Bartra applies again for geriatric day care centre

BARTRA Property Limited has once again applied for planning permission for part of the existing Presentation Convent building in Clondalkin to be turned into a geriatric day care centre.

Submitted to South Dublin County Council this month, Bartra is seeking permission for the development via the change of use of existing staff accommodation in the convent.

Permission is being sought for the staff accommodation ancillary to the adjacent permitted nursing home permitted to become a community geriatric day care centre called the Ageing Well Centre.

Plans include internal alterations and improvements to the interior of the convent at ground, first and second floors.

External alterations are proposed to accommodate two stair cores, one to include a lift, within the courtyard space and minor alterations to existing windows and doors.

A decision on the application is due from South Dublin County Council by May 4.

This is the second time Bartra has sought permission for the staff accommodation to be changed into a geriatric day care centre.

As reported in The Echo last October, South Dublin County Council refused planning permission for their first application for the change of use.

These council’s grounds for refusal included their view that sufficient information on the plans’ impact wasn’t provided.

“It is not considered that the applicant has provided sufficient information in relation to the protection of the integrity of the existing convent building, or the traffic and transport impact of the development on the local area,” it stated.

This is the latest update in the plans for the convent site, which in 2018 saw over 40 third-party submissions submitted, with most of them being objections against nursing home plans for the site.

In late 2019, Bartra’s plans for a 155-bed nursing home, and a retirement home for the Presentation nuns on land at the convent grounds, were approved by An Bord Pleanála.