Office scheme refused at suburban Wilton

AS US-BASED internet security company FireEye last week visited Cork City and its suburbs to consider new offices for 150 jobs, and as several significant other office demands progress around the city, planning permission has just been refused by An Bord Pleanala for an 82,000 sq ft office and mixed used development in suburban Wilton.

Following objections from a local retailer, and a community association, developers O’Brien and O’Flynn have this week been refused planning for a site of six acres on Sarsfield Road, between O’Connors’ Funeral Home, and the Driving Test Centre.

It was planned to have two office blocks, service station, convenience shop, discount retail unit, plus a restaurant and drive-thru on the site, accessed off Sarsfield Road and a few hundred metres from the new Wilton Roundabout flyover and Wilton Shopping Centre.