Midleton to get more housing but Carrigtwohill will see developments reduced 

Five out of the six councillors representing the East Cork Municipal District were against removing the landbank's green belt status, but were overruled

Councillors have voted to allow increased development in Midleton, Co Cork. Picture: Denis Scannell

Cork county councillors have voted to remove ‘green belt status’ on a landbank in Midleton to allow increased housing development in the area, but have reduced housing density permitted on two tracts of land in nearby Carrigtwohill.

Five out of the six councillors representing the East Cork Municipal District, which oversees Midleton, said they were against removing the green belt status, but were overruled by their colleagues from other areas on a vote of 32 to 17, with three abstentions.