I’m not arguing that point, good luck to the 22 or 44 or whatever
But there’s probably a thousand who need a place to stay
You said it’s hardly going to make any difference.It will make a massive difference to the people who will get the rooms.Have you ever been stuck for somewhere to live,it’s not very nice I can tell you that.
You’re completely misrepresenting my point for some reason, I’m not a complete idiot so I understand that one extra room makes a difference to somebody
It’s a drop in the ocean, that’s all I meant
Might as well not build anything at all then, strange take lad
Well no, the simple point is that while this building would be welcomed (by me) it will not make much difference to the issue at hand, except for a small amount of people
I am not suggesting it shouldn’t be done, rather that it is a drop in the ocean
Proper order in all fairness.
What difference does that make, the fact it’s a drop in the ocean
It was a larger point regarding the issue of accommodation in and around Mary I
I don’t think you expressed it very well and made it sound like you thought this was a pointless development.
I doubt anybody thought 22 rooms was going to pemanently fix the problem
The fact they objected to it should be the talking point. Like i said, a very odd take
It’s like you’ve no idea what drop in the ocean means,
I accept your point and that of @TreatyStones
Good luck to the developers, I hope there are many more
You’re an awful man
Some lads would be happy to do nothing and see if they magically appear
Aye be better let cunts build anything they like Shur
Pat Kenny among parties challenging planning for Dalkey nursing home
Newstalk host and three other Dalkey residents cite badger welfare in application
AODHAN O’FAOLAIN
Broadcaster Pat Kenny is one of four Dalkey residents who have launched a High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission for a new nursing home in the south Dublin suburb.
Mr Kenny, along with Christopher Herbert, Tom Palmer and Peter Cullen have brought a judicial review action challenging An Bord Pleanála’s decision of July 6th last to grant Bartra Property Ltd permission to construct a 104-bed nursing home on lands at Ulverton Road and Harbour Road, Dalkey.
In their proceedings, the plaintiffs, who live near the proposed five-storey development, seek various orders and declarations including an order setting aside the board’s decision which it is argued is flawed.
Among the grounds of their challenge is that the proposed nursing home will adversely affect badgers living on the lands.
It is also claimed that some conditions of the permission granted by the board contradict each other.
Badger guidelines
One of the conditions requires the nursing home to be built in accordance with the plans submitted. Another requires the developer to adhere to national guidelines concerning the treatment of badgers and works being carried out near their setts.
It is claimed that the guidelines require that heavy machinery cannot be used within 30 metres of badger setts. The guidelines also prohibit works with lighter machinery within 20 metres, and no hand digging or clearing to be done within 10 metres of badger setts.
The applicants claim that if the conditions of the permission are to be complied with it would be impossible to build 60 of the proposed nursing home units.
The challenge has been brought on other grounds including that the board failed to properly take account or determine issues including the volume of extra traffic generated, parking and the capacity of local sewers generated by the proposed development before it decided to grant permission.
The board also failed to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in respect of the proposed development, the applicants submit.
Other issues include the ability of the proposed nursing home’s older residents to access local services and shops in Dalkey village, which is some 500 metres away, and the amount of light generated by the proposed development.
In its decision, the board overturned Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s 2021 decision to refuse to grant planning permission to Bartra.
The residents’ action is also against the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Ireland and the Attorney General. Bartra is a notice party to the proceedings.
The proceedings were briefly mentioned before Mr Justice Michael MacGrath during Wednesday’s vacation sitting of the High Court.
The judge, following an application by the plaintiff’s solicitor Fred Logue, deemed that their application to have the board’s decision judicially reviewed has been brought within the legal time limits allowed.
The matter was adjourned and will be mentioned before the court next month.
its really the residents welfare he is concerned with after all
Fair Deal rates should triple for the sort of lad who does this.
In fairness, Pat Kenny could have his own NIMBY thread
He always has objections etc
Application in for 96 apartments on Chapelizod Road complete with children’s play area.
The Chapelizod Residents Association have written a 60 page long objection letter. The only thing they don’t pass judgement on is the play area because in their own words;
CRA does not lay claim to possessing any expertise in childcare facilities. Indeed, because of their advanced age, members of the CRA executive are better acquainted with undertakers