Development comprising the demolition of 1 no. building (totalling 2,801 sq m Gross Floor Area) consisting of Convenience Food Retail unit (1,598 sq m with 911 sq m Net Retail Sales Area), DIY Hardware store (860 sq m), Agri store (200 sq m) and ancillary areas (143 sq m), as permitted under Cork County Council Planning Reg. Ref. No.: 12/54012 and An Bord Pleanála Reg. Ref. No.: PL69.241495; the construction of a new mono-pitched Licensed Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,947 sq m Gross Floor Area and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) at the location of the demolished building; the demolition of single storey, flat roofed extension (115 sq m) to the front of the existing Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore (1,675 sq m Gross Floor Area) and the change of use of the building from Licenced Discount Foodstore to Education and Training facility with associated internal works to provide reception lobby, canteen, toilets, 6 no. training rooms and a lecture theatre (all totalling 1,560 Gross Floor Area); all at a site of approximately 1.64 ha (comprising Macroom Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore and former Macroom 4Home Superstore) at the Mart Site, off Fitzgerald Street, Fair Green, Macroom, Co. Cork. The construction of the proposed new Licensed Discount Foodstore at the location of the demolished building comprises of: A retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total Net Retail Sales Area of 1,769 sq m), public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), entrance pod, lobby, office, storage (incl. cold storage), stairs and lift to mezzanine floor and delivery area, all at ground floor level (totalling 2,580 sq m ground floor Gross Floor Area); Staff welfare (incl. toilets, change rooms and staff canteen area), managers office, IT and communications rooms, internal plant room, roof terrace, and stairs and lift from ground floor, all at first floor level (totalling 334 sq m first floor Gross Floor Area); Corporate signage consisting of 2 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated sign, 1 no. free standing internally illuminated totem pole sign at entrance, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. wall mounted externally illuminated information display board, 1 no. finger post sign; 1 no. trolley bay covered structure (33 sq m Gross Floor Area); 132 no. surface car parking spaces (8 no. disabled, 15 no. parent and child and 109 no. regular); 14 no. motorcycle and 30 no. bicycle parking spaces; Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed new Licensed Discount Foodstore development will be via a new site entrance from the existing east-west internal link road which bisects the overall application site; Delivery vehicle access to the proposed new Licensed Discount Foodstore development will be maintained via the existing service access located at the north west corner of the application site; Pedestrian access to the proposed development will be further enhanced via a dedicated pedestrian entrance from the existing east-west internal link road which bisects the overall application site; and boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (including 1 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level.
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