Cork City Council grants permission for 246-home scheme at Ringwood, Shean Upper, Cork city

In context

It is the only housing scheme application Cork City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 12 December 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Cork City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site at Ringwood, Shean Upper, Blarney, Cork. The proposed development will consist of a largescale residential development (LRD), representing Phase 1 of the development in the Blarney East / Ringwood Expansion Area, and comprising of 246no. residential dwellings as follows: 101no. apartments arranged in 4no. part 3-storey, part 4-storey apartment blocks (to include 6no. 1-bed studio units, 35no. 1-bed units and 60no. 2-bed units); 30no. duplex dwellings arranged in 3no. 3-storey buildings (to include 15no. 1-bed dwellings and 15no. 2-bed dwellings); and 115no. 2-storey and 3-storey houses (to include 19no. 2-bed dwellings, 64no. 3-bed dwellings, and 32no. 4-bed dwellings). The proposed development also includes crèche (380.6sqm) with capacity to accommodate 61no. children. The proposed development will include provision for car parking, including EV charging points, bicycle parking, and motorcycle parking bays, and the provision of an area reserved for future resident car parking to the rear of Woodville Terrace on Station Road. The proposed development will also include the provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways with potential for future links to adjacent lands; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new signalised access onto Station Road and road and footpath improvement works on Station Road and the R617 road; public lighting; 2no. new substations; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works, including nature-based SuDS measures. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). The application may be inspected online at the following website: www.ringwoodphase1lrd.ie