Plans for new Cork town with 5,300-homes get green light

Bord Pleanála has approved plans for a new 5,300-house town 6km north of Cork City.

Plans for new Cork town with 5,300-homes get green light

Cork County Council was initially refused planning permission for the project at Monard, near Blarney, in 2012. However, it resubmitted revised plans, which last November were the subject of a Bord Pleanála oral hearing.

The planning appeals board yesterday gave approval for the project which incorporates a town centre surrounded by four village areas, a number of schools, creches, retail units, playgrounds and sporting/ amenity facilities.

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