City Council refuses Cork pub planning for its restaurant extension

Cork pub The Anglers has been refused permission to retain an extension capable of catering to up to 40 guests.

The bar in Leemount, Carrigrohane, formerly the Angler’s Rest, opened the Greenhouse in the summer of 2022 as an extension to the restaurant, offering both indoor and al-fresco dining.

In October last year, Alice Cross, who runs the restaurant with her husband Tony, sought planning permission from Cork City Council to retain the Greenhouse building.

The application included plans to keep a single-storey extension to the side of the restaurant, to retain a detached, glazed structure with a retractable roof, an outdoor projection screen, external hardstanding, and an external storage shed, together with associated site works.

City Hall sought further information about the retention plans, highlighting, in a letter to Ms Cross, that outstanding works were required for the previously permitted development.

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

These requirements included the provision of a pedestrian crossing on the public road at the front of the premises, road resurfacing works, and a new footpath to the front of the building.

Responding to the council in March, Ms Cross said the pedestrian crossing had already been installed, with road resurfacing works and new footpaths to be completed that week.

Despite this, the city council refused permission for the restaurant and bar to retain its popular Greenhouse seating area, noting that the venue’s increased popularity was causing a potential traffic hazard.

City Hall said the proposed development, which constituted an expansion of the facility, “endangers public safety by reason of traffic hazard”, due to “serious vehicular and pedestrian conflicts (due to increased patronage), which it generates on the adjoining road”.