Cork council planning to take charge of nearly 100 unfinished housing estates

It’s expected these will be taken over by the council this year, while a further 57 are coming into the pipeline but may take a bit longer to process

Some estates still need infrastructural improvements, including hooking up private wastewater treatment units to the public system. File picture: Dan Linehan

Cork County Council hopes to take over the running of up to 100 previously unfinished housing estates this year after it diverted money from its capital budget to tackle a backlog of applications which have been in the pipeline for several years.

Padraig Barrett, the council’s director of services and planning who oversees the process, has detailed the council's plans to take-in-charge a large number of estates, including many which were left unfinished by property developers.