Former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oaklands Crescent Road, Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
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3971/22 is a planning application for permission at Former Highfield Plant Nursery located off Oaklands Crescent Road, Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, received by Dublin City Council on 16 May 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council granted permission on 13 Oct 2022. The five-week observation window closed on 20 Jun 2022. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 315061 on 29 Apr 2024 (grant conditions). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 141 other decided applications in the last five years and 20 appeals.
Proposal
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.
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 13 Oct 2022
- Final grant
- 29 Apr 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 6,912 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 16 May 2022Further information requested
- 16 May 2022New applicationObservation window closed 20 Jun 2022
- 16 Sept 2022Further information received
- 13 Oct 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 10 Nov 2022
- 10 Nov 2022Appeal lodged
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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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