Go-ahead granted for 500 'fast track' apartments in Howth

The plans were opposed widely in the local community and subject to a comprehensive objection from the Howth Sutton Community Council.

The proposal includes 512 mainly one- and two-bed apartments in blocks totalling eight storeys in height.File picture.

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to Patrick Crean’s Marlet Group for contentious "fast track" plans to build more than 500 apartments in Howth, Co Dublin.

The appeals board has given the plan the go-ahead in spite of widespread local opposition where over 80 objections were lodged against the proposal.