30 Elm Drive , Shamrock Lawn , Douglas

What’s proposed

Permission for the change of use of existing play school back to domestic use, internal alterations, retention of widening of existing vehicular entrance and increased parking area at the front of existing dwelling and associated site works

2543994 is a planning application to Cork City Council for permission for the change of use of existing play school back to domestic use, internal, received on 3 Jul 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 27 Aug 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2543994
Local authority: Cork City Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 3 Jul 2025
Observations close: 7 Aug 2025 (closed 409 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Aug 2025 · decided 27 Aug 2025
Decision: Conditional on 27 Aug 2025
Proposed development: Permission for the change of use of existing play school back to domestic use, internal alterations, retention of widening of existing vehicular entrance and increased parking area at the front of existing dwelling and associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 323 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

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 196958). 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/2543994/0.

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30 Elm Drive , Shamrock Lawn , Douglas

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 25 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

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