Lisheen Nursing Home, Stoney Lane, Rathcoole, Co Dublin

Proposed Development

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.

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