Planning decision puts plans for 1,300 homes in Cork's docklands on hold 

Planning refusal for Goulding to move to Marino Point from the docklands will be seen as a major blow as permission had been granted last year for 1,300 homes to be built on the Goulding site once it moved.

Marino Point Former IFI Plant and lands. Picture: Denis Scannell

The redevelopment of Cork City's docklands has been dealt a significant blow with a decision by An Bord Pleanála putting the construction of more than 1,300 apartments on hold indefinitely. 

Planning for a new port facility on the site of the former Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) plant at Marino Point in Cork Harbour was refused on Monday. Goulding Soil Nutrition wanted to construct an agricultural fertiliser facility and develop the existing jetty at Marino Point to facilitate cargo vessels.