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Plan to build 179 apartments on Bessborough grounds rejected
An Bord Pleanála said it is not satisfied that the site was not previously used as, and does not contain, a children s burial ground
Wed, 26 May, 2021 - 08:07
Eoin English
Developers have been refused permission to build apartments on the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork city amid concerns about the possible location of a children’s burial ground on the development site.
An Bord Pleanála has today said it would be premature to grant planning to MWB Two for their 179-unit strategic housing development (SHD) in three apartment blocks on a privately-owned 3.7-acre site in the south-eastern corner of the former estate before establishing the presence, and the extent of, any such burial site.
Fri, 23 Apr, 2021 - 10:29 People will talk about what the board did here for years to come : Survivors call for Bessborough plans to be rejected
Computer-generated image of the proposed residential developments, including the Strategic Housing Development Gateway View, which have been earmarked for a parcel of land on the former Bessborough estate in Cork.
Amy Nolan
SURVIVORS have implored An Bord Pleanála to reject plans seeking to develop apartments and a creche on a former mother and baby home estate in Cork.
In November last year, MWB Two Ltd lodged a planning application with the planning board for 179-apartments in three blocks, as well as a creche, on privately owned land on the former Bessborough estate.
Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent
An expert in ordnance survey mapping has told the oral hearing into a planning application for 179 apartments in the grounds of a former mother-and-baby home at Bessborough in Cork he believes an area marked as a children s burial ground on a 1950s ordinance survey map is correct.
John Clarkin, who has worked for Ordinance Survey Ireland for over 40 years, was brought before the oral hearing by David Dodd BL - who is representing the Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance.
Developer MWB Two Ltd has applied to An Bord Pleanála under the Strategic Housing Initiative for permission to build 179 apartments on a 3.7 acre site on the grounds of Bessborough.