Extension at Bon Secours granted

The proposed extension of facilities at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork city has been approved.

It follows an application in February of this year to Cork City Council for six floors of hospital accommodation to the north of the existing facility, currently accessed from College Road near University College Cork.

That proposal also featured plans to allow traffic access the site from Western Road to the north of the hospital site, with a new two-lane bridge over the River Lee also included in the application. After responding to city planners’ request in March for further information, Bon Secours Health System Ltd has now been granted permission subject to 13 conditions.