New McDonald's restaurant to be built in Waterford
Permission has been granted for the planned restaurant. Stock image
A new McDonalds drive-thru restaurant has been granted planning permission on lands at Waterford Retail Park on the Cork Road on the outskirts of Waterford City.
McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd submitted a planning application for the development to Waterford City and County Council on December 12 of last year.
The development consists of a single storey drive-thru restaurant, which includes the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises.
Plans include an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking, which includes accessible parking spaces, grill bays, electric vehicle charging spaces and bicycle parking.
A height restrictor, customer order points with associated canopies, totem signage, free-standing signage, banner frames and digital menu boards are planned, alongside an outdoor furniture/seating area with parasols.
To facilitate the development, part of an existing car park will be reconfigured to include new pedestrian crossings.
Following the submission of the planning documents, a concerned citizen objected to the development, requesting that the planning authority refuse its permission to commence construction.
The appeal said that the development would negatively impact on existing restaurants and takeaways in the general area and negatively impact on the vitality and viability of the city centre and districts centres drawing traffic into a facility on the periphery.
The appeal also said that the construction of a McDonald's restaurant and drive-thru in the location would ‘fundamentally alter the nature of the retail warehouse park.’
The development was granted conditional planning permission by Waterford City & County Council recently subject to twelve conditions
