Cork City Council gives go-ahead to large 580-home development in Douglas

Development includes mix of 263 houses and 317 apartments, a 122-child capacity creche, a shop, cafe, and other commercial retail units on site

HW Planning said the site was one of two landholdings in the area identified by the Cork City Development Plan 2022-28 as a 'strategic urban expansion area' that will need to accommodate significant levels of housing and population growth in the coming years.

A massive 580-home development in Douglas has been given the green light by Cork City Council.

Murnane O’Shea Ltd was granted planning permission for the massive development to the south of Cork City in the townlands of Castletreasure, Moneygurney and Maryborough earlier this week, one of the largest given permission in recent times in Cork.