Developments in Cork

@Pug wrote:

sounds like a tough one – werent they essentially voting on rezoning it for a school? where now do they put the school though?

It was a tough decision for councillors to make.
The necessary realignment of the Brian Dillon H&F pitches to allow room for the proposed school puts the pitches under high voltage power lines.
Another site in the grounds of the Mayfield Community School may now be used and would provide a win situation for all involved as the community school was built to accommodate 800-900 students. Falling numbers over the years has that school with only 300+ students at the moment.
City management and planners are to blame for dragging this folly out for so long. This planning application, lodged by the Department of Education for development on amenity grounds should not have been validated.
This is not the first time this type of rezoning pressure was pushed on councillors, Lidl submitted a planning application for industrial land in Churchfield which led to a “Nice Treaty” type rezoning vote i.e. when councillors rejected the rezoning, the manager put the same motion before council members again for a second vote.

@kite wrote:

After more than a year in appeal Barry O’Connor and Robert Kennedy’s Crows Nest site has been approved by ABP.
The board has insisted as a condition that the height of the building fronting onto the Straight Road should be reduced further to 5 storeys, the original application was for a 15 storey “landmark tower”.
In hindsight, and in fairness, I for one feel that the new proposal submitted to the board in March 2006 following a request from ABP is a far superior design to the larger Victoria Mills version submitted at the start of this process.

my gut reaction is disappointment that it was reduced to that low, there may be more to it, i dont know – the county hall seems to set a hieght precedent but no other tall building will be allowed there – might be the views of county hall that they want to keep but the only thing I can see coming up the straight road into town is that appaling victoria mills

pron only 2 or 3 but its the box like yellow and brown eastern european just post world war 2 feel look to it thats horrible

Hi All, Whats the latest on the Werdna water street development?Is construction beginning soon?How many storeys have been allowed?Also, any update on the Clontarf street project?The small triangular shaped property at the back of the Bus Station?

@Torquemada wrote:

Hi All, Whats the latest on the Werdna water street development?Is construction beginning soon?How many storeys have been allowed?Also, any update on the Clontarf street project?The small triangular shaped property at the back of the Bus Station?

I not sure when the Werdna water st development is due to start. This is what was finally permitted, peaking at 10 stories at the eastern end.
The Clontarf st project is still tied up in the CCC planning process.

@kite wrote:

Nine storeys of horrible yellow cladding

Ah, apologies. And red brick. Don’t forget the red brick.

Still, it could be worse. I don’t think anything could be worse then the black(?) cladding on the Copley St. building. Yikes.

Tell me its not going to be in that disgusting shade of red.

@carrigdhoun wrote:

I not sure when the Werdna water st development is due to start. This is what was finally permitted, peaking at 10 stories at the eastern end.

I read in the Echo that this might not go ahead. Theres a report of sorts being drawn up at the moment to see if it is viable to build it now. A hell of a lot of money was spent in constantly revising the plans, dragging it through constast appeals.

The examiner report that Eason’s are planning on extending their Patrick’s Street store, possibly to another floor. Have they much space at the rear of the site, or are they just going up a floor in the existing building?
Good article on Pana in the Examiner business section this morning (Cork/Munster edition). Of course it’s not on their website, because nobody outside Cork would be interested in reading about such parochial issues 😡

The article dealt with the high level of vacant buildings on St. Patrick Street/Grand Parade and in the Merchants Quay centre and listed the (well-known) redevelopment issues here. Although, the eason’s one was a new one to me.
It made the very sensible suggestion that at all sites where buildings are empty awaiting redevelopment, e.g. Academy Street, Dunnes, Capitol, signs be erected detailing the plans for the site- to assure residents and tourists alike that this isn’t just an abandoned site; that there’s something ‘exciting’ going to happen here.