Cork developer says housing policies working as plans lodged for huge apartment complex

Application for 1,315-apartment scheme in 10 blocks of up to 14 storeys on docklands site could be lodged within eight weeks

If OCP secures permission for the Goulding scheme, it will have planning for more than 3,000 apartments in Cork's south docks. Picture: Tom Coakley

The Government’s housing initiatives are beginning to have a “significant, positive impact on the residential market”, one of the country’s leading development firms has said, as it confirmed new plans for more than 1,300 apartments in Cork’s south docklands.

Amid claims from the construction industry that apartment-building is not viable, O’Callaghan Properties (OCP) said it is working on a planning application under large-scale residential development (LRD) protocols for a 1,315-apartment scheme in 10 blocks up to 14 storeys high on the Goulding fertiliser site on Centre Park Rd, that could be lodged within six to eight weeks.