Cork County Councils Planning Scheme for the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) at Monard has been approved by An Bord Pleanala.

The decision means approximately 27, 000 homes will be developed over the next ten to 15 years in Metropolitan Cork.

The approval of the Monard Planning Scheme will assist in securing the future development of over 5,000 new homes in four villages including a number of schools, sports facilities and commercial units on a site along the Cork

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The council will now proceed to progress the detailed design of the infrastructure and funding models through engagement with all of thr stakeholders.

Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Mr Tim Lucey said: "This decision gives National recognition to the Council's strategic approach to forward planning in Metropolitan Cork and reinforces the Council's strategic planning framework in its Core Strategy of the Cork County Development Plan 2015.

"At a time of unprecedented focus by National and Local Government on creating the optimum conditions to underpin the future delivery of housing, this decision is particularly welcome in that the SDZ brings significant certainty to the market in terms of future opportunity for progressing residential development proposals over the medium term."

(CD)