Plans to build more than 500 apartments in Howth, Co Dublin, have been lodged with Bord Pleanála. The application, which lists costs of €135 million, is the fourth attempt to redevelop the derelict former Techrete factory site near the village’s Dart station. The proposed development includes a gross floor area of 48,252sq m on a 2.68 hectare site. It would include 512 mainly one- and two-bed apartments in blocks totalling eight storeys in height, with 439 parking spaces and 1,335 bike spaces. The former Techrete site in Howth, Co DublinRegarding pressures on schools, Atlas says the development “could give rise to” 72 children of primary school age and 48 of secondary school age.

Source: The Irish Times December 11, 2019 00:56 UTC