Cork County Council grants permission for 172-home scheme at Courtstown Little Island, Co. Cork

In context

It is one of 153 housing scheme applications Cork County 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 4 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 County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Permission for the following Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising; a) The construction of 172 no. residential units to include 146 no. dwelling houses (with 83 no. dwelling house to include the option for constructing a ground floor extension to the rear) 6 no. duplex units and 20 no. apartments, b) provision of 1 no. creche and 4 no. commercial units to provide for a range of uses which may include Class 1 'Shop', Class 2 'Financial and Professional Services', Class 3 'Other Offices and Class 8 'Medical/Health Services' as may be required by future operators, c) upgrading of the existing vehicular access to the site and the creation of a signalised junction on Ballytrasna Park Road (L-2985-0), including footpaths and cycle lanes and pedestrian/bicycle crossing points, to facilitate access into the site, d) the provision of a new distributor road, including footpaths and cycle lanes, connecting the proposed residential development with Ballytrasna Park Road, e) all associated infrastructure and ancillary development works to include the provision of roads, footpaths and cycle lanes as well as provision of vehicular connections to adjoining lands with pedestrian/cycle facilities; proposed diversion and undergrounding of the existing 10kV overhead electricity line and associated poles traversing the site; landscaping & amenity areas, lighting, drainage and services connections; bicycle and car parking; bin storage; and boundary treatments including fencing and landscape buffer and mixed native hedge planting along the eastern boundary of the site. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.vickeryshalllrd.ie