As you are aware in February, I advised that the station, had been acquired by a new owner, whose intention it was to reinstate the former use of the site i.e. to reopen as a garage and shop.

However, an issue has arisen over planning permission on the site. It transpires that in order to reinstate the tanks (originally removed some years ago) planning permission is required. The owner of the site in the last number of weeks applied to City Council for a Part V Exemption Certificate, however this was refused. The options now open, are to either appeal to An Bord Pleanal, the decision but Cork City Council, to refuse the Part V exemption, or else to apply for planning permisson for the reinstatement of the tanks.