Voluntary housing body gets council approval for apartment scheme in Cork

The site, located between Victoria Cross and Dennehy’s Cross, is sandwiched between a council depot to the west and offices to the east

A computer-generated image of the 12-unit social housing residential development at Farranlea Road, Wilton, Cork. It is proposed to demolish a vacant house and build a four-storey apartment block with five one-bed apartments, and seven two-bed apartments.

A social housing project has been approved to infill a small, derelict overgrown site in Cork’s western suburbs, despite some local concerns.

A €28m loan has also been approved to a voluntary housing body to fund the revamp of its existing units, and the construction of an extension to more than double the number of units it has on its site on the southside of the city.