Housing development blocked over flood fears

Local residents have blocked a large new housing development in Cloghroe amid concerns it was on a site prone to flooding as well as posing a road safety hazard.

Senandale Residents’ Association successfully appealed last year’s decision by Cork County Council to grant planning permission for the development of 74 houses at Dromin, Cloghroe — a village around 4km west of Blarney. An Bord Pleanála said the southern portion of the site, which would be used to access the proposed the new housing development, was at risk of flooding.