County development plan postponement unlikely

Cork’s county manager Martin Riordan has strongly indicated there will be no postponement of a blueprint for future development, although there is already enough land zoned in the county council area for 77,000 new homes.

He was responding to a motion tabled by Cllr Tim Lombard who sought a two-year deferment, due to the stagnant economy, on the adoption of a new County Development Plan.

The Fine Gael councillor argued, under the current plan which expires in Jan 2015, the land already zoned for housing was equivalent to 3,460 soccer pitches.