Freshly Chopped is facing
closure of one of its flagship outlets after it was refused retention planning
permission for its branch on Dublin’s Grafton St. The salad bar/healthy eating
retail chain could now be the subject of enforcement action by Dublin city
council if it continues to keep the store open. It follows a ruling by An Bord
Pleanála which upheld the original decision of the council to refuse planning
permission for the change of use of the building from a newsagents to a
delicatessen as well as for a new shopfront. The board rejected the appeal by
Freshly Chopped despite the company’s warning that over 600 jobs across its
entire chain of 45 stores could be under threat if it was forced to close its
Grafton St branch. It accused the local authority of not facing up to “real
world” issues by denying it retrospective planning permission.
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