Council bans one-off housing for non-natives

NON-NATIVES of North Tipperary are to be prevented from building one-off houses in parts of the county to protect the countryside from unsustainable development.

A new county development plan, adopted unanimously by county councillors, prevents non-natives who have been living in the county for less than 10 years building houses in the rural areas surrounding Nenagh, Thurles and Roscrea.

The same rule is to apply around Ballina and Newport where populations have boomed due to these areas becoming part of the commuter belt of Limerick city and Shannon.