Planning permission has been approved for a new Tesco store in Cavan Town.
The granted application will see a modern, sustainable, and accessible new store built in the town centre along with new car parking facilities.
Cavan County Council has given the supermarket giant the green light for a single storey retail unit of c. 5,197 sq.m gross floor area, including a licensed alcohol sales area, ancillary offices and staff facilities.
The approved plans also allow for the construction of a petrol filling station incorporating an automatic car wash, a forecourt canopy and associated signage.
297 car parking spaces (including parent and toddler, disabled and electric parking spaces) along with 120 no. cycle parking spaces are also planned.
The go-ahead by the local authority will see a drive thru café with external seating and the provision of five car parking spaces including two electric parking spaces, two disabled and one standard) and two set down bay areas. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) were submitted with this application.
The site is bounded to the north by St. Clare's National School, to the south by residential lands and to the west by the Main Street back lands. County planners gave Tesco Ireland the green light in recent days with 34 conditions attached.
