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Planning for Corkonians
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Monday February 12, 2007 18:09 by DeBanksWatch - DBW
or how a publicly owned landbank becomes a very exclusive apartment complex While Santa's elves were getting ready for Christmas, the nice men in Manor Park Homes were preparing a special treat for the people of Cork. But now the ungrateful Cork lot say 'Bad Santa'. Interesting news of the latest speculative development move affecting a publicly owned landbank in Cork. Manor Park Homebuilders (MPH) application at Horgans Quay would cram 276 apartments into an area the size of an old fashioned phone box. The site is a slice of the 17 acres the public own at Kent Station Cork. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Manor Park Homes are creating the required quota of "open space" in this predominantly 6-story (rising to 24 story) development with "roof gardens" and "winter gardens" inaccessible even to residents. This fake eco-friendliness will, of course, have a hugely negative impact through the additional concrete and steel supporting structures. Two thirds of the apartments will NEVER receive sunlight. The entire river front will become private property with no right of access. These few hundred new residences are being developed in-between the West- and East-bound lanes of the main Cork-Dublin national road.
There is a major battle behind closed doors between rival developers, the Port of Cork, the City Manager, heritage and planning officers that means the plans as presented bear no relationship to any developers intended construction - create enough outrage over a planning monstrosity and the "scaled back" reality will seem almost desireable by comparison.
The final design will still be built on a major road artery rich in architectural history with a steep rocky slope behind to the North, when a huge number of city-centre apartments are vacant .