New Application · decision due 23 Oct 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted

~6 dwellings, Former Bantry Post Office, William Street, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 EN82

Bantry, Cork · Cork County Council · Plan 26/2256 · PB ref PB-2140051970

Change of use and alterations to the former Bantry Post Office to provide a café and indoor children's play area at ground floor and 6 no. apartments (4 no. studio and 2 no. one-bedroom) at first and second floors, including construction of a rear residential stair core and all associated site works.

Indicative value Not listed PB indicative band
Units applied for 6 public application record
Floor area Not listed no reliable figure indexed
Decision due 23 Oct 2026 public planning date
Commenced None indexed public commencement index
Applied for, not granted

The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Source-linked

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Decision-dependent

The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 23 Oct 2026; no procurement timetable is published.

Decision due 23 Oct 2026 / Confidence: Medium
Decision deadline 23 Oct 2026

Public planning decision due date; the authority may update it.

Open evidence
Commencement activity No linked activity indexed

No commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.

Source limited
Drawings availability Drawing availability not indexed

No drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.

Source limited

Confirmed application scope

Change of use and alterations to the former Bantry Post Office to provide a café and indoor children's play area at ground floor and 6 no. apartments (4 no. studio and 2 no. one-bedroom) at first and second floors, including construction of a rear residential stair core and all associated site works.

Ref 26/2256 Source-linked Official application description for exact planning reference 26/2256
Open scope evidence

Public source roles

Quantum Contract Management Ltd
Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.

Explicit source signals only

0 packages

No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.

Confidence & provenance 1 official source
Authority
Cork County Council
Exact reference
26/2256
Evidence reviewed
4 Sep 2026
Confidence
Source-linked

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

1 source-supported signals
Mixed use

Mixed use - 6 dwellings

The public application record identifies 6 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.

26/2256Explicit application record

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Quantum Contract Management Ltd
Planning agent
John Hennessy
Official description

Application text

Change of use and alterations to the former Bantry Post Office to provide a café and indoor children's play area at ground floor and 6 no. apartments (4 no. studio and 2 no. one-bedroom) at first and second floors, including construction of a rear residential stair core and all associated site works.

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 26/2256

Change of use and alterations to the former Bantry Post Office to provide a café and indoor children's play area at ground floor and 6 no. apartments (4 no. studio and 2 no. one-bedroom) at first and second floors, including construction of a rear residential stair core and all associated site works.

AuthorityCork County Council
Reference26/2256
StatusChecked 4 Sep 2026
Open official record