Baptists ‘disappointed’ as board rejects facility plan

THE Baptist community has expressed its shock at a decision from An Bord Pleanála to refuse plans for a €9 million residential, religious and training centre in Co Cork.

William Colville, company secretary to the Southern Baptist Corporation, said yesterday he was “very disappointed and taken aback” by the decision to overturn planning approved by Cork County Council last September for the centre in Castlemartyr.

The Baptists had proposed to build a 1,640 sq metre single-storey residential centre and a 1,048 single-storey sports hall, plus sports pitches, surfaced courts and car parks at Caherultan, Castlemartyr.