Councillors to seek a judicial review to save East Cork outlet centre

Councillors have asked their senior officials to take legal advice on the matter, claiming that the OPR was unjustly interfering in the planning process 

An artist's impression of the €100 million Cork Tourist Outlet Village that was proposed for the Carrigtwohill area.

Cork county councillors are expected to vote tomorrow to seek a judicial review to prevent the loss a proposed €100m Kildare Village-type retail outlet centre which would create 850 jobs at a site in East Cork.

The Irish Examiner understands that councillors held a 'behind-closed-doors meeting' last Friday to discuss taking legal action to head off attempts by Local Government and Planning Minister Peter Burke and the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) to stop the development proposed for Carrigtwohill.