Permission for retention is sought for a hospital extension providing for ward accommodation (30 no. beds)…

Application details

Planning reference

2342481

Council

Cork City Council

Proposal description

Permission for retention is sought for a hospital extension providing for ward accommodation (30 no. beds) and two number theatres with all associated ancillary accommodation constructed under the Covid-19 Crisis. Ward accommodation is provided across two floors (2nd and 3rd floor) with associated accommodation. Two number theatres and all associated accommodation is provided across the 4th floor. The building block is linked into the adjoining ward blocks via a series of bridge links to the north and west on the upper 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. Mattress evacuation stairs links the upper floor accommodation to ground level. The wards and theatres sit on a two-storey steel podium (area circa 2433.7sqm). BOC Medical Gas Services (area circa 67sqm) at ground level off Sheare's Street. Demolition of oxygen tanks enclosure, 3 no. workshops, service area gateway (71 sqm) and part brick boundary wall on Sheare's Street together with all associated site development works at Grenville Place, Cork T12WE28, by The Board of Governors Mercy University Hospital, Cork Ltd. The development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (Mansion House).

Location / address

Mercy University Hospital, Grenville Place, Cork

Application type

RETENTION

Received / registered

27 Nov 2023

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

29 Jan 2024

Final grant date

11 Mar 2024