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Cork City Council · 2443455

Former St Josephs Convent , Model Farm Road , Cork

  1. 3 Dec 2024Received
  2. 5 Feb 2025Conditional
  3. 9 Jun 2025Final grant
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Conditional · 5 Feb 2025
Council
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
8,071 m²
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What’s proposed

Planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at a site located at the Former St. Josephs Convent, Model Farm Road, Cork. The development will consist of: The demolition of the former St. Josephs convent to provide for the construction of a 408 bed Purpose-built Student Accommodation development, café and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be provided in 2 no. apartment buildings, 2-5 storeys in height, which include 57 no. apartments ranging in size from 3-7 bedrooms (335 bedspaces) and 73 no. studio apartments, all served by open space, internal student amenities, bin stores, bike stores, ESB substation with a tank room and plant room at basement level. The proposed development will be accessed from Model Farm Road by a new vehicular/pedestrian access and provides for cycle and car parking spaces. LRD Website: www.stjosephslrd2.ie

2443455 is a planning application to Cork City Council for planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at a site located at the, received on 3 Dec 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 5 Feb 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2443455
Local authority
Cork City Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
3 Dec 2024
Observations close
16 Jan 2025 (closed 619 days ago)
Decision due
5 Feb 2025 · decided 5 Feb 2025
Decision
Conditional on 5 Feb 2025
Proposed development
Planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at a site located at the Former St. Josephs Convent, Model Farm Road, Cork. The development will consist of: The demolition of the former St. Josephs convent to provide for the construction of a 408 bed Purpose-built Student Accommodation development, café and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will be provided in 2 no. apartment buildings, 2-5 storeys in height, which include 57 no. apartments ranging in size from 3-7 bedrooms (335 bedspaces) and 73 no. studio apartments, all served by open space, internal student amenities, bin stores, bike stores, ESB substation with a tank room and plant room at basement level. The proposed development will be accessed from Model Farm Road by a new vehicular/pedestrian access and provides for cycle and car parking spaces. LRD Website: www.stjosephslrd2.ie
As published by the register.
Site area
8,071 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-321978-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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 196845). 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/2443455/0.

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