Co Armagh: green light for improvements at well-known bar
Proprietors of Keegan’s Bar & Restaurant, in Armagh, have been given the go-ahead for redevelopment plans that will see the first-floor kitchen area demolished and a flat roof structure installed.
The well-known venue at 44-48 Irish Street is owned by Laura Keegan, Red Lion Road, Armagh.
The planning application, which has now been approved by ABC Planning officers, was lodged by O’Donnell O’Neill interior decorators, Donegall Street, Belfast.
As the venue is located within a designated Conservation Area, it meant that Conservation Area Consent had to be sought as well.
A Design Access Statement, submitted with the planning application, gives a measure of the renovation works which have been approved: “The proposed demolition of the rear first-floor return single-storey structure is proposed, to create on the same footprint a new space more suitable for the existing use as a commercial kitchen.
“Low ceiling heights from the existing pitched roofs restrict the space, therefore a new flat roof is proposed to maximise use of the space. Existing single skin brick walls are to be removed and replaced with thermally-efficient construction.
“The exterior is to be finished in a dark grey colour, to reduce the visibility of the structure. The existing kitchen extraction is to be retained. Internal access via a set of stairs, and emergency access across an adjoining flat roof, are to be retained.”
François Vincent, Local Democracy Reporter