New docklands development

[rebel without a caus]

Planning department are an absolute jokeshop. They do nothing only contribute to homelessness. They don't take phonecalls or call anyone back. They take months to meet anybody, or approve/reject the most simple of planning applications. No logic in their decision making. If they were working for a private company they wouldn't last 5 minutes before being shown the door. Why is it just because people work in public admin they are automatically entitled, arrogant, unprofessional and ridiculously low on productivity?

 

[Stacky]

Planning department are an absolute jokeshop. They do nothing only contribute to homelessness. They don't take phonecalls or call anyone back. They take months to meet anybody, or approve/reject the most simple of planning applications. No logic in their decision making. If they were working for a private company they wouldn't last 5 minutes before being shown the door. Why is it just because people work in public admin they are automatically entitled, arrogant, unprofessional and ridiculously low on productivity?

Crazy talk?

Answer a phone or respond to an e-mail?

They all live out in the suburbs and do not have a single clue as they are oblivious to dereliction and poor planning all around them.

 

[Meridian]

Planning department are an absolute jokeshop. They do nothing only contribute to homelessness. They don't take phonecalls or call anyone back. They take months to meet anybody, or approve/reject the most simple of planning applications. No logic in their decision making. If they were working for a private company they wouldn't last 5 minutes before being shown the door. Why is it just because people work in public admin they are automatically entitled, arrogant, unprofessional and ridiculously low on productivity?

As a pure example of the type we have one here all day every bloody day and that is ScumMan.

Another one of them

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Converted concrete soil building in cape town where the sculpted out the insides of the silos - one of the coolest things you'll ever see. Developed as a hotel/art museum - why not with a bit of imagination?

I don't mind the planners asking that certain structures are retained.. soon the docks will have no sense of what used be there if we done keep some of it.. what I hate is them making developers keep some small shitty bit of a building like they did on Albert Quay while the new building engulfs it and makes the entire thing utterly pointless. The one on Lavitts Quay next to the Opera house is even worse again

 

[outdagap]

Developer behind €350m Cork Docklands project to remove commercial units for more apartments​

Well there's a shocker

The developers behind one of Cork City's most ambitious housing schemes have received permission to amend plans for a 160-apartment development on the South Docklands, which will see the removal of some ground-floor commercial units in favour of more apartments.

Larchtown Limited, led by Brian O'Callaghan of O'Callaghan Properties, who are behind the €350m docklands transformation plan, have been given the green light to amend the mixed-use development, modifying several units previously outlined for various commercial uses at the ground-floor level of the building, which is to be located at the rear of the Odlums building within the South Docklands.

These commercial uses included a cafe/bar, as well as a gym, gallery, retail, café or bakery. These will now be changed to additional residential apartments at the ground-floor level, comprising four two-bedroom units and one one-bedroom unit. The proposed amendment will result in an overall increase from 98 to 103 homes, the developer said.

In its application, Larchtown Limited said the changes “make far more efficient use of strategic urban regeneration land in the midst of a housing crisis than the permitted use.”

It added that the permitted uses would be "challenging to occupy at this location," noting that such uses tend to be more attracted to the city centre or marketplaces such as the Marina Market or Black Market, which are both located close to the site within the South Docklands.

Cork City Council approved the modifications, granting permission with five conditions.

Developer behind €350m Cork Docklands project to remove commercial units for more apartments

Larchtown Limited, led by O'Callaghan Properties, said commercial units would be 'challenging to occupy' at the development's location on Kennedy Quay

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Developer behind €350m Cork Docklands project to remove commercial units for more apartments​

Well there's a shocker

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Developer behind €350m Cork Docklands project to remove commercial units for more apartments

Larchtown Limited, led by O'Callaghan Properties, said commercial units would be 'challenging to occupy' at the development's location on Kennedy Quay

www.irishexaminer.com

To be fair to these developers they are always reacting to the market which continually shifts. That project will have started years ago to get to this point, and by the time it's built they may well go in for another amendment to planning to change some of it to something else. You'd easily have 4 or 5 years gone by from starting that project to completion

 

[outdagap]

While we're on the subject, a huge new development of 700 units has been announced for the Waterfall Road (nearer to Bishopstown than Waterfall tbf. You'd hope they include plenty of roundabouts, but this is great news.

Cork developer Bridgewater to build 700 homes in €400m Waterfall Rd expansion​

A land deal worth €7m has paved the way for Cork developer Bridgewater Homes to ramp up its house-building activity on Waterfall Rd, in a series of residential schemes valued at just under €400m.

The latest acquisition strengthens the company’s foothold in one of the city’s increasingly active suburban growth corridors and positions it to deliver close to 700 new homes in the coming years.

Bridgewater’s focus is centred on lands at Ardarostig, on the city end of Waterfall Rd, where the developer has already established a presence through its now almost complete 275-unit Waterfall Heights scheme.

The scale of Bridgewater’s Ardarostig programme is the largest residential development in the city’s western suburbs in several decades.

The developer’s interest in Waterfall Rd goes back to 2023 when it acquired the Waterfall Heights site for €10.4m from Dublin-based developer Ardstone.

Ardstone itself had purchased the land in 2018 for €6.2m from builders’ providers Grafton Group, trading locally as Heaton Buckley. That earlier deal laid the groundwork for transforming what was an area of largely undeveloped land into what is now becoming a substantial residential zone.

Bridgewater’s latest deal expands its footprint even further. The developer recently secured an additional 8.5-acre parcel directly opposite Waterfall Heights in a €7m transaction with Dwellings Developments Bishopstown Ltd. Work is already underway on this development, which will be marketed as Waterfall Avenue. According to Bridgewater director Dave Walsh, the scheme is expected to be completed by summer 2027. A third major project, known as Waterfall Manor, has also just received planning approval. This scheme will consist of 246 homes on a 13.5-acre site located just east of Waterfall Heights.

Demand for the as-yet unbuilt homes is huge: Between the first phase release on December 22 and January 5, Mr Finn received just under 600 enquiries. All 35 first-release homes are now sold, with a phase two release expected in the next two weeks.

That last bit remains to be seen, as some finished houses in East Cork aren't being sold due to the price being asked.