Councillors lobbied to review zoning of land in Cork

Cork county councillors have been lobbied by a developer to review the zoning of a parcel of land on the city’s outskirts to pave the way for the first phase of a multimillion-euro science park.

Councillors lobbied to review zoning of land in Cork

Tom McCarthy of development company Soltaz Ltd has also sought amendments to the council’s framework masterplan for the proposed 100-hectare Cork Science and Innovation Park, which is to be located to the south of Cork Institute of Technology.

The move comes following An Bord Pleanála’s decision last September to refuse planning permission to Soltaz Ltd, which had applied to construct a 17,000sq m office block with a café/ restaurant on a three-hectare site at Curraheen, Bishopstown.

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