Plans for nearly 300 Cork homes 'on track' despite Bórd Pleanála concerns

The Land Development Agency said it still hopes to apply for planning by the end of the year for 274 homes on the site of the former St Kevin’s Hospital, guted in a suspected arson attack in 2017. 

Ambitious plans for almost 300 homes on a strategic state-owned landbank in Cork city are still on track despite An Bórd Pleanála saying the plan needs more work.

The Land Development Agency (LDA), the body set up to deliver new homes on state land, said it still hopes to apply for planning by the end of the year for 274 homes on the site of the former St Kevin’s Hospital on the western fringes of the city.