More than 460 apartments now planned for Bessborough mother and baby home site

Details of a second large residential project on the Bessborough estate in Cork have emerged

Developers have lodged a second pre-application consultation with An Bord Pleanála in relation to a separate proposal to build 283 apartments, a creche, and associated site works on a site to the east of Bessborough House
Picture: Denis Scannell

Details of a second large residential project on the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork have emerged, bringing to over 460 the number of apartments now proposed on the site.

The Irish Examiner reported on Monday that developers Estuary View Enterprises 2020 has embarked on consultation with An Bord Pleanála on its proposal to demolish agricultural sheds and structures, and build 184 apartments, a creche, and associated site works on land close to the former mother and baby home.