Error delays Wilton Shopping Centre revamp

The developers behind plans for the €100m revamp of one of Ireland’s oldest suburban shopping centres will have to reapply for planning permission after a ‘technical error’ in the application.

It follows a decision by Cork City Council planners in recent days to declare as invalid last month’s planning application for the regeneration of Wilton Shopping Centre in the city’s western suburbs.

The council declined to comment on the issue, given that the planning process is ongoing. But according to the publicly available planning file, the application, lodged with the council on February 2, has now been formally declared an ‘incomplete application’.