Former Vita Cortex Plant , Kinsale Road and Pearse Road , Cork

Permission for development which will consist of a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) on the brownfield site of the former Vita Cortex Plant, Kinsale Road and Pearse Road Cork. The proposed development will consist of a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) of 170no. residential units (158no. apartments and 12no. townhouse apartments, to include 51no. 1-bed units, 84no. 2-bed units, 35no. 3-bed units) arranged in 4no. blocks varying in height from four to part eight/part nine storeys over ground. The proposed development also includes: a creche, café and management office on the ground floor level of Block 3 and 4no. retail units on the ground floor level of Block 4; 514no. bicycle spaces. including 162no. visitor spaces, located either in 4no. bike sheds at undercroft level and ground level, or on the public plaza at ground level; 9no. motorcycle spaces, and 82no. shared car parking spaces (including 13no. EV spaces and 6no. accessible spaces, 3no. of which are EV spaces) at undercroft level and ground level; the provision of private, communal and public open space, including all balconies and terraces; rooftop solar panels and green roofs; internal roads and pathways; new vehicular and pedestrian access points from Kinsale Road and Pearse Road, including a terraced entrance, with cycle wheel ramp, from Pearse Road; 6no. bin stores at undercroft level and ground level; the relocation and upgrade of 1no. ESB substation; signage; and all associated site development works, drainage, including nature-based SuDS measures, and all hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments. The proposed development will also facilitate the future implementation of BusConnects along Kinsale Road. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control Licence issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Reference: 2543946