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Planning near you · Cork · Ref 194924

Demolition of existing Legion of Mary building at corner of and East…

8 East Douglas Street, and corner of East Douglas Street, and East Village Douglas

Appeal decided: conditional

Applicant
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Proposed use
See council description

The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
    Source: retained record

    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: received_date

  2. Council decisionGranted with conditions
    Source: retained record

    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: decision_date

  3. Appeal submitted
    Source: retained record

    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _appeal_submitted_date

  4. Appeal decisionGranted with conditions
    Source: retained record

    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _appeal_decision_date

What changed

First retained observation; this does not establish that the application is new.

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 25 October 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns 8 East Douglas Street , and corner of East Douglas Street , and East Village Douglas. Proposal excerpt: “Demolition of existing Legion of Mary building at corner of East Douglas Street and East Village (99sq.m), demolition of 1 no. 2 storey commercial building at 8 East Douglas Street (94sq.m) construction of 3 storey build…” Demolition is included in the proposal description. The appeal outcome is recorded separately from the council decision; the council decision alone gives an incomplete history.

The source records zero homes despite housing wording. Do not use this as a verified housing total.

Location & nearby applications

8 East Douglas Street , and corner of East Douglas Street , and East Village Douglas

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No other mapped applications within 5 km were found in the records available for this page.

Documents & sources

Cork City Council · Reference 194924

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Source records and verification details

Change record: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Latest source observation retained: 2026-10-25T15:50:35.500693+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-10-20.

Full description from the council file
Demolition of existing Legion of Mary building at corner of East Douglas Street and East Village (99sq.m), demolition of 1 no. 2 storey commercial building at 8 East Douglas Street (94sq.m) construction of 3 storey building comprising the following, a new Legion of Mary meeting hall with ancillary services (83sq.m) on ground floor, 2 no. retail units accessed from East Douglas Street (80 & 58 sq.m) on ground floor access to and ancillary services for overhead apartments on ground floor – 3 no. 2 bed apartments on first floor and 3 no. 2 bed apartments on second floor.
Application details
Reference
194924
Site address
8 East Douglas Street, and corner of East Douglas Street, and East Village Douglas
Homes in source field
0 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²)
0
Application type
PERMISSION
Latest reported outcome
Appeal decided: conditional
Date received
April 15, 2019
Decision due
September 05, 2019
Council decision date
September 04, 2019
Authority
Cork City Council

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