Cork family refused planning for bike storage bin as it sets 'undesirable precedent'

Planners say structure 'constitutes visual clutter'

The man's one-car family cycles as much as possible to minimise emissions in Cork city.

A man whose one-car family cycles as much as possible to minimise emissions in a city that aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 has been refused planning for a bike storage bin in front of his house — with planners saying it could set an “undesirable precedent” for similar development in the area.

Denis O’Regan, who lives with his wife and three young daughters in Ballintemple, on the southside of Cork city, was also told that the structure “constitutes visual clutter” and “represents a disorderly form of development”.