Cork County Board seeks planning permission for 309 homes 

Planned scheme is made up of 197 houses, 112 apartments, a creche, and associated works for Cork GAA lands on Old Whitechurch Rd, Kilbarry

Sale of the site — along with income to be generated from Ed Sheeran’s two Páirc Uí Chaoimh dates next April — would go some way towards addressing the Cork County Board’s debt. File picture: Larry Cummins.

The debt-laden Cork County Board has put plans for 309 residential units planned for Cork GAA lands before An Bord Pleanála.

The move by the Cork County Board is part of a consultation with the appeals board ahead of formally lodging ‘fasttrack’ Strategic Housing Development (SHD) plans for the scheme next year.