Permission for almost 200 homes near Cork City set to be quashed

Development firm Bmor warned local residents that if the judicial challenge is not withdrawn by Friday, it "will have no choice but to comply with the increased density required by the Cork City Development Plan if we go for a renewed permission".

CGI images of the proposed strategic housing development scheme in Cloghroe, Cork. Planning for the scheme looks set to be quashed followoing a judicial review.

Approved plans for almost 200 new homes on the western fringes of Cork City look set to be quashed following an 11th-hour legal challenge.

Development firm Bmor confirmed on Thursday that it expects the judicial review of last October's decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning for a 196-unit strategic housing development (SHD) in Cloghroe will not be defended by the planning appeals board when it comes before the courts next Monday.