Planning lodged for €40m apartment scheme on former Bessborough mother and baby home site 

Application relates to a different part of the former Bessborough estate than the planning application turned down in 2021

MWB Two Ltd has applied for planning permission for a 92-unit residential development at Bessborough, Blackrock, in Cork City.

A planning application has been lodged for a €40m apartment scheme on the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork city.

The application to Cork City Council for a 92-unit residential scheme, ranging in height from five to eight storeys, has been made by MWB Two, which was refused planning following an An Bord Pleanála oral hearing in 2021, for a separate residential scheme on another area of the Bessborough landbank.