Storage firm seeks investment in Cootehill
The planned technology park project, supported by the Cavan County Enterprise Fund, has the potential to host the creation of several hundred jobs in the locality.
A Cavan storage company has applied for planning permission to construct a fully serviced industrial unit in Cootehill.
To be located at the Cootehill Industrial Estate, the proposed development by Alpha Storage incorporates a two-storey administration and staff facility areas, pick and pack areas, and parking.
Signage, landscaping and connection to the watermain and utility services are also included in the plans submitted to Cavan County Council.
Alpha Storage currently operate at a facility at Cavanarainy, Drung.
A decision on the submission is expected by the end of September.
It follows reports of strong interest from several companies looking to invest in the new Technology and Industrial park currently being developed at Drumnaveil North, just off the Cavan Road.
The planned technology park project, supported by the Cavan County Enterprise Fund, has the potential to host the creation of several hundred jobs in the locality.
To date the development has benefited from allocations of more than €910,000 in funding, including under the Government’s Rural Regeneration and Development Fund.
Two sites within the park have been sold already - one to Paul Quinn Engineering (PQE).
Though no development has started as yet, the local firm has attained planning permission to construct a fully serviced factory premises, comprising a single-storey production area, engineering works/fabrication/painting/finishing area; delivery and dispatch areas, along with internal and external storage.
The development will also include a new two-storey administration block containing offices and ancillary accommodation, as well as external works to include car parking, access road and perimeter fencing.
Another interested parties has ambitions to build a substantial facility in the second phase of the Cootehill Technology and Industrial Park, which the Council has yet to progress to.