Calls to regulate student housing in Cork

A planning crackdown on student accommodation in suburban Cork is on the cards in a bid to prevent the areas being swamped by overdevelopment.

Student housing pressure zones will be mapped and sites with capacity will be identified as part of the new planning strategy to control the development of future student housing schemes.

It follows calls from city councillors for more planning controls on “purpose built student accommodation” amidst a surge in such planning applications.