Council takes new approach to housing

DEVELOPERS keen to get in on Cork county’s strategically targeted future development areas may be asked to build primary schools as part of a new, integrated approach to housing supply.

The suggestion comes as the county's senior planners launch a series of draft development guidelines, including three key areas of high-density growth along rail lines out of Cork city to cater for on-going housing needs in the Cork metropolitan area.

"We will be encouraging developers to build primary schools as part of any proposed new developments. Our new special SLAP zonings will require a mix of uses in any major plans, we'll be looking for complementary proposals that include provision of a range of services such as schools for new communities," according to the council's most senior planning officers.