flue added to north-west corner c.1880. Now forming part of St. Finbarr's Hospital complex and not in use. Pitched slate roof to chapel and east wing, with artificial slate to the west wing and the southernmost bays of the main chapel building. Hipped slate roof with dormer windows having decorative bargeboards to the north extension block. Coursed rubble limestone walls to the chapel building with rendered walls to remaining elevations. Snecked limestone to north-west extension. Square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds and replacement metal-framed windows (chapel building), two-over-two timber casement windows (north elevation, west wing), two-over-two timber sash windows (ground floor and dormer attic of north extension). uPVC windows elsewhere. Camber-headed openings to north-west extension with eight pane casement windows. Round-headed door opening to north elevation of north extension having three-pane timber fanlight and retaining original panelled door frame, now blocked up.

• St Finbarr's Hospital, workhouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached multiple-bay two-storey building, completed 1841, formerly the infirmary and idiot's wards of the Cork Union Workhouse which adjoined the dining hall and chapel located to the north. Four two-storey returns to rear with eastern end partially demolished. Now forming part of St. Finbarr's Hospital complex with hospital extension to west. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with uPVC rainwater goods. Coursed squared limestone walls with some sections rendered. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, brick surrounds and uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings with enlarged entrance to the west elevation, all having uPVC doors and fittings. Enclosed by a high coursed rubble limestone wall on three sides, forming part of the original workhouse enclosure.

• St Finbarr's Hospital, workhouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey E-plan entrance block to former workhouse, opened 1841, having gabled end bays and double-height three-bay arcaded entrance lobby, box-bay to west gable, single- and two-storey additions to east c.1880 and various single-storey additions to south, one of incorporates an arched walkway from the main hallway. Now forming part of St. Finbarr's Hospital complex. Pitched artificial slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks, limestone coping to gables, carved kneelers to north and south gables, stepped parapet to south with limestone coping and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared random coursed limestone walls with cut limestone quoins, string course to north elevation and cut limestone plaque to parapet. Some roughcast render to south elevation and extensions. Square-headed window openings with limestone hood mouldings to north gable-fronts, limestone sills and various two-over-two, twelve-over-two, six-over-six and one-over-one timber sash windows. Some windows now blocked. Arcade to north comprised Tudor-arch openings set in ashlar limestone surrounds and supported on square-profile piers. Provides access to two-storey interior with painted and limewashed walls with two limestone dog-leg cantilevered staircases with cast-iron railings providing access to first floor timber landing supported on cast-iron brackets. Tudor-arch opening at ground level provides access through walkway to south elevation with door frame retained. Main entrance to first floor level has timber architrave to timber panelled door with glazed upper panels and glazed sidelights. Further square-headed door openings lead off from the balcony with timber panelled and timber panelled and glazed 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.