East Cork home and café plan too close to graveyard, objectors claim

Carrigtwohill Community Council said the proposed scheme "would cause an important and modest-sized place of tranquillity for an ever-growing population to be overlooked by apartments and a café"

Compass Homes also plans to demolish two existing buildings on the 0.3-hectare site to develop the apartment block of up to five storeys on Station Road in Carrigtwohill.

Community and residents groups in Carrigtwohill are seeking to block the development of almost 40 new homes and a café near the centre of the east Cork town because of its proximity to a graveyard.

Carrigtwohill Community Council (CCC) is one of several parties to lodge an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against the recent decision of Cork County Council to grant planning permission for the development of 38 apartments and a café with an outdoor seating area at Station Road, Carrigtwohill, by the building firm, Compass Homes.