Plans for 170 houses in Cork City approved despite earlier rejection 

Proposed development consists of 60 semi-detached houses, 38 townhouses and 68 apartments spread across 14 blocks. File picture

Plans for a large-scale housing development of almost 170 new homes on the outskirts of Cork City have been approved by An Bord Pleanála, despite the project being originally rejected by Cork City Council.

The board has granted planning permission for the construction of 166 housing units on a 6.57-hecatre site between Dublin Pike and Ballyhooly Road at Ballincrokig, Cork.