Core Refusal Reason
The retention of the large, non-retractable awning was refused because its excessive scale, rigid cantilevered structural design, and unsympathetic materials materially and adversely affect the architectural character and integrity of the NIAH-listed buildings and the MacCurtain Street Architectural Conservation Area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The awning constitutes a rigid, strident, and visually obtrusive feature of discordant scale that fails to meet the qualitative placemaking standards for shopfronts and commercial facades set out in the Development Plan.
- The structure is injurious to the architectural fabric of the subject property and the wider streetscape, specifically impacting the symmetry and proportions of NIAH-listed buildings and the setting of the Everyman Theatre.
- Permitting the retention of this development would establish an undesirable precedent for similar disorderly proposals that undermine the conservation objectives of the MacCurtain Street Architectural Conservation Area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Strategic Objective 7Objective 8.17Objective 8.22Objective 8.23Objective 10.9Objective 10.10Section 11.193Section ZO 05Section 1.187Section 11.188
Decision Document Summary
This report concerns a first-party appeal against Cork City Council's decision to refuse retention permission for a substantial awning at The Shelbourne Bar on MacCurtain Street. The development consists of a 37 sq.m structure extending 3.4m over the public footpath, supported by rigid cantilevered fixings that reach up to the first floor. The site is located within the MacCurtain Street Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and involves buildings listed on the NIAH. While the appellant argued t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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