Cork council to buy large landbanks to provide social and affordable homes 

Councillors told lack of progress on provision of serviced sites due to Uisce Éireann not providing necessary services to make them viable

Priority is to be given to acquiring landbanks which have access to proper water and wastewater treatment systems. File picture

Cork County Council is set to buy substantial landbanks to provide more social, affordable and cost-rental homes.

Its chief executive Moira Murrell told the Irish Examiner her officials had already started the process of identifying suitable land which they intend to purchase to cater for an increasing output of homes in the coming years.