Cork County Council told to deal with planning breaches now in city council areas

In one case, five separate court orders secured by the county council in relation to planning breaches on a site that is now in the city have not been enforced

The Attorney General has now said it is up to Cork County Council to "take the required enforcement action" and it urged cooperation between the two local authorities.

Planning breaches have escaped enforcement in the expanded Cork city region because of a stand-off between the two local authorities since the 2019 city boundary extension.

It is understood that there could be several dozen unenforced court orders which were obtained by Cork County Council in relation to unauthorised development on former county sites in the planning files which were transferred to Cork City Council after the historic city boundary extension took effect in May 2019.