Plans for nearly 550 homes in Cork targeting younger families and first-time buyers have been appealed to the planning commission by local residents.<\/p>\n
Developers Murnane and O’Shea received approval from Cork City Council for the ambitious development at Greenfield in Ballincollig in December, authorising plans for 544 homes.<\/p>\n
The proposed development includes the demolition of an existing home and farmyard to make way for the large mixed-use residential scheme.<\/p>\n
The scheme comprises 232 homes, 312 apartments, a two-storey creche facility, and a commercial\/retail unit.<\/p>\n
Of the 232 homes, 100 are four-bedroom detached or semi-detached homes, 124 are three-bedroom semi-detached or townhouse homes, and the remaining eight are two-bedroom townhouse units.<\/p>\n
Of the 312 apartments, 80 would be one-bedroom units distributed across 28 buildings, ranging from three to four storeys in height.<\/p>\n
The developers said the housing mix reflects market demand and addresses a shortage of new three- and four-bedroom family homes in the Ballincollig area. They added that the primary target occupiers would be young families and first-time buyers in the private housing market.<\/p>\n
The development was approved despite almost 50 submissions, including from councillors, a TD, and a residents\u2019 group, raising concerns about the size of the development, lack of school and healthcare services, traffic congestion, and potential social problems.<\/p>\n
Fine Gael TD Gareth Kelleher wrote to the council highlighting residents’ concerns regarding the height and proximity of part of the development to a nearby road, while also raising traffic concerns and calling for the timely delivery of the Maglin relief road.<\/p>\n
Fianna F\u00e1il councillor Colm Kelleher raised several issues, calling some of the proposed apartments “too large and visually dominant.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also highlighted pressures on school and healthcare services.<\/p>\n
Independent councillor Albert Deasy objected, stating the development had left residents “in a state of distress,” saying the scheme was at odds with the existing environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He described the congestion and traffic as “outrageous” and opposed the construction of duplex units, citing concerns they could “engendering social problems.”<\/p>\n
Submissions were also received from city councillors Joe Lynch, Terry Coleman, Ciara O’Connor, and Gary O’Brien.<\/p>\n
Despite the objections, the council approved the plans, granting permission subject to 59 conditions.<\/p>\n
The plans have now been appealed to An Bord Plean\u00e1la by several residents, including the Greenfields Concerned Group, with the decision date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans for nearly 550 homes in Cork targeting younger families and first-time buyers have been appealed to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9521,79,9520,18,19,17,3525],"class_list":{"0":"post-308862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-building","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-construction-munster","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-planning-permission"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}