Community care unit for elderly in doubt over planning mix-up

PLANS to build a special 100-bed community care unit for the elderly in Cork city are in doubt because of planning oversights almost a decade ago.

The Irish Examiner learnt last night that the earmarked site off Farranlea Road is still zoned for recreation despite the fact that planning permission for a separate medical facility was granted on the same site almost a decade ago.

That permission has expired and planning permission for the new facility cannot be granted unless the site is rezoned.