Pat Kenny stunned by dimension of proposed nursing residence to be designed close to his Dalkey house



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Broadcaster Pat Kenny has mentioned that he is ‘taken aback by the scale, bulk and size’ of a 5 storey 104-bedroom nursing dwelling proposed for lands beside his Dalkey household in south Dublin.

The Newstalk presenter is dealing with into a different planning fight and claimed he was ‘certain’ he would be lodging an objection against Bartra Capital’s planned Yonder nursing residence.

The software soaring from two to 5 storeys comes 18 months just after Richard Barrett’s Bartra group secured the eco-friendly light for 18 residences and six houses on the 1.4 acre Yonder web site.

Bartra only received scheduling permission from An Bord Pleanála immediately after a preparing battle with community citizens, which include Pat Kenny and his wife, Cathy about the condominium scheme.



Pat Kenny standing in front of a window posing for the camera: Pat Kenny and Kathy Kenny at the opening of The Cookbook Cafe restaurant in Glasthule , Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy


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Pat Kenny and Kathy Kenny at the opening of The Cookbook Cafe cafe in Glasthule , Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy

The nursing residence strategy replaces the condominium program proposal for the web site and in an job interview on Tuesday about the planned new facility, Kenny mentioned: ‘I was shocked to see this new application and taken aback by the scale, bulk and measurement of this sort of an organization in an in-fill site in a residential place.

Kenny stated that at 5 storeys in destinations, the scheme is a single storey higher than the first apartment plan proposal. The radio host reported that the prepared development internet site is surrounded by the back gardens of 10 house owners and what is prepared ‘is successfully a commercial enterprise’.

He insisted that what is proposed ‘is the equivalent of dropping a 104-bed room hospital’ into a household location. Kenny also claimed he will now go through the software ‘with a wonderful-tooth comb’.

He stated: ‘I want to look at the element of the software to see all the challenges that had been offered in the initial apartment plan application and see if there has been any attempt to solve people.’ Kenny stated that he is ‘certain’ that he will be lodging a submission with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on the strategy.



a large brick building: Pat Kenny said he was taken aback by the scale, bulk and size of such an enterprise in an in-fill site in a residential area.Pic: Supplied


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Pat Kenny claimed he was taken aback by the scale, bulk and size of these types of an business in an in-fill internet site in a residential location.Pic: Provided

The previous Late Late Display host included: ‘The nature of that observation will rely on the character of the application. There are so several troubles with this prepare.’

Scheduling paperwork lodged with the software contend that the plan will have a substantially decreased effects on the Kenny dwelling and neighbouring attributes than the apartment plan.

In the documents lodged by Thornton O’Connor Town Organizing, Patricia Thornton said that, unlike the permitted plan, there is no development in the southern part of the site and this substantially decreases the effects of the house on the surrounding dwellings at the southern conclusion of the web page.

Thornton stated that the nursing dwelling plan has been sensitively designed to minimise the opportunity influence on the residential amenity of bordering attributes.



Pat Kenny wearing a suit and tie: Planning documents lodged with the application contend that the scheme will have a significantly reduced impact on the Kenny home and neighbouring properties than the apartment scheme. Pic: VIPIRELAND.com


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Setting up documents lodged with the application contend that the plan will have a significantly lowered impression on the Kenny home and neighbouring qualities than the condominium plan. Pic: VIPIRELAND.com

She also mentioned that the incorporation of design characteristics this sort of as a established-back again leading flooring, very carefully positioned and obviated windows, no enhancement at the southern end of the website and high-high quality landscaping will ensure that the proposed improvement knits into the getting environment.

She even further contended that the scheme’s place near to Dalkey village will guarantee that foreseeable future citizens will have the opportunity to keep on being living within their neighborhood.

Thornton stated that the long run citizens will be delivered with suitable health-related care and help though also making the most of the gain of the current social and community infrastructure in just the south Co Dublin village.

As element of her 55-web site setting up report lodged with the application, Thornton contended that what is proposed represents a sizeable investment in an under-utilised infill website offering ‘a much-needed nursing property facility for the area’.



Pat Kenny holding a sign posing for the camera: Pat Kenny and Kathy Kenny. Pic: VIPIRELAND.com


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Pat Kenny and Kathy Kenny. Pic: VIPIRELAND.com

Thornton went on to say that the principal goal of the software is to lead toward minimizing the scarcity of residential treatment residence beds.

She also argued that, as a end result of its contemporary, sensitive structure, the scheme is an ‘appropriately scaled type in its acquiring environment’ and will respect the encompassing context, which includes nearly dwellings.

A final decision is thanks on the application in March and if Bartra is unsuccessful with the nursing home scheme, it can still continue with its apartment system at the south Dublin site.