Bid to extend permission for Cork 753-home development rejected

Longview Estates was granted planning in 2020 for houses and apartments at Lahardane, Ballyvolane, but had applied to extend the permission from seven years to 10 due to the impact of the pandemic

The turning of the sod on the HISCo investment in Ballyvolane last year. Picture: Larry Cummins

A developer’s bid to extend the planning permission for a massive 750-home development north of Cork city has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála, despite a recommendation from the planning board’s inspector that it be granted.

Longview Estates Ltd had been successful in 2020 in its application for planning permission for 753 houses and apartments across six neighbourhoods in the townland of Lahardane, Ballyvolane, about 3km north-east of Cork city centre.