Rapid-build houses in Cork 'on track' despite no construction

It is estimated that it could take up to 12 months to build

The proposed Westside apartment complex on Model Farm Road, Cork. It could be several weeks yet before a contract is awarded for the project.

Cork City Council has insisted that one of its first modular rapid-build social housing schemes “is on track” despite no sign of construction on the site 10 months after planning was approved.

City councillors voted in August 2022 to approve Part 8 planning for the 43-unit, four-to-five-storey Westside social housing apartment scheme on the Model Farm Road. However, tenders for the project were only published in May of this year, with a closing date of June 30.