Overview
- The commission refused Bartra Property’s plan for a five‑storey, 104‑unit nursing home on the Yonder site in Dalkey.
- Officials found the narrow access road lacked capacity for increased traffic due to restricted width, length, and absence of designated passing points.
- ACP determined the scheme would endanger public safety by creating a traffic hazard and would be contrary to proper planning and sustainable development.
- Senior ecologist Fiona Patterson concluded the developer’s badger mitigation plan, including an artificial sett, would avoid significant impacts on the species.
- Inspector Suzanne Kehely had cited potential overlooking and overbearing impacts, but the commission rejected that amenity concern, and a separate 2019 approval for homes on the site has expired.