Nursing home approved on Priory grounds
PLANS for a nursing home and independent living blocks in the grounds of St Mary’s Priory in Tallaght have been approved with a number of conditions.
The conditions stipulated by South Dublin County Council include a reduction in the height of the independent living blocks from four- to five-storeys, to two-storeys each.
One of the proposed three independent living blocks also has to be omitted according to the planning permission conditions, reducing the total number of living units from 60 to 25.
The proposed four-storey nursing home comprises 106 en-suite bedrooms with associated residents’ facilities and staff areas, a multi-function space and a pharmacy, and has been approved.
Approved last month, the council also added other conditions for the developer, St Mary’s Medical (Tallaght) Ltd, to adhere to.
These included a method statement for the demolition of a wall for a new entrance to the development off the Greenhills Road, and a detailed arboriculture statement for tree removals.
This is the second time a planning application has been submitted by St Mary’s Medical (Tallaght) Ltd for a nursing home and independent living blocks for the Priory site.
In July 2021, South Dublin County Council refused permission for the development of a five-storey nursing home at the site.
The developer also unsuccessfully sought planning permission for the construction of 108 independent living units for older people, to be housed in a part-five/part-six-storey building.
In reaching their decision, the council told the applicant that the proposed development “fail[ed] to be sensitive” to its surroundings and would “completely dominate” the site.
As reported in The Echo in September 2020, some of the lands adjoining the Priory went on the market with a guide price of €5m.
Owned by the Dominican Fathers before the sale, the 2.46-acre pocket of land which backs onto the TU Dublin – Tallaght campus on the Old Greenhills Road side of Tallaght Village, was sold as a ‘prime residential development site’.
