Plans for almost 150 new social homes in Cork City

If built to budget, the plans would see each home delivered at a cost of just over €400,000

In the case of planning, backlogs at An Bord Pleanála often mean that cases drag on for years before a decision is given. However, Woods St already has a Part 8 planning approval for a 16-unit four-storey housing development. Picture: PA

City Hall has gone out to tender with plans to build nearly 150 social homes on council-owned land in Cork City, including plans for a 100-home development in Mahon.

The plans, set to cost up to €74m, would see at least 32 homes built on Grattan Street and 16 on Woods Street in the city centre, and 100 at Skehard Road.