Land parcel 5745149

Area

10,296 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 5,456 m².

Zoning

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

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  Planning permission is sought by Tower Development Properties Ltd for: Redevelopment of the Custom House site at North Custom House Quay and South Custom House Quay, Custom House Street, Cork City to provide a 240-bedroom hotel, 25 no. hotel serviced suites, and a range of commercial uses including retail, office, food and beverage, distillery, tourism and leisure. The redevelopment will have a gross floor area of approximately 31, 604m2. The proposed development consists of the carrying out of works to Protected Structures PS060, PS818 and PS163. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1938589

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• CO074-118 Custom house
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Cork Harbour Commissioner's Offices, office, 1810–1820 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement Cork Harbour Commissioner's offices, built 1814-19, with limestone facade having full width pediment with carved limestone arms. Double-height windows set within blind panels and rusticated basement. Slate pitched roof to main front and plain parapet with limestone cornice. Designed by William Hargrave and extended 1906. Elements of the original interior have been retained, including a vaulted basement, remains of original 'long room' on first floor having fluted Corinthian columns and a 1906 board room with elaborate decorated ceiling.

• Customs Office, office, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Nine-bay two-storey Customs Office, built 1814-19, having rubble sandstone walls with cut limestone details such as parapet, cornice and stringcourse. Round-headed entrance and gabled ashlar projecting porch. Slate hipped roof.

• Bonded Warehouses, store/warehouse, 1810–1820 · National interest
  Description

  Sixteen-bay three-storey bonded warehouse, built 1814-49, built on a trapezoidal plan having canopies to ground floor level. Built of rubble sandstone with squared and cut limestone having large cast iron rainwater goods and timber and slated canopies. Vaulted stores to ground floor and stone spiral stairs within external semi-circular towers.

• Store/warehouse, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of gabled bonded warehouses, c. 1930, having limestone sills to windows and timber trussed roof structure; part of east facade, c. 1815.

• , 1810–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Seven mooring posts with lettering in relief, dating from 1814.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Granite rectangular shaped cobblestones, c. 1815, laid in running bond pattern; now almost totally covered by tarmacadam.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Stone setts, c. 1815, laid in both fan and running bond formation.

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.