Analysis: How the Marino Point planning refusal will have a major impact on Cork's docklands 

This week's decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning for Goulding Chemicals has put the construction of more than 1,300 city apartments on indefinite hold

OCP O'Callaghan Properties apartments for Cork's south docks at Gouldings site

An Bord Pleanála decided this week to refuse planning to agricultural and chemical firm Goulding to develop port facilities at Marino Point in Cork Harbour, a decision that was two years overdue.

Despite being located in Cobh, the impact of this decision will be felt most harshly in the city centre, with hopes that these proposed developments at Marino Point would pave the way for the wider regeneration of Cork's docklands and the construction of hundreds of new homes.