Developers claim location of bus terminus led to refusal of housing development in Bishopstown

Dwellings Development Bishopstown Ltd has submitted an appeal to An Bord Pleanála against the recent decision of Cork City Council to reject its plans to construct 164 housing units 'on the edge of Cork City'

The proposed development consisted of 64 houses and 54 apartments in two blocks up to five storeys in height as well as 46 duplex units and a creche. Picture: WaterfallRoadLRD.com

A property development firm has claimed the location of a bus terminus on private lands at Marymount Hospice in Cork is the reason why it was refused planning permission for a large-scale residential development of over 160 new homes “on the edge of Cork City”. 

The developer, Dwellings Development Bishopstown Ltd, has submitted an appeal to An Bord Pleanála against the recent decision of Cork City Council to reject its plans to construct 164 housing units on lands at Waterfall Road, Bishopstown, Cork.