Cork plan for 20,000 houses

A development plan for Cork has identified land in the city that is suitable for the production of nearly 20,000 houses. The bulk of the land is available in the redeveloped docklands and Port of Cork area in Tivoli.

The Cork City Development Plan 2015-2021, officially launched at City Hall last night by the lord mayor Mary Shields along with the council’s chief executive Ann Doherty, is the blueprint from which the local authority will plan the city’s expansion over the next six years.

The development strategy which has been two years in the making has been focusing on new development in brownfield lands, in key development areas such as the city centre, docklands, Mahon, Blackpool, the North-West Regeneration Area and Tivoli.