€875m housing plan rejected

PROPOSALS for the largest single housing development outside of Dublin, estimated to be worth €875 million, have been turned down by local authority planners.

Cork County Council revealed yesterday that its planning officials rejected a 2,500-house development at Stoneview, Blarney, which was proposed by Fleming Construction and Coleman Brothers Ltd.

The council said that the development would be premature because of a deficiency in water supplies and sewerage treatment.