Student apartment plans turned down in Cork

An Bord Pleanála has turned down plans to build eight new student apartments in the Brookfield student village and leisure centre near University College Cork.

The application dating back to early February 2015 sought permission to construct the apartments over two storeys next to the Brookfield Leisure Centre, off College Road on the city’s southside. It was proposed to provide a mix of six-bedroom and seven-bedroom apartments, and conditional permission was granted last July by Cork City Council.

Soon after, a separate application from the same firm Variety Holdings Ltd sought approval for works at the Brookfield development to include a similar eight apartments south of the leisure centre.