Cork City Council reviewing management of Part V planning regulations

Under Part V planning regulations, private developers are required to deliver a percentage of the homes for social housing. 

From 2015-2017, Cork City Council did not secure a single Part V unit from a private developer. Last year, they ecured 104. File Picture.

Cork City Council is reviewing its process for securing social houses from private developers after a government audit highlighted "weaknesses" in its systems for doing so.

Under Part V planning regulations, private developers are required to deliver a percentage of the homes in their new housing estates for social housing but, in an audit of their work, the Department of Housing criticised Cork City Council's "recording and follow up of Part V agreements".