Redevelopment of Fox and Hounds site gets go-ahead

A redevelopment of the Fox and Hounds site, in the northside Cork City suburb of Ballyvolane, has been approved by Cork County Council.

Ballyvolane Development Company had submitted plans in early May, 2014, for the site, which spans the city boundary, and to Cork City Council, at the same time, for a new entrance and an access road from the Ballyhooly Road.

The county council had the substantive application, which included the integration of the Fox and Hounds mixed-use retail/commercial development into a mixed-use retail district centre. The details included an anchor store of 9,500 sq m gross floor area, as well as two blocks with six retail service units, a restaurant and community building. Two retail service units, a café, and parking provision for 468 cars were also proposed.