A south Dublin baronet and former honorary Irish consul to Lebanon is resisting plans by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to rezone land around his 200-year-old stately home for housing and cycle paths.
The council has targeted greenbelt lands around Woodbrook House and Estate between Shankill and Bray as part of its drive to provide significant additional lands for housing.
The move follows an edict last summer from Minister for Housing James Browne that local authorities must rezone more land to help tackle the housing crisis.
Marc Cochrane, also known as Sir Henry Marc Sursock Cochrane, 4th Baronet of Woodbrook, is opposing the rezoning of the lands on his estate. Cochrane…