The ESB Marina Power, Generating Station, Centre Park Road
Approved in Mar 2026. No sign of building yet.
- 17 Nov 2025Received
- 20 Jan 2026Conditional
- 3 Mar 2026Final approval
- 3 Mar 2031Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 20 Jan 2026
- Council
- Cork City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 1
- Site
- 7.88 ha
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Permission for development at this time at the ESB Marina Power Generation Station, Centre Park Road, Cork, T12V0HH. The development will consist of: (1) Demolition of the following buildings/structures to ground level: Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) (c. 719 sq.m) and associated mechanical and electrical ancillaries incl. exhaust duct ( c. 349 sq.m) and stell stack (c. 60m in height); Store Building (c. 225 sq.m) and water treatment/ neutralization plant (c. 34 sq.m); Town Water Storage Tank (c. 158 sq.m) and Firefighting Pumphouse (c. 24 sq.m); Security Guards House at station entrance (35 sq.m); Redundant transformers (c. 12m x 34m x 5m); B Station Boiler House (attached to the A Station "red brick" power generation building) (c. 723 sq.m) Ancillary structures associated with Oil Tank Farm (i.e. pipe bridge across Centre Park Road) (c. 72m in length and c. 8m at highest point); Cooling water Pumphouse (c. 139 sq.m); (2) Installation of temporary cladding to the station A "redbrick" power generation building following the removal of boiler house 4 to keep the building weatherproof and secure. (3) All ancillary site services and site development works to facilitate the proposed demolition works
Planning details
- Reference
- 2544310
- Local authority
- Cork City Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Observations close
- 22 Dec 2025 (closed 300 days ago)
- Decision due
- 20 Jan 2026 · decided 20 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Conditional on 20 Jan 2026
- Site area
- 7.88 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Electricity Supply Board council register
Nearby 22 · 500 m · 5 years
- Awaiting decision7, Botanika, Blackrock Road, Cork T12WTK8
- GrantedESB's Telecommunications Compound, Centre Park Road, Cork
- CommencedSite located at , Monahan Road , Cork
- GrantedThe Former Ford , Distribution Site , Centre Park Road
- GrantedNo. 28 Botanika , Blackrock Road , Cork
- GrantedThe former Goldcrop property , Centre Park Road , Cork T12A21E
- GrantedThe Former Ford Distribution Site , Fronting onto Centre Park Road , Ballintemple
- GrantedUnit 13 , Monahan Road Business Park , Monahan Road
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- GrantedNo. 30 Botanika , Blackrock Road , Cork
- CommencedFerryboat House , 1 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- GrantedUnit 6 , Cleve Business Park , Monahan Road
- Withdrawn168 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork City
- Withdrawn168 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork City
- Commenced177 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- GrantedThe Gouldings Site , Centre Park Road , and Monahan Road
- GrantedSite of the former , Southern Fruits Distribution Company warehouse , Centre Park Road/Kennedy Quay
- Withdrawn177 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- CommencedNo 13 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- Granted177 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- CommencedNo.16 Lower Glanmire Road , Cork
- RefusedSite of the former Southern , Fruits Distribution Company Warehouse , Centre Park Road/
- GrantedUnit 4 , Cleve Business Park , Monahan
Homes nearby
- For saleCarrigbawn, Blackrock Road, Cork, T12 PYR6
- For saleTinhalla, 4 Montenotte Road, Cork, T23 E2A3
- For saleApartment 22, Dunraven Downs, Blackrock, Co. Cork, T12 TN23
- For sale44 Maryville, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, T12 XDT6
- For saleOakville, Blackrock Road, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, T12 R8NW
- For sale9 The Townhouses, Crab Lane, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, T12 YHD7
Zoning
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Land tied to a national or strategic asset (airport, port, rail corridor). Uses are controlled by that asset's own plan.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
Reserved for third-level education institutions.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 10
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:40.
Source: Council planning registers · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:40
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council planning registers | CC BY 4.0 | 4 Oct 2026, 23:40 | open |
Summary
2544310 is a planning application to Cork City Council for permission for development at this time at the ESB Marina Power Generation Station, received on 17 Nov 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Jan 2026.