Further information sought on Douglas Wetherspoons

The proposed conversion of a former bank building in the Cork suburb of Douglas to a Wetherspoon’s pub is the subject of a further information request from planners. 

Cork County Council was responding to the application in October relating to the building at East Douglas Street once home to a permanent TSB branch, and more recently in temporary use by Bank of Ireland.

JD Wetherspoon plc applied to change its use to a licensed premises, to provide bar, food server and other facilities in a 175-square metre infill at ground floor level of an existing vehicular access route to the site. A first-floor kitchen, and ground floor customer toilets and staff room are also proposed, along with a beer garden to the rear of the premises. The case was due for decision by end of 2014, but the further information request was made days before Christmas.