No off-licences to be allowed in plan for Blackrock village

OFF-LICENCES will be banned under a €3 million regeneration plan for Cork’s historic Blackrock village.

City councillors voted on Monday to adopt the Blackrock Village Area Action Plan but directed city manager Joe Gavin to include as a condition of planning that no off-licences would be allowed in the water-front village’s new business core.

Mr Gavin said it was a reasonable request and agreed. He warned that developers would be able to appeal the decision but said An Bord Pleanála was supportive of local authority efforts to draw up such area action plans.