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Infrastructure · Co. Cork

Amendments to previously permitted development and for permission for…, Cork City, Co. Cork

Granted 27 Apr 2026

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 8 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Amendments to previously permitted development and for permission for…

Permission for amendments to previously permitted development and for permission for development at the site known as Navigation Square, located between Albert Quay to the north, buildings fronting Victoria Road to the east, Albert Road to the south and buildings fronting Albert Street to the west, Cork City. Planning permission was received for development, including development on this site, under Cork City Council planning Reg. Ref. 16/36773 (extended under Extension of Duration Order Ref. 2982/21) and amended by Reg. Refs. 19/38429 and 20/39173). Site enabling works, demolition of previous structures on site and the construction of Blocks A and B (known as NSQ1 and NSQ2, respectively) has been undertaken on the site under Reg. Ref. 16/36773. These works include for the development of the double-level basement car park and the provision of site services. The development will consist of amendments to the previously permitted office development (under Reg. ref. 16/36773) comprising the omission of 2 no. office blocks (known as Blocks C and D) and associated landscaping and public realm areas. The proposed development for which a 5-year planning permission is sought will consist of the demolition of an existing substation and partial demolition of walls along Albert Road, and the construction of the following: 1 no. office building, Block C (c.4,197 m²) (to be known as NSQ3), incorporating remaining walls of the former Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Terminus Building (NIAH reg. no. 20508018) to be 4 storeys over ground floor with general office and/or business and technology and/or office-based industry/cafe/restaurant use on ground floor (use to be confirmed prior to occupation), amd general office and/or business and technology and/or office-based industry uses on first to fourth floors. 1 no. office building, Block D (c. 10,510 m²) (to be known as NSQ4, 5 storeys over ground floor with setback of the top floor inclduing provision for roof terraces and general office and/or business and technology and/ or office-based industry uses on ground to fifth floors. 3 no. generators to the east of NSQ2; 2 no. ESB substations and meter rooms at ground level of the proposed blocks; signage; ancillary plant, including roof plant; hard and soft landscaping, including public realm works; pedestrian streets; and all associated site development works above and below ground necessary to facilitate the construction and operation of the propsoed development. The proposed development will use the existing basement and tie into existing services.

Location
Cork City, Co. Cork Map
Planning reference
25/44389
Applicant
Appoville Ltd
Agent
Oisin Cotter

Key facts

Floor area
707 m²
Indicative value
€500k–1mPlanningBrief estimate
Project type
Infrastructure
Received
11 Dec 2025
Granted
27 Apr 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 27 Apr 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description
  • Basement parkingNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 25/44389 on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Cork City Council planning register, as last seen on 8 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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