Nos 12-17 , St Patrick's Street , Cork City

Permission for development at this c.023 ha site located at Nos. 12-17 St. Patrick's Street, Cork City, T12K27C, also known as the former Debenhams/Roches Stores building. The subject site is located to the corner of St. Patrick's Street and Maylor Street. The proposed development is comprised of the subdivision of the former department store, to form 'Block A' which is the c. 6228 sqm western portion of the building, over 4 no. Storeys. Works to Block B are to be applied for separately. Block A is then to be further subdivided into 4 no. individual retail units with associated storage and staff welfare facilities, which are comprised of - Unit No. 1 (c. 476 sqm), accessed via and fronting on to St Patrick's Street to the north-western corner of the building at Ground and Second floor level. A new entrance to St. Patrick's Street is proposed at Ground Floor Level to facilitate access to this new unit; Unit No. 2 (c. 4586 sqm) accessed via and fronting on to St Patrick's Street utilizing the existing entry point, with the unit encompassing ground, first and second floor. This entrance is to be reconfigured to facilitate the new layout. Unit No. 3 (c. 415 sqm) accessed via and fronting on to both St Patrick's Street and Maylor Street at the south-western corner of the building, at Ground and Third Floor Level. A new entrance to St. Patrick's Street is proposed at Ground Floor Level to facilitate access to this new unit. Unit No. 4 (c. 94 sqm) accessed via and fronting on to two new entrances at Maylor Street to the southern boundary of the site, at Ground Floor Level only. In addition the proposed development includes for the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing facades onto St. Patrick's Street and Maylor Street to reflect the new floorplan arrangements and to facilitate the newly created access points into the new retail units; Reorganisation of fenestration, access and façade details to ground floor level of the St Patrick Street elevation and Maylor Street return; Additional fenestration and façade treatment upgrades to Maylor Street; The partial infill of the atrium at first floor level of Block A, resulting in a 180 sqm increase of internal gross floor area and an increase in general floor plate at ground floor level due to internal façade adjustments to create c. 12 sqm (cumulatively c. 192 sqm increase in overall floor area); Modification at second and third floor levels of Block A to accommodate ancillary support rooms associated with the new r

Reference: 2544001