Bid to convert Cork City office block into IPAS centre not an exempted development, commission rules

Owner of the Cube building, Cherryinn Limited, outlined plans to convert the basement, ground, first, second and third floors of the Cube building into accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers 

The Cube building on Monahan Road,

The planning commission has ruled that a bid to convert a Cork City commercial property into temporary accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers does not constitute an exempted development. 

Cherryinn Limited submitted plans to Cork City Council in May last year to convert several floors of the Cube building on Monahan Road into residential accommodation for International Protection Applicants. Management sought to understand if the plans constituted an exempted development.