Almost 3,000 student beds in the works for Cork city

The lodging of plans for a new ten-storey student accommodation complex in Cork city this week is the latest in a series of major developments proposed for the city.

Artist’s Impressions and Photomontages Strategic Housing Development Planning Application Proposed Student Residential Development at Wilton Road, Victoria Cross, Cork. Picture: Pedersen Focus/Bellmount Developments Ltd.

The announcement this week of plans for a new €31m, ten-storey apartment block at Cork's Victoria Cross highlights the scale of student apartment developments that are being planned or already under construction in the city.

The proposal from Bellmount Developments for 243 student bed spaces is in addition to an adjacent 137-bed development that was granted permission last year.