{"id":587576,"date":"2026-08-09T02:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587576\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:56:13","slug":"developer-appeals-councils-refusal-for-kinsale-homes-on-site-of-planned-creche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587576\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer appeals council\u2019s refusal for Kinsale homes on site of planned creche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">A developer has appealed Cork County Council\u2019s refusal to allow seven homes to be built on the site of a planned creche in Kinsale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Sarah Crean has asked An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la to overturn the council\u2019s decision on the Park Laurence development at Glasheen and Park Laurence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The plans would replace a permitted 36-place creche with seven residential units and alter the scheme originally approved under a previous planning application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">It is the second attempt to secure permission for housing on the creche site. A similar proposal was refused last year. Cork County Council again rejected the plan in June, saying it would leave a significant housing development without the childcare facilities required under the County Development Plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The creche had formed part of the original permission for the 86-home Park Laurence development. In recommending refusal, the area planner said there had been \u201cno significant material change in policy or circumstances\u201d since the previous application was turned down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The planner said the opening of a childcare facility in the neighbouring Abbeyfort development did not remove the requirement to provide the creche approved for Park Laurence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThis is the second attempt within the last 18 months by the developer to relieve themselves of constructing a childcare facility altogether \u2013 and build seven houses instead,\u201d the report stated. Three objections were lodged with the council. Concerns included the loss of the planned creche, future demand for childcare places and the proposal\u2019s compatibility with county planning policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The appeal was lodged with An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la on July 17 and will be decided on the basis of written evidence. A decision is due by November 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A developer has appealed Cork County Council\u2019s refusal to allow seven homes to be built on the site&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-587576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}