Bessborough developers lodge appeal over planning refusal 

Proposed development on former mother and baby home represents 'a realistic and deliverable opportunity' to help address the deficit in the city’s housing provision, say developers

A grave marker at the former mother and baby home at the Bessborough Estate in Cork. Picture:  Larry Cummins

The developers behind plans for a controversial residential development on former mother and baby home grounds have lodged an appeal with An Bórd Pleanála against the decision to refuse planning for one of the apartment blocks.

Planning consultants for MWB Two Ltd, which wants to build 246-apartments in four blocks on the former Bessborough estate in Cork City, said the city council’s decision to refuse planning for a 67-unit building in their proposed Gateway View scheme was based primarily on procedural grounds.