{"id":227230,"date":"2025-12-11T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/227230\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:38:08","slug":"blarney-castle-owners-lodge-plans-for-outdoor-swimming-pool-on-estate-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/227230\/","title":{"rendered":"Blarney Castle owners lodge plans for outdoor swimming pool on estate grounds\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owners of Blarney Castle have lodged a bid with Cork City Council for a new private swimming pool on the grounds of the estate.<\/p>\n<p>Charles and Caroline Colthurst have sought planning permission to install an outdoor swimming pool spanning 12 metres at Turret House on Blarney Castle Estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The development would also comprise a removable lightweight enclosure resembling a greenhouse, along with ancillary works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The proposed plans would consist of work outside of a structure which is located within an architectural conservation area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In its submission, heritage conservation specialists said the &#8220;modest swimming pool&#8221; would be installed for health reasons and would not impact any nearby historical buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It also said the visual impact of the pool would be negligible and not affect the overall designed landscape of the surrounding area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The development would comprise a pool area, surrounded by a pool deck and patio area to the rear of Turret House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Given its minimal visual and physical impact and its relatively easy reversibility, this proposal is thought to have a neutral impact on the historic area of the architectural conservation area and the setting of the protected structure,&#8221; the submission said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork City Council are due to decide on the case by February 9th 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The owners of Blarney Castle have lodged a bid with Cork City Council for a new private swimming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[9521,9520,18,19,17,3525,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-227230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-building","9":"tag-construction-munster","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-planning-permission","14":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115700505242333587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}