West Cork’s largest ever home build approved for Clonakilty town

C €100m development of 246 homes off Clonakilty's bypass road approved under Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) process

The new site for 246 homes (inc 177 houses, and 60 apts plus sheltered accommodation units) on the coastal side of Clonakilty/N71, near the Sruthán Beag development of 99 houses which is now almost completed by HB Clogheen Developments

A conditional planning grant in Clonakilty for West Cork’s largest ever house development, potentially worth over €100m, has been signalled under the large-scale residential development (LRD) process this week.

Approval was indicated by Cork County Council on November 24 for a scheme of 246 homes, some 177 houses, 60 apartments, creche, and 12 sheltered accommodation units, to include 50 social housing units to developers HB Clogheen Developments, headed by local landowner Herbert Buttimer and long-established builder Michael Dempsey of Dempsey Construction.