Court hears developer appears to have abandoned student accommodation scheme in Cork

Local residents opposed the demolition of an existing structure at Orchard Road near the main campus of University College Cork

The student accommodation development at San Paula, Orchard Road, proposed the construction of a one to five-storey development including 30 student apartments in three blocks with a total of 216 bed spaces.

A developer whose permission to build 216 student accommodation units in Cork City is under legal challenge appears to have abandoned the project, the High Court has heard.

A local association brought a judicial review action against An Bord Pleanála’s 2020 approval for the scheme near the main campus of University College Cork.