Planning application received: The development will consist of permission for amendments to previously granted planning permission Ref. No. 21/4071 at

A planning application has been lodged with Cork County Council for a site at Kings Square/Baldwin Street in Brigown, Mitchelstown. The developer seeks permission to amend the previously granted planning permission Ref. No. 21/4071, which covers the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 01354).

The proposed amendments include a change of use at the lower ground floor, converting the existing office accommodation into three residential units, one of which would be a duplex. The developer also plans to reconfigure the residential units on the ground and first floors. Where the earlier permission allowed two duplex units and three apartments, the new proposal would provide three residential units on each of those floors.

Internal reconfiguration works are also part of the plan. These would involve altering floor layouts to accommodate the new residential units, closing existing door openings and creating new ones through existing walls. The developer intends to remove the existing external steel fire‑escape stairs at the rear of the building and install an Automatic Opening Vent over the existing stairwell. In addition, the roof and all external facades would be repaired and refurbished, with any necessary making‑good work carried out.

The application is now under consideration by the council. For further details, see the Cork County Council planning portal.

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