Green light for Ballyphehane takeaway despite local objections

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a new restaurant and takeaway in Ballyphehane, despite objections there is already an over-concentration of fast food outlets in the area.

The planning appeals authority upheld the decision of Cork City Council to give the green light to Gillabbey Taverns to convert an empty retail unit in a local shopping centre on Pearse Square in the southside suburb into a restaurant with a takeaway service.

However, uncertainty remains over the project as the company has been dissolved since it first applied for planning permission.