Land parcel 6097483

Area

56,601 m² (5.66 ha, 13.99 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 3,669 m².

Zoning

G3 Landscape Preservation Zones (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

• 26 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development comprising amendments to a permitted Strategic Housing Development of 265 no. units (An Bord Pleanála Ref: 308923- 20) on the site of the Former St Kevin’s Hospital and Grounds, Shanakiel, Cork (A Protected Structure, ‘Saint Kevin’s Hospital’ RPS Ref. PS1154). The proposed amendments include: Replacement of the permitted Block G (A c. 1072.5sq m, 3 no. storey apartment building comprising 5 no. two bedroom duplex apartments and 5 no. four bedroom duplex apartments) with 6 no. two storey townhouses (4 no. three bedroom, 2 no. four bedroom townhouses, cumulatively c. 675.2sq m) including associated private amenity space. The proposed development will also comprise of the internal reconfiguration and change of use of the permitted ground floor creche within the Former St Kevin’s Hospital building (c. 440 sq m; RPS ref. no. PS1154) to provide 6 no. apartments (4 no. one bedroom, 2 no. two bedroom), with no associated changes to elevations of the building; and the change of use and internal reconfiguration of the permitted office/enterprise space within the Chapel to a creche (630 sqm) including the necessary internal servicing and associated outdoor play area. The proposed amendments provide an overall increase of 2 no. additional units on site. The proposed development also includes for all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground as well as necessary refurbishment and repair works. This application for the proposed amendments to the consented Strategic Housing Development (ABP Ref: 308923-20), is a Large-scale Residential Development as defined under Section 2 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended. LRD Website: www.stkevinslrd.com

  Permission · Cork City Council, 2442796

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  Permission is sough for the demolition of the unused and derelict former St Brigid's hostel building, known as Teach Brid, within the grounds of the Health Service Executive (HSE) owned Our Lady's Hospital grounds, Shanakiel, Cork by Irish Water. Teach Brid is a two storey house built in the late 19th century and has a footprint of 172.72m2 and a maximum overall height of 10.79m. The building is located within the curtilage of a protected structure (PS620 Our Lady's Hospital).

  Permission · Cork City Council, 1837965

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

• Church/chapel, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic chapel, dated 1898, now disused. Comprising seven-bay side elevations with single-storey side aisles having gabled entrance porches, with lower chancel having lean -to sacristy to east end. Pitched slate roofs having ridge crestings, single pitched to aisles, with ashlar limestone copings and ashlar limestone bellcote to west gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed sandstone walls with buttresses, having limestone quoins. Inscribed limestone plaque over entrance. Pointed arch window openings, arranged in pairs to side aisles and in triples to clerestory, with triple of lancets with ogee heads to east gable and pair of lancets to west gable. Ashlar limestone dressings to openings. Pointed arch door opening with limestone surround leading to recess door.

• Building misc, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached staggered single-storey link building, built c.1890, to connect adjoining building to east with main building to the south-west. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed rubble stone walls. Pointed openings with limestone sills having remains of timber fittings.

• St Kevin's Asylum, hospital/infirmary, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile thirty-three-bay four-storey over basement former asylum having pair of full height canted six-bay projections with gablets flanking central five-bay section, built c.1895, now disused. Full height stairwell blocks to rear. Pitched slate roofs having red chimneystacks, limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls with limestone and yellow brick string courses. Moulded terracotta string course between basement and first floor. Pointed arch openings, square-headed openings to top floor, having limestone sills, yellow brick voussoirs and multiple-pane timber sliding sash windows. Rubble limestone walls to rear elevation, with red brick dressing to openings. Disused detached five-bay two-storey house to west, having pitched slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Disused detached multiple-bay two-storey block to north-west, having central single-storey projecting bay, flanked by full-height gabled projecting bays, with projecting terminating end bays.

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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low. 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.