Land parcel 2499525

Area

50,364 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres)

Buildings

19 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 8,035 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
M3 Neighbourhood and Local Centres (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

• 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

• 11 Jul 2018Conditional

  Permission is sought for the demolition of section of existing boundary wall, construction of new gated opening in boundary wall, construction of new footpath connecting Primary Care Centre to Heather House, construction of new footpath connecting Heather House to public footpath on Harbour View Road, construction of new fence and gates, ancillary site works and all associated external works.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1837972

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 twenty-one-bay two-storey hospital, built c.1950, with recessed two-storey blocks to east, projecting canopy to north, single-storey section to south and extensions to south. Flat lead-covered roof with projecting eaves, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron downpipes. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with concrete lintels and sills and uPVC windows. First floor of east and west blocks formed with uPVC windows. Concrete canopy supported on square-profile piers over square-headed door opening with uPVC double-leaf door having sidelights and overlights. Located in south-eastern corner of complex, alongside entrance gates and forming south side of quadrangle.

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

  Detached fifteen-bay two-storey administration block, built c.1950, with four-bay single-storey wrap-around blocks to east and west, three-bay three-storey block to north and canopy to south. Flat lead-covered roof with projecting eaves, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron downpipes. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with limestone continuous sill course to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and surrounds to ground floor, concrete lintels and sills to first floor and metal casement windows. uPVC windows to some openings. Concrete canopy supported on square-profile piers over square-headed door opening with carved limestone surround to timber panelled double-leaf door having overlight. Limestone steps to door. Located in north-eastern corner of complex, forming north side of quadrangle.

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

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey hospital ward, built c.1950, with projecting block to north and verandas to south. 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. Concrete canopy projecting over square-headed door opening set in splayed recess with replacement uPVC double-leaf doors having overlights. Verandas to south with metal railings on brick plinth walls, accessed from wards via square-headed openings with concrete lintels and uPVC double-leaf door having overlights and window to one side. Verandas overlook sloping grounds to south.

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

  Entrance gates, built c.1950, and flanked by single-storey buildings. Northern building with recessed entrance bay to south-east and return to west. Southern L-plan building. Flat-roofs with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with concrete lintels and sills and metal casement windows. Some windows to north building replaced with uPVC. Roof projects over recessed entrance bay of northern building, supported on cast-iron post on red brick plinth wall. Square-headed door opening with concrete lintel and threshold, timber door and accessed by concrete steps. Square-headed opening to west elevation of south building with concrete lintel and timber door with blocked overlight. Square-profile red brick gate piers with rendered plinths and caps surmounted by metal lanterns and flanked by square-headed pedestrian gateways with concrete cornices. Wrought-iron gates.

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.