Cork City Council has allowed retention permission for the use of an old city-centre schoolyard as an ancillary to a pub.

Latest planning notes and updates January 2015

A High Court challenge has been brought against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to allow developers demolish the former hospital where Michael Collins’ body was taken after he was shot at Beal na Blath in August 1922.

An Bord Pleanála has received three appeals against plans to construct a major retail outlet on a derelict site in Youghal.

A site is still being sought in Dublin for a memorial to victims of institutional abuse, after a €31,000 spend on an earlier unsuccessful plan.

A sum of €4.35m, set aside this year by the National Roads Authority (NRA) for upgrading the N86 Tralee to Dingle road, will now be spent in another part of the country.

A call has been made for more research into the impact of wind turbines on hen harriers in upland areas along the borders of counties Cork, Limerick, and Kerry.

A strong plea was yesterday made to An Taisce not to proceed with a judicial review in the High Court of a project to upgrade a major tourist route.

An Taisce is to challenge a decision by An Bord Pleanála to give the green light to major works, including cycle lanes, on one of the country’s busiest tourist roads.

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 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.

A scenic new greenway in the Southwest — projected to be “far superior” to the Great Western Greenway in Mayo — is due to be completed by the end of 2016.

A controversial transport plan aimed at freeing up Galway City’s congested streets is facing massive opposition.

A Kerry businessman involved in a planning dispute has said he intends to pursue “to the bitter end” his campaign for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office had handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

Planners believe they have turned the corner in getting a new town approved for Co Cork after amending housing density proposals and having discussions with the National Roads Authority (NRA) about a road link.

The decision by An Taisce, in November, 2014, to seek a judicial review of the proposed improvement work on the section of the N86 road from Dingle to Camp has saddened, disappointed, and angered the majority of people living on the Dingle Peninsula and those who visit it regularly.

Eight people have died in traffic accidents over a 10-year period on a busy tourist route earmarked for a major upgrade.

There is no funding in place to upgrade the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange and Iarnród Éireann has no plans at present to build a station nearby — despite both projects being essential to ease traffic gridlock.

Only 34% of IDA funding has gone to projects outside of Dublin and Cork (whereas the Government edict requires 50%). That means 66% was granted to Dublin and Cork, but how does that divide between them?

Appeals have been lodged in relation to planning approval for a major mixed development at the ESB headquarters near Dublin City centre.