Superdry had no permission to cover ‘Moderne’ signage

Cork City Council says it did not give an international clothing retailer planning permission for the works it carried out on the signage of a Cork storefront.

Superdry is to open a store in the former Moderne on St Patrick’s St tomorrow. However, work the retailer carried out on the fascia has prompted a complaint to Cork City Council.

Yesterday, the Irish Examiner revealed how City Hall’s planning department previously told Superdry that its proposal “to overboard the existing fascia is unacceptable to the Planning Authority” because of “the architectural merit of the building and its bronze shop front, which is listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage”.