UCC receives planning permission to redevelop Cork's Distillery Fields

Planning inspector recommended permission be refused as buildings were too high

A computer-generated image of the planned new research facility on Cork's Distillery Fields. A separate application for a new pedestrian bridge was lodged by UCC with Cork City Council but was subsequently withdrawn.

UCC and the Tyndall Institute have been granted planning permission to redevelop the Distillery Fields site at Cork’s North Mall into a new purpose-built research facility.

The proposed development will ultimately cater for 250 postgraduate students and 750 staff. The university said the planned research centre would allow Tyndall to rapidly transition from research into prototyping and manufacturing of various technologies.