TheChizler wrote: » Unless something is done to cut traffic levels it's madness IMO, adding a new junction between two junctions that regularly completely back up in both directions. Surely it won't get planning?
Mefistofelino wrote: » The site is about 80 - 100m up from SuperValu, towards the credit union. There has been a Lyonshall sign on the metal gates there for some time.
Dbu wrote: » I see today, that a cafe chain has taken 2 of the 3 retail units in the new Aldi. Any idea who it is?
cantalach wrote: » Hopefully not. Work has just started to widen and realign that last stretch of Skehard Road from SuperValu to CSO, and now somebody wants to put a new entrance there. Pure daft. What IS needed it to completely level and rebuild the SuperValu. Compared to some of the fantastic SuperValus around the country, that one is a dump.
beer enigma wrote: » Aldi with cafe and 28 residential units confirmed planning Lyonshall own the land between Bessboro rd and scallys. The house there is being emptied.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishexaminer.com/property/developmentconstruction/arid-40256210.html%3ftype=amp
cantalach wrote: » The terraced houses directly across Skehard Rd from that will be quite overshadowed in the wintertime. I'm thinking there'll be objections and a height reduction ultimately. But regarding traffic, I didn't realise that the site included that private house immediately to the east of Scally's. That changes things a bit because it means that the site is effectively contiguous with Scally's. Surely they could share the entrance at the Church Road lights.
Homesick Alien wrote: » I grew up in Douglas and my parents still live there. I genuinely could not believe it last time I was down when my parents told me an Aldi was going in where the old cinema is. I still can't believe it to be honest. The village has been ruined by shopping centres, a garage and now an Aldi and all the extra traffic that is going to bring. WTF were they thinking? Absolutely no vision for making the place liveable. They could have designated that area for the weekly market and had some permanent seating, green space, a small playground etc instead of it being squeezed in front of the shopping centre with nowhere to sit. They could have made the roads one way and had plenty of space for a two-way cycleway. There's so much they could have done but instead we get an Aldi and more traffic. It's a travesty. I mean there's already an Aldi 5 mins up the road in Grange!
snotboogie wrote: » It's privately owned land worth millions so the city council were never going to cough up the money to buy it. While ALDI have done a nice job on the build, it's the nicest ALDI I've ever seen, I agree it's a terrible use of land. I'd love to have seen a mixed use development on this site and the still vacant triangle site next to it, with apartments, Co working space and maybe a hotel. I hope this development at least spurs Dunnes to fix up their Douglas store across the road which is an absolute disgrace at this stage. I don't think there has been a change there since 1995.
Nigel Fairservice wrote: » I was disappointed when I heard Aldi was going in there. Douglas isn't stuck for anywhere to do your shopping. I'm amazed nothing has ever been done with that vacant triangular site. I grew up in Douglas and I don't even recall any mooted development plans for it either. I'm being nosey now but I'd love to know who owns it and why they're just sitting on it. I'm sure they could have sold it for mad money a few times over the years. The old PTSB building in Douglas would be good site as well. There's a decent size car park in the back of it too. I think Wetherspoons were looking to go in there but were denied planning. The site has been empty for years.
Usir wrote: » Having lived in various parts of the Cork south side for over 10 years I find it baffling that Douglas is still considered an attractive place to live. Maybe some people judge how good a spot to live is by its chippers, restaurants and pubs. The town is basically a bumper to bumper car park filled with smoke and fumes, boarded up shops, filthy streets and little to no greenery. Zero cycle lanes. Can't think of one nice open area to sit out and have a coffee or meal away from the traffic. Maybe the pigs back and that is an industrial estate. Yet people keep paying 600k for houses there based off a reputation its built 20 years ago and is now somehow still living off. The town planners have completely shafted this town, it is now beyond saving as the multi national shops and fast foods are bedded in and going nowhere fast.
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