Housing estate deemed out of character with Cork village

Plans for a large, new housing estate a short distance outside Riverstick have been blocked amid concern that the development would be out of character with the village.

Objections from a couple of local residents succeeded in overturning the decision of Cork County Council to grant planning permission for the development of 56 houses on a site around 550 metres east of the village centre near the Ballymartle GAA grounds.