WithdrawnCommercialDecided 8 June 2026

Balrothery Gardens, Blackhall, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 X377

A two-storey extension to an existing care home to add 25 new bedrooms and associated site works.

F26A/0476E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 30 April 2026

Reference: F26A/0476E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 30 April 2026

Summary

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The application proposes a modern two-storey frontage extension to the established care home facility, adding 25 large bedrooms with kitchenettes and en-suites. The works also include relocating the front car park, creating a sensory garden, and installing attenuation tanks.

Commercialcare homeextensionnursing home

Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

The planning application will consist of; (i) to provide, (a) a modern, well-designed 2-storey frontage extension incorporating standalone new build to the established care home facility, comprising a total of 25 additional bedrooms with ancillary accommodation (dining, administration, clinical rooms, sitting out areas, utility areas), and including a glazed connecting canopy. The 25 bedrooms are exclusively proposed for both post-hospitalized and longer-stay residential care, and will be of significant floor area scale (all above 36 sq. M), with in-bedroom kitchenettes catering, and wc facilities; (ii) amendments to the overall site layout, including (a) removal/relocation of the existing front car parking area and part of the internal access road, (b) provision of a new car parking area with a new section of internal access road, (c) new front landscaping area, attenuation pond, sensory garden. The proposed development is to include and the installation of new attenuation tanks, by-pass interceptor tank and all associated site development works. To include all associated site works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

GB - Green BeltHA

“Protect and provide for a Greenbelt”

National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape

Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Blackhall, Balrothery, Balbriggan	Dec 2025	€400,000	196 m
7 Balrothery Gardens, Balrothery, Dublin	Sept 2025	€410,000	217 m
14 Coach Rd Manor, Balrothery, Balbriggan	May 2025	€465,000	439 m

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Key dates

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Application received30 April 2026
Decision due31 July 2026
Decision issued8 June 2026

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