Green light for LDA housing project on former ESB lands
More than 300 new homes have been given the go-ahead in Wilton on former ESB lands on Sarsfield Road.
The Land Development Agency has been granted planning permission for the development which will comprise of 16 townhouses and 329 apartments. Affordable, cost rental and social homes will be made available.
The development will deliver a mix of one, two and three bed apartments built across three blocks, ranging up to six storeys in height.
The plans also include a crèche, outdoor play areas and landscaped open spaces including podium gardens. The permission also provides for new pedestrian and cycle links to Cardinal Court and Sarsfield Road. The 2.61 hectare site will be serviced by 148 car parking spaces and 503 bike spaces.
John Coleman, Chief Executive of the Land Development Agency said: “We are delighted to have reached this important milestone for the Wilton project and in our wider delivery of much-needed affordable housing in the heart of Cork city. Wilton is a fantastic site with great potential that we will now be able to realise. Our vision is to turn this underutilised site into high-quality affordable homes, which will enhance an already active local community and create positive societal impact for Cork city.”
The project will go to tender in the coming weeks, and once a construction partner is appointed, works are targeted to begin in 2027, with the first homes delivered in 2029.
The Land Development Agency is the State’s affordable housing delivery body. Its main role is to acquire and develop State and other land to deliver affordable homes to address the country’s housing need.
This is the latest step in the LDA’s ongoing positive progress in Cork. The agency is set to deliver the first of 267 homes at the site of the former St Kevin’s Hospital in Shanakiel early next year and will be lodging a planning application for 147 homes at Anglesea Terrace imminently.
The agency is also active in the Cork Docklands, developing 302 apartments at Horgan’s Quay in partnership with HQ Developments Residential Company Ltd and a further 337 apartments in partnership with Glenveagh Properties at Marina Depot.