Developers eyeing up further residential builds on Bessborough lands

A developer has lobbied Cork City Council to re-designate additional land around the former mother and baby home for use in a residential development. 

A developer has requested that Cork City Council re-designate lands on the former Bessborough site to be made available for use in residential builds. Pictured is the site where MVB Two Ltd has proposed a residential scheme, with a decision due imminently. Picture: Dan Linehan

The former Bessborough mother and baby homes estate in Cork is being targeted for more residential development as a planning decision is awaited on the first application to build apartments on the site.

An Bord Pleanála is due to issue a decision within days in relation to MWB Two’s strategic housing development (SHD) proposal for 179-apartments on a privately owned parcel of land in the southeastern area of the former estate.