Water Rock Midleton Co Cork

Planning details

Reference

21/7138

Local authority

Cork County Council

Status

Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”

Received

19 Nov 2021

Observations close

4 Jan 2022 (closed 1718 days ago)

Decision due

24 Jan 2022

Decision

Not decided

Proposed development

Permission for development at this site (10.8 ha) on existing greenfield/brownfield lands at Water Rock, Midleton, Co. Cork. The application site is bounded by existing fields in agricultural use to the north, the Nordic Enterprise Park to the south and east, the Cork to Midleton rail line to the south, and further agricultural lands to the west. The development will consist of the demolition and removal of existing derelict buildings, structures, outbuildings and hardstanding (total 1661sq.m) and the construction of 434no. residential units and all associated ancillary accommodation, site and development works. The residential element of the development will contain 281no. apartments/duplex units comprising 128no. one-bedroom units, 149no. two-bedroom units, and 4no. three-bedroom units. The proposed scheme also involves the construction of 153no. dwellinghouses comprising 17no. two-bedroom dwellings, 127no. three-bedroom dwellings, 2no. four-bedroom dwellings and 7no. five-bedroom dwellings. The total gross floor area (GFA) of the overall development is 54,428sq.m of which 44,606sq.m is residential (including 3,080sq.m of undercroft car park) and 9,822sq.m is non-residential. The development is described below on a block by block basis as follows: Block A (5448sq.m GFA): 7 storey apartment building consisting of 63no. apartment units comprising 27no. one-bedroom units, and 36no. two-bedroom units with ancillary accommodation, associated private balconies, shared landscaped communal open space (1869sq.m in total) with the neighbouring Apartment Block B above undercroft car park, 54no. car parking spaces located within the undercroft car park, 108no. secure cycle parking spaces, 34no. visitor cycle parking spaces and associated communal bin store (32.5sq.m), communications room (12 sq.m), switch room (12 sq.m) and metre room (20sq.m); Block B (3449sq.m GFA): 6 storey apartment building consisting of 34no. apartment units comprising 5no. one-bedroom units and 29no. two-bedroom units with ancillary accommodation, associated private balconies, shared landscaped communal open space (1869sq.m in total) with the neighbouring Apartment Block A above undercroft car park, 43no. car parking spaces located within the undercroft car park, 68no. secure cycle parking spaces, 20no. visitor cycle parking spaces and associated communal bin stores (78.5sq.m in total), communications room (18sq.m), metre room (32.5sq.m) and plant room (17.5sq.m). Block C (3676sq.m GFA)

As published by the register.

Site area

10.88 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

Applicant

Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 323171). 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: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/7138.

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