Almost 170 new homes approved near Cork city after initial refusal

Plans for a large-scale housing development of almost 170 new homes on the outskirts of Cork city have been approved by An Bord Pleanála, despite the project being originally rejected by Cork City Council.

The board has granted planning permission for the construction of 166 housing units on a 6.57-hecatre site between Dublin Pike and Ballyhooly Road at Ballincrokig, Cork.

It upheld an appeal by Cork-based development firm, O’Leary & O’Sullivan Developments Limited, against the council’s ruling last September to refuse planning permission for the housing scheme.

The proposed development consists of 60 semi-detached houses, 38 townhouses and 68 apartments spread across 14 blocks ranging from two to three storeys in height.

The plans also provide for an extension to a previously permitted creche to allow it to increase its capacity of child spaces from 40 to 76 as well as for new vehicular access routes from Ballyhooly Road and Dublin Pike.

Subject to compliance with a number…