BallinloughLass
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@kite wrote:
John Cotter’s grant of permission by CCC to demolish an existing house and the construction of 14 no. apartments over basement car parking at “Manakin”, Well Road, Cork was granted by ABP despite the intervention of Cllr.Terry Shannon.
😮 Unfortunately the Board of ABP showed their true “professionalismâ€:rolleyes: again and went against the advice of their inspector who visited the site and viewed all the relevant documentation.iF the Board of ABP go against the advice of their inspector who visited the site and viewed all the relevant documentation surely that leave the Board of ABP wide-open to accusations of corruption?
kite wrote:😎 Thanks for the update, this makes perfect sense as far as I am concerned. Converting an old building like Lovett’]
Far from ‘perfect sense’ this makes no sense whatsoever. If the developer gets permission to demolish Lovett’s restaurant then it is an absolute certainty that Lovett’s will be demolished and an apartment block put there in its place. It would make no economic sense not to – developers are in the business of making money.kite wrote:Developers are in the business of making money]
This argument is more logical when put the other way around. The reason land prices are so high is because developers are allowed to build apartments right across the suburbs and this is reflected in the land prices. This now makes the price of building family homes in the suburbs prohibitive as practically every piece of land that becomes available will be used to build apartment blocks as it would make no economic sense not to do so. The will force families to move further out.kite wrote:If urban sprawl is to be tackled apartments of good quality (not Victoria Mills) need to be built ALL over the city and suburbs…]
Another spurious argument. If developers are allowed to build apartment blocks throughout residential suburbs, then developers will have absolutely no incentive whatsoever to develop brownfield sites in areas close to the city centre which are badly in need of regeneration – developers are in the business of making money. Only serious urban regeneration can tackle urban sprawl. Piecemeal apartment blocks throughout the suburbs result in the city sprawling into the suburbs leaving behind a legacy of inner-city wasteland in its wake.Agree with you completely jungle.
Ballinlough is the one area of Cork which is well supplied by schools such as St Anthony’s, Regina Mundi, Eglantine, OLOL, etc. Would it not cross the minds of the city planners that it might be a good idea to build family homes rather than empty blocks of apartments in these areas?
Why not build apartment blocks in areas where people can walk to work and build family homes in areas where children can walk to school.
Is it perhaps that developers view such suburban apartment developments as more profitable with less risk rather than the proper development of brownfield sits such as the docklands? If a historic building gets knocked in the process, who cares if developers are still making money? If school children get knocked down by a juggernaut while walking to school, what were these children walking to school in the first place? Surely, the developer is better off if these childtren are living in a housing estate out in the blue yonder enjoying a 45 minute commute to school during rush hour in a 4WD!
No wonder the people of Cork are angry!
