Zoning decisions could deliver 20,000 homes across Cork City

Land next to an unsafe Traveller halting site has been rezoned for housing as part of a plan to tackle living conditions there

In one of the most significant votes, Cork City councillors rezoned Ellis's Yard next to the Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane from ‘light industry’ to ‘sustainable residential neighbourhoods’. Picture: Larry Cummins

Zoning decisions that could help to deliver close to 20,000 homes across Cork City by 2028 have been approved to position it as a counterbalance to Dublin.

Land next to an unsafe and overcrowded Traveller halting site in the city has been rezoned for housing as part of a wider plan to tackle living conditions on the site while heritage protection has been extended to new areas in the world-famous tourist village of Blarney.