Main Street Skibbereen Co. Cork

What’s proposed

Permission for (i) to demolish the rear extensions and the internal stairs of the existing O'Briens' building (adjacent to Fields' Supervalu) at 27 Main Street (ii) to construct a new two storey extension building with single storey to the rear which will be amalgamated into the existing SuperValu building with retail use at ground floor level and staff facilities and store use at first floor level, (iii) to raise the ground and first floor levels of the existing O'Briens building (adjacent to Fields' Supervalu) at 27 Main Street, (iv) to increase the width of the existing entrance door to Fields' SuperValu at 26 Main Street (v) to amalgamate the front part of the existing Hickeys' Newsagents shop (a Protected Structure) into the existing Café with 2 no. ope's to be formed in the separating wall at ground floor level and the rear part of the existing Hickeys' Newsagents shop (a Protected Structure) into the Supermarket for Retail / Off Licence use, (vi) revise the configuration of the Fire Escape Stairs at the rear of the existing Hickeys' Newsagents shop (a Protected Structure) (vii) to widen the existing fire escape door at the rear of the Newsagents Shop (a Protected Structure), (viii) to construct an external stepped fire escape walkway from the First Floor Staff Facilities area to the first floor at the rear of the Newsagents Shop (ix) to carry out internal alterations at First Floor level in the Supermarket building (26 Main Street), (x) to construct a single storey extension on the South Western side of the rear of the existing building, (xi) to construct a single storey extension on the South Eastern side of the rear of the existing building, (xii) the change of use of the existing Bakery to Home Deliveries Store on the South Western side of the rear of the existing building, (xiii) to construct an enclosed external fire escape stairs from the first floor level on the South Eastern side of the rear of the existing building and all associated site works