GrantedCommercialDecided 23 November 2009

Lisheen Nursing Home, Stoney Lane, Rathcoole, Co Dublin

A large two-storey extension to Lisheen Nursing Home in Rathcoole, adding 63 bedrooms.

SD09A/0268 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 27 October 2009

Reference: SD09A/0268
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 27 October 2009
Floor area: 2731 m²

Summary

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The development involves a new two-storey and part single-storey extension to the existing nursing home to provide 63 new bedrooms (30 on the ground floor and 33 on the first floor) and extensive ancillary facilities. The project also requires the demolition of three existing detached houses on the site to facilitate a new car park entrance.

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Residential units: 63
Storeys: 2

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Development description

New 2 storey/part single storey extension to the existing single storey nursing care home to provide additional residential accommodation around two new landscaped courtyards with connections to the existing nursing home at ground floor only and requiring some minor alterations to the existing structures to facilitate the proposed new ground floor connections. The application provides for 30 new bedrooms on the ground floor with additional living space(s), nursing station(s), front reception, waiting area, associated office, meeting and physiotherapy rooms and oratory and all ancillary accommodation (laundry, storage, treatment rooms, lift, sluice rooms, toilets/cleaning rooms, plant and meter rooms. In addition the application also includes for proposed new accommodation at first floor level incorporating 33 new bedrooms and associated living space(s), nursing station(s), and all ancillary accommodation (laundry, treatment rooms, administration offices, sluice rooms, and associated toilets/cleaning rooms. The application also involves the demolition of 3 no. Existing detached houses on the site to allow for the provisions of new vehicular car park entrance with associated vision splays and the provision of 30 no. Parking spaces in a landscaped car park. It is also proposed to provide 1 new pedestrian access opposite the existing road entrance to forest hills and 1 further vehicular service access at the northern boundary of the site onto stoney lane. The associated site works will include substantial landscaping and the provision of a new stone clad boundary wall and railing to stoney lane. Significant further information: revised plans to include relocation of the proposed car park entrance to a point 40m further north and the relocation/realignment of the proposed 2 storey bedroom blocks to reduce the proposed landscaped walkways to the west of the site adjoining stoney lane and allow the provision of significantly enlarged internal courtyard gardens and associated site works. In addition, the application also includes the retention of an external temporary "roankabin" structure as a laundry for a period of 2 years. The revisions also include the minor relocation of the proposed reception block to extend the internal courtyard gardens to the south and the relocation of the external store within the proposed car park. The development will now consist of proposed two storey/part single storey extension to the existing single storey nursing home to include 30 ground floor & 30 first floor bedrooms with ancillary rooms for living, kitchen, nursing, sanitary, cleaning, storage, plant & meter rooms. The proposed works will also include for a reception/waiting area with associated administration offices and will include for minor alterations to the existing buildings at 3 no proposed ground floor connection points. The application also involves the demolition of 3 no existing detached houses on the site to allow for the provision of a new vehicular car-park entrance with associated vision splays and the provision of 30 no parking spaces in a landscaped car-park. It is also proposed to provide 1 new pedestrian access opposite the existing road entrance to forrest hills and 1 further vehicular service access at the northern boundary of the site on to stoney lane. The associated site works will include substantial landscaping and the provision of a new stone-clad boundary wall & railing to stoney lane.

Land-use zoning

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RESRS

“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”

National zoning type: Existing residential

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
13 Greenogue Drive, Rathcoole, Dublin	Mar 2025	€480,000	51 m
11 Greenogue Dr, Rathcoole, Dublin	Mar 2026	€560,000	55 m
25 Greenogue Dr, Rathcoole, Dublin	Nov 2025	€520,000	56 m
Apt 46 Block D The Courthouse, Main Street, Rathcoole	Nov 2025	€285,000	130 m
6 The Courthouse, Main St, Rathcoolenot full market price	Mar 2025	€250,000	154 m
9 The Courthouse, Main St, Rathcoole	Feb 2025	€215,000	154 m
3 The Courthouse, Main St, Rathcoole	May 2025	€270,000	154 m
8 The Courthouse Apts, Rathcoole, Dublin	Jul 2025	€305,000	154 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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Application received27 October 2009
Further information requested20 August 2009
Further information received27 October 2009
Decision due23 November 2009
Decision issued23 November 2009
Grant issued20 January 2010

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