78-Bed Nursing Home and Senior Living Houses, Shankill

Application details

Planning reference

D26A/0638/WEB

Council

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Proposal description

Permission for development at a c. 0.84 Ha site comprising Rose Cottage and undeveloped lands to the east which are separated from Rose Cottage by Loughlinstown River and are generally bound: to the north-east by residential properties along Bray Road, to the south-east and south by the grounds of St. Columcille’s Hospital and woodland, to the south-west by No. 25 Cherrywood Road, and to the north-west by residential properties along Cherrywood Road. Works are also proposed along Cherrywood Road comprising a new wastewater and watermain connection into the existing network; the removal of the existing vehicular entrance to Rose Cottage; the provision of a new entrance onto Cherrywood Road; the provision of a new controlled pedestrian crossing; the setting back of the boundary to widen the existing 1.8-metre-wide footpath up to 2.9-metres; and the localised narrowing of a portion of the carriageway along the site frontage from approximately 6-metres to 5.5-metres. The total site area of the development site and infrastructure works measures c. 0.87 Ha. The development will principally consist of the construction of a split-level part 2 No. to part 3 No. storey Nursing Home (including partial undercroft) comprising 78 No. bedrooms and ancillary facilities (c. 3,898 sq m); and 2 No. single storey, 2 No. bed ‘Senior Living’ houses (c. 83 sq m each). The development also comprises: a road bridge over Loughlinstown River from the proposed new entrance along Cherrywood Road; 26 No. car parking spaces comprising 18 No. spaces at surface level and 8 No. spaces within the partial undercroft; cycle parking spaces; motorcycle spaces; a bin store, cycle store and plant room (c. 109 sq m); ESB sub-station and switch room; communal winter gardens facing west and south-east; pumping station; lighting; lift overrun; PV panels; green roof; signage; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all other associated site and development works above and below ground. The total gross floor area of the proposed development is c. 4,173 sq m. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this Planning Application.

Location / address

A c. 0.84 Ha site comprising Rose Cottage, No. 26 Cherrywood Road, Shankill, Dublin 18, D18P4A7 and undeveloped lands to the east, which are separated from Rose Cottage by Loughlinstown River and are generally bound: to the north-east by residential prop

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

26 Aug 2026