Former G.W Biggs & Co. Site, Bridge Street and Market Lane, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 PP96
- 17 Apr 2026Received
- 19 Aug 2026Grant with conditions
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Grant with conditions · 19 Aug 2026
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 3,322 m²
What’s proposed
The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail warehouse building and the construction of a music and events centre to comprise: • A multi-purpose auditorium (1105.5sqm) incorporating a 271-seat performance hall and associated ancillary rooms and spaces including reception and ticket office, foyer, changing rooms, shower and toilets, technical support rooms, green room, offices and stores; • A linked 3-storey education hub (691sqm) incorporating a ground floor café / bar (105sqm), and teaching and rehearsal rooms, a multi-purpose performance space, and other ancillary rooms on upper floors; • A separate 2-storey plant building to rear incorporating ESB substation, switch room and external stairs; • Building and site signage to include 3no. flagpoles at site entrance onto Bridge Street; • Landscaping, boundary treatment, and on site public realm works; • 2no. universal access parking spaces to the front, 2no. staff parking spaces to the rear. • 40no. cycle parking spaces, including 10no. covered cycle spaces in a bike shelter to the rear; • Modifications and improvements to existing vehicular entrance onto Bridge Street and new service and emergency gate to rear onto Market Lane; • All other associated plant, telecommunications infrastructure, utility connections, public lighting, drainage and other site development works
26/0979 is a planning application to Cork County Council for the proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail, received on 17 Apr 2026; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Aug 2026.
Planning details
- Reference
- 26/0979
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “Appeal lodged”
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Observations close
- 22 May 2026 (closed 132 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 Aug 2026 · decided 19 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Grant with conditions on 19 Aug 2026
- Proposed development
- The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a single storey retail warehouse building and the construction of a music and events centre to comprise: • A multi-purpose auditorium (1105.5sqm) incorporating a 271-seat performance hall and associated ancillary rooms and spaces including reception and ticket office, foyer, changing rooms, shower and toilets, technical support rooms, green room, offices and stores; • A linked 3-storey education hub (691sqm) incorporating a ground floor café / bar (105sqm), and teaching and rehearsal rooms, a multi-purpose performance space, and other ancillary rooms on upper floors; • A separate 2-storey plant building to rear incorporating ESB substation, switch room and external stairs; • Building and site signage to include 3no. flagpoles at site entrance onto Bridge Street; • Landscaping, boundary treatment, and on site public realm works; • 2no. universal access parking spaces to the front, 2no. staff parking spaces to the rear. • 40no. cycle parking spaces, including 10no. covered cycle spaces in a bike shelter to the rear; • Modifications and improvements to existing vehicular entrance onto Bridge Street and new service and emergency gate to rear onto Market Lane; • All other associated plant, telecommunications infrastructure, utility connections, public lighting, drainage and other site development worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3,322 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 70 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
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- OpenTown Lots,, Bantry,, Co.Cork,, P75 HP26
- GrantedBarrack Street,, Townlots, Bantry,, Co. Cork,, P75 XE00
- WithdrawnTown Lots,, Bantry,, Co.Cork,, P75 HP26
Show all 70
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- WithdrawnNo. 2 Marino Terrace Townlots Bantry Co. Cork P75 H289
- GrantedDromleigh South Bantry Co. Cork
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- GrantedOld Barrack Road Town Lots Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedFarmers Lane Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedNo. 9 Hight Street Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedBarrack Street Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedEir Exchange Town Lots Market Street Bantry, Co. Cork
- GrantedBantry General Hospital Carrignagat Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedNo. 5 Beacon Hill Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedNo. 1 Upper Glengarriff Road Bantry Co. Cork
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- Withdrawn'The Coach House' Marino Street Town Lots Bantry, Co. Cork
- GrantedNo. 2 Marino Heights Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedChurch Road / Boy's Club Road Town Lots Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedWilliam Street Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- WithdrawnTown Lots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedNo. 2 Dromleigh Heights Dromleigh South Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedOrchard Hilll Blackrock Road Town Lots Bantry, Co. Cork
- WithdrawnWilliam Street Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
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- GrantedVickery's Inn Complex New Street Bantry Co. Cork
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- CommencedBarrack Street Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedNo. 9, Rock Villas Carrignagat Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedNew Street Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedDromleigh North & Dromleigh South Bantry Co. Cork
- Granted1 Tower Hill Town Lots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedChurch Road Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedNew Street Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedDromleigh South Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedNew Street Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedEir Exchange, Town Lots Market Street Bantry, Co. Cork
- CommencedNo. 3 Main Street Townlots Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedBantry General Hospital Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedBantry General Hospital Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedBantry General Hospital Carrignagat Bantry Co. Cork
- WithdrawnCarrignagat Bantry General Hospital Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedTown Lots Bantry Co. Cork
- WithdrawnNew Street Bantry Co. Cork
- GrantedBantry General Hospital Carrignagat Bantry Co Cork
- CommencedBantry General Hospital Carrignagat Bantry Co. Cork
- CommencedNo 5 Marino Street Townlots Bantry Co Cork
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Homes nearby
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- For sale17 Glengarriff Road, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 N406
- For sale2 The Sidings, Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 KF76
- For sale20 The Sidings, Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 DX90
- For saleChurch Road, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 KR52
- For sale23 Glengarriff Road, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 WD36
- For saleKnocknamuck, Bantry, Co. Cork
- For sale16 An Muileann, The Quay, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 VF10
- For sale1 Saint Cainirs Place, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 EF67
- For sale17 Slip Lawn, Slip, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 P942
- For sale28 Ard na Greine, Seskin, Bantry, Co. Cork, P75 VE43
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres: Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 67
- Recorded monument · 3
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10 (store id 268988). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0979.
Source: npad · fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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