Midleton planning row delays plans for 270 new homes

Castle Rock Homes Ltd have asked that An Bord Pleanála remove the condition that 22 of the homes at the northern end of the site be omitted

As part of the conditions set out by Cork County Council, 22 of the homes at the northern end of the site were omitted from the planning permission with public open space ordered to be placed there instead. File picture

A planning row in Midleton has seen proposals for over 270 new homes northeast of the town put on hold, after both the developer and locals made an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.

Castle Rock Homes Ltd was granted planning permission by Cork County Council last month for the large-scale residential development at Broomfield West, which will incorporate hundreds of homes, a creche and a community-use building.