Former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oaklands Crescent Road, Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
- 16 May 2022Received
- 13 Oct 2022Grant permission
- 9 Nov 2022Appealed
- 29 Apr 2024Appeal: Granted with conditions
- 29 Apr 2024Final grant
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Grant permission · 13 Oct 2022
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 6,912 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 315061 · Granted with conditions
What’s proposed
Planning permission for the development of a 0.67 hectare site at the former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oakland's Crescent Road, Highfield Grove and St. Luke's Hospital Service Road, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The development site is principally bounded by the rear gardens of St. Kevin's Park to the south, Highfield Grove and Four Oaks to the North, Sunbury Park to the east and Saint Luke's Hospital to the west. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing derelict glass greenhouses and relate structures (c.4,503sqm), the construction of a four-storey building providing a 120 no. bed space nursing home (c. 7,630sqm) and all associated ancillary development including roof plant and equipment, hard and soft landscaping, 2 no. courtyards, boundary treatments internal roads and pathways, the provision of internal surface water and foul drainage pipes, attenuation tanks, SuDs features, service provision and related pipework, ESB substation, ESB switch room, generator room and 2 no. waste storerooms, car parking, bicycle parking, public lighting, signage and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground level. Vehicular access to the proposed nursing home will be via the existing vehicular access off Oakland's Crescent and Saint Luke's Hospital service road to the west. An additional pedestrian/bicycle access is proposed via Highfield Grove to the north
3971/22 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for planning permission for the development of a 0.67 hectare site at the former Highfield, received on 16 May 2022; permission was granted on 13 Oct 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 3971/22
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal Decided”
- Received
- 16 May 2022
- Observations close
- 20 Jun 2022 (closed 1547 days ago)
- Decision due
- 13 Oct 2022 · decided 13 Oct 2022
- Decision
- Grant permission on 13 Oct 2022
- Proposed development
- Planning permission for the development of a 0.67 hectare site at the former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oakland's Crescent Road, Highfield Grove and St. Luke's Hospital Service Road, all accessed off Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The development site is principally bounded by the rear gardens of St. Kevin's Park to the south, Highfield Grove and Four Oaks to the North, Sunbury Park to the east and Saint Luke's Hospital to the west. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing derelict glass greenhouses and relate structures (c.4,503sqm), the construction of a four-storey building providing a 120 no. bed space nursing home (c. 7,630sqm) and all associated ancillary development including roof plant and equipment, hard and soft landscaping, 2 no. courtyards, boundary treatments internal roads and pathways, the provision of internal surface water and foul drainage pipes, attenuation tanks, SuDs features, service provision and related pipework, ESB substation, ESB switch room, generator room and 2 no. waste storerooms, car parking, bicycle parking, public lighting, signage and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground level. Vehicular access to the proposed nursing home will be via the existing vehicular access off Oakland's Crescent and Saint Luke's Hospital service road to the west. An additional pedestrian/bicycle access is proposed via Highfield Grove to the northAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 6,912 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
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Commencement
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas): To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.
Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87089). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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