Planning refused for Bessborough apartments

MWB Two said it plans to appeal Cork City Council's decision to An Bórd Pleanála.

A computer-generated image of the planned 92-unit residential development at Bessborough, Blackrock. Picture: SHIPSEYBARRY

Planning has been refused for a €40m apartment scheme on the grounds of the former Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork.

City Council planners signed off late on Friday on the decision to refuse planning to developers MWB Two, which had sought permission to build 92 apartments on a site within the former estate.