Plans for 67 apartments on Bessborough site rejected

A decision is still pending on a separate planning application for 179 residential units on another part of the Bessborough lands.

Lands at Bessborough, Cork. A planning application for 67 apartments on part of this land has been rejected. A separate application for a further 179 units is still pending. Picture: Larry Cummins

One element of a controversial 246-unit housing plan on the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork has been shot down.

Planners in Cork City Council have refused planning permission for a 67-apartment scheme on a parcel of privately owned land which has also been earmarked for a larger housing project by the same developers, MWB Two Ltd.