An artist’s impression of the Kenelm SHD at Deer Park in HowthA plan to develop 162 apartments at the entrance to Howth Castle and Deer Park has met with considerable local opposition. Set across three blocks and ranging in height from five to six storeys, the ‘Kenelm Howth’ SHD will comprise 29 one-bed, 104 two-bed and 29 three-bed apartments. Dublin Bay North TD Cian O’Callaghan (SD) described the entrance to Howth Castle as “a particularly significant location” and said it was important that any proposed development did not “negatively impact on this historic area”. “The Strategic Housing Development process has been a disaster and has failed to deliver the increase in housing that we were promised. A 2.7-acre site at the entrance to Deer Park was later sold by Tetrarch to Glenveagh, one of the country’s biggest homebuilders.

Source: Irish Independent July 08, 2021 09:56 UTC