Former Distillery Bar , Watercourse Road , Blackpool
- 8 Mar 2023Received
- 2 May 2023Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 2 May 2023
- Council
- Cork City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 795 m²
What’s proposed
Permission for the demolition of the former Distillery Bar to allow for the construction of a residential/commercial building of 3 to 7 storeys comprising 1 x 50sqm ground floor commercial unit and 22 apartments as follows; (4 x 1 bed studio apartments, 3 x 1 bed apartments, 13 x 2 bed apartments and 2 x 3 bed apartments), all on a site of approximately 0.8 hectares
2341824 is a planning application to Cork City Council for permission for the demolition of the former Distillery Bar to allow for the construction, received on 8 Mar 2023; permission was refused on 2 May 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2341824
- Local authority
- Cork City Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 8 Mar 2023
- Observations close
- 12 Apr 2023 (closed 1256 days ago)
- Decision due
- 2 May 2023 · decided 2 May 2023
- Decision
- Refused on 2 May 2023
- Proposed development
- Permission for the demolition of the former Distillery Bar to allow for the construction of a residential/commercial building of 3 to 7 storeys comprising 1 x 50sqm ground floor commercial unit and 22 apartments as follows; (4 x 1 bed studio apartments, 3 x 1 bed apartments, 13 x 2 bed apartments and 2 x 3 bed apartments), all on a site of approximately 0.8 hectaresAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 795 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 48 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
- Granted38 Watercourse Road , Blackpool , Cork
- Withdrawn5 Great William O Brien Street , and Watercourse Road , Co Cork
- Withdrawn5 Great William O Brien Street , and Watercourse Road , Cork
- Withdrawn38 Watercourse Road , Blackpool , Cork
- GrantedSite to the rear of the , former Distillery Bar , Watercourse Road
- Granted42 Wolfe Tone Street , Cork
- CommencedNo 2 Cathedral Avenue , Off Roman Street , Cork
- GrantedThe Courtyard (Building A) and the Plaza (Building , Apartments City Square , Watercourse Road Blackpool
Show all 48
- GrantedFormer North Presentation Convent School , 34-39 Gerald Griffin Street , Cork T23EK22
- GrantedCarrigeen , 7 Redemption Rd , Cork City
- Commenced79 Gerald Griffin Street , Cork
- RefusedThe corner of , 70 Watercourse Road , and Berwick Lane
- GrantedFormer School Building , Hillgrove Lane , Blackpool
- Granted95 Gerald Griffin Street , Blackpool , Cork City
- GrantedFirst Floor of Unit 7 The Plaza City Square Wat , Blackpool Co. Cork T23X8PC & the ground and first , 44 Watercourse Road Blackpool
- WithdrawnFormer School Building , Hillgrove Lane , Blackpool
- GrantedGaelscoil Pheig Sayers , Site of the former , St. Finbarrs Seminary
- GrantedRebrona House , 79 Watercourse Road , Blackpool
- Granted20 Goldsmiths Avenue , Richmond Hill , Cork City
- Withdrawn79 Gerald Griffin St , Blackpool , Cork
- Refused11 Broad Lane , off Great William O Brien Street , Cork
- Granted14 Parklyn , Brocklesby Street , Blackpool
- Granted13 Redemption Road , Blackpool , Cork City
- Commenced45 Sarsfields Terrace , Old Youghal Road , The Glen
- WithdrawnNo.11 Broad Lane , Off Great William O Brien Street , Blackpool
- Granted88 Great William O Brien Street , Blackpool , Cork
- WithdrawnSite between 36 Lower John Street , & Upper John Street Cork City , The Lower John Street element
- RefusedNo. 10A Hattons Alley Lane , Great William O Brien Street , Blackpool
- RefusedNo.8 Hattons Alley Lane , Great William O Brien Street , Blackpool
- Refused7 Hattons Alley Lane , Great William O Brien Street , Blackpool
- WithdrawnSite between 36 , Lower John Street & Upper , John Street Cork City The Lower John Street
- GrantedNo.14 Redemption Road , Cork
- WithdrawnFormer Distillery Bar , Watercourse Road , Blackpool
- WithdrawnSite between 36 Lower John Street , and the former Nagles Crash Repairs , Upper John Street
- GrantedNo.1 Roman Street , Cork
- Granted95 Gerald Griffin Street , Blackpool , Cork
- GrantedSite at the corner of Watercourse Road and , Bleasby Street Cork City , Comprising a site at Bleasby Street Watercourse Ro
- WithdrawnSite at the corner of Watercourse Road and Bleasby , Cork City comprising No 3 Bleasby Street , and no 56 and 57 Watercourse Road Blackpool
- Granted11 Rathmore Park , Richmond Hill , Cork
- GrantedThe former St. Finbarrs Seminary , Building Farranferris Education and , Training Campus Redemption Road
- CommencedGround floor units , 121 122 and 123 , Shandon Street
- GrantedHeineken Ireland Ltd. , Ladyswell Brewery , Leitrim Street
- GrantedGaelcholaiste Nhuire A.G. , Our Ladys Mount , North Monastery Road
- GrantedNo.s 1 and 2 , Wrixons Lane , Saint Marys Road
- Granted1 St. Marys Villas , Richmond Hill , Cork
- Granted8 The Lawn , Redemption Road , Cork
- Refused11 Rathmore Park , The Glen , Cork
- Granted104 Gerald Griffin Street , Blackpool , Cork
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 194471). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://planning.corkcity.ie/AppFileRefDetails/2341824/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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