County will need 73,000 additional homes over next 7 years

A blueprint for the development of Co Cork up to 2021 identifies the need for 73,000 extra houses, a designated area for windfarms, and the need to earmark land for major new industry.

The draft County Development Plan (CDP) has been compiled by Cork County Council planners and will shortly go out to public consultation.

Andrew Hind, the county council’s senior planner, said it is expected that during the lifetime of the CDP the population of the county would increase by just over 70,000 from 399,802 to 470,622.