Plans lodged to demolish shed and stables for residential care home

FOLLOWING an approach from St John of God’s Disability Services, an application has been lodged seeking permission to demolish a shed and stables for the construction of a residential care home in Brittas.

The applicant, Dermot McDonnell, has lodged a planning application with South Dublin County Council for the development of a four-bedroom residential care home.

The proposed care home will be made up of four one-bedroom apartments with a communal area, care staff accommodation and office across 332.1sq.m.

Covered with a pitched roof over 10 roof lights, six car parking spaces, waste water treatment unit, percolation area bored well and a new gated vehicle entrance are included in the plans.

An artist impression of the proposed development

Tara Ward of Architectural Planning said on behalf of her client, Dermot McDonnell, that the proposed development will facilitate residents with limited mobility with a future proofed design to accommodate any changes that adulthood brings.

“The South County Dublin Adult Residential Care Home is designed to provide the option of a continuum of care to those young people that have successfully transitioned through children’s disability services and are ready to graduate to a more independent living environment within the community that has been their home for a number of years,” Ms Ward says in the application cover letter.

The closing date for third party submissions in relation to this application is August 4, with a decision due from the local planning authority on August 25.