Application for Traveller horse grazing zone in Cork

A special application has been made to Cork County Council for permission to develop a Traveller horse grazing project on the outskirts of Cork City.

The Irish Examiner has learned that the application to the local authority’s planning department seeks a derogation order stating the project, earmarked for city council-owned land in Carrigrohane and which is within the county council’s administrative area, does not require planning permission.

The application has been made by a steering group overseeing the project, details of which were first reported by this paper last February.