Planning granted for Cork city housing scheme

Development comes after permission was refused for a mixed-use scheme that would have included an Aldi supermarket on the same site

The Villa Maria site on Cork's Skehard road. Lyonshall have been granted planning permission for a residential scheme on the site. Picture: Google

Planning permission has been granted for 90 new homes on Cork's Skehard Road on a site that was previously refused permission for a mixed-use development that was to include an Aldi supermarket.

Developers Lyonshall have been granted permission 26 one-bed units, 48 two-bed homes along with 12 two-storey townhouses. The planned development is located at 'Villa Maria' and its adjacent lands.