Community Action Group

The Site Notice by Bellmount Good Shepherd Ltd. was posted on the 23rd April, 2025.

Documentation in full regarding the proposal can be found on the Bellmount Good Shepherd site and on the Cork City Planning site
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NOTE that the proposal is for a period of ten years.

The Making an Application page of Cork City Council says: "A grant of full planning permission normally lasts 5 years from the date of the grant. You must complete your development within this period. It may be possible to extend the duration of your permission" -- but this is during the last year of the initial permission and there are strict criteria for the granting of such an extension.

There is something unusual about the term of this proposal.

Here is a summary of what is proposed:

The proposed development, which qualifies as a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), comprises of the following:

• The partial demolition, conservation, redevelopment and extension of the existing former Good Shepherd Convent buildings for student accommodation use.
• Modifications (including the removal of a glasshouse extension) to the former Bake House / Coach House building to provide a community / amenity space.
• The conservation, redevelopment and extension of the existing Gate Lodge to provide a café, co-working space and security/administrative office use.
• The demolition of the former hostel building (known as Well House) and demolition of sheds, glasshouses and other ancillary structures on site.
• The construction of 8 no. new student accommodation apartment blocks ranging in height from 3 to 5 storeys.
• The construction of a 3 no. storey mixed-use building with commercial/retail use at groundfloor level and student accommodation on the upper floors.
• All associated ancillary development works including

  vehicular/pedestrian access and pedestrian crossing on to Convent Avenue,

  new footpaths and raised table at the junction of Convent Avenue and Sunday's Well Road,

  landscaping, amenity and open space areas,

  boundary treatments, bicycle and car parking, bin storage,

  2 no. ESB substations,

  public lighting and all other ancillary development at the Former Good Shepherd Convent, Convent Avenue and Buckston Hill, Sunday's Well, Cork.

The proposed development consists of works to and within the curtilage of the former Good Shepherd Convent, which is a protected structure. The proposed development also consists of works to the exterior of structures which are located within the Sunday's Well Architectural Conservation Area.

See the actual Site Notice as posted round our neighbourhood (use your BACK button to return here.)