Cork City Council has refused a planning application to develop 44 residential units on a site at Bishopscourt Green.

A total of 161 submissions had been made to the local authority objecting to the proposed development while the lower Bishopscourt Residents Group, Communities for Sustainable Development (CSD) and a number of local politicians had been very vocal in outlining why they believed the development should not go ahead.

Yesterday, Mick Murphy, Spokesperson for CSD welcomed the news that the City Council had refused the application. "I'm delighted that the city planners refused this application. To be honest CSD always thought it would be refused because it was such an outrageous application. I'm very pleased it did not get the go ahead.

Cork Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer also welcomed the news. "I welcome the decision by the council to refuse planning and preserve the integrity of this site. I would appeal to the developer to abandon his plans for this site which is one of the few green spaces in this area," he said.

Concluding Senator Buttimer added, "I'm sure this case will go onto An Bord Pleanala and I just hope that they see its a ludicrous proposal that will do nothing to benefit the local community."

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