Planning for Beamish site faces appeal

A CONSERVATION group plans to appeal a decision to grant conditional planning permission to transform a former brewery site in Cork city into a multi-million euro events centre.

Dutch-based Bam Group last week received planning approval from Cork City Council for a €150m development at the Beamish and Crawford site on South Main Street.

Its Irish subsidiary, Bam Contractors, along with Heineken Ireland, plan to develop a 6,000-seater centre that would also include retail outlets, apartments, a viewing tower and two pedestrian bridges across the River Lee.