PLANNING NOTES: Decision due on change from retail to office use on Cork’s Lavitt’s Quay

Cork City Council is to decide by the end of this week whether or not to permit office use at a quayside, outdoors shop to allow an educational authority to expand its offices.

The plans, from Hilltrent Ltd, last December, relate to the ground-floor of Owen O’Callaghan’s no 21, Lavitt’s Quay development, which is occupied and in use by Matthews, who will relocate their outdoor and water sports shop to Half Moon Street, by Boots.

The application sets out plans to change from retail use, at the 400-square metre unit, running along the side of the development down Paul’s Lane, in the direction of Rory Gallagher Plaza and the city centre.