{"id":608005,"date":"2026-08-29T05:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/608005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T05:48:41","slug":"boxd-coffee-owners-disappointed-at-council-refusal-for-popular-carrigrohane-rd-driv-thru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/608005\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxd Coffee owners disappointed at council refusal for popular Carrigrohane Rd driv-thru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The owners of the Boxd Coffee chain say they are disappointed with Cork City Council\u2019s decision to refuse them planning permission to retain their drive-thru on the Carrigrohane Rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The popular outlet has operated at the location for the past six years, but the business was issued with a warning letter by the council earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Boxd subsequently lodged a planning application seeking retention permission for the development. However, in a decision this week, planners in City Hall refused permission for the development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Cousins Michael Harding and Aidan Kiely, who founded the coffee chain, said they will be appealing the decision in relation to the Carrigrohane Rd outlet, which continues to operate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWe are naturally deeply disappointed by Cork City Council\u2019s decision to reject our application for the redevelopment of our site in Carrigrohane,\u201d they said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\n            \u201cThe council\u2019s main concern was cited as traffic. We proposed an increase in drive-thru capacity from 10 cars to 40. This 300% increase was far more than we would ever need.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">They also criticised the planning process, and said there needed to be more opportunities for businesses to engage with planners on such issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">They said: \u201cFor businesses that are creating local employment, working with local suppliers and investing heavily in their communities, there really needs to be a clear channel of communication with the local authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cCork has a strong drive-thru sector, and we appreciate that planning authorities have to consider traffic and the wider impact of developments. However, this decision could potentially set a precedent that affects many other businesses and developments across the city, which is particularly disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The owners of the Boxd Coffee chain say they are disappointed with Cork City Council\u2019s decision to refuse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,79,6037,61,60],"class_list":["post-608005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-news","tag-cork-city-council","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}