South Dublin County Council

Re: Crooksling Nursing Home, Blessington Road, N81, Dublin 24 We refer to the above-named site/area and we note that this site is owned by the HSE and the HSE offered the property to all State Stakeholders through the Intra-State Property Register and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth expressed an interest in Crooksling to facilitate the provisions of suitable accommodation to persons seeking international protection. We would be grateful for a full copy of the planning files/licenses for the property to be used as an international protection center. We seek this information under the Freedom of Information Act and Planning Acts. We would also be grateful for a copy of the grant of permission for this site to be used for tented accommodation. We act on behalf of clients who have concerns in relation to this site being used for the above accommodation due to the rural location, lack of facilities, breach of planning regulations, which would extend to proposed water, surface water and foul drainage system. Without proper planning this would cause a real risk and concern to the local area. This site is located in an area zoned Objective RU in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2000-2028, which seeks 'to protect and improve Rural Amenity and to provide for the development of Agriculture. Therefore we would propose this development would materially contravene the objectives of the South Dublin County Council Development Plan, particularly that of Policy H16 and would lead to demands for the uneconomic provision of further public services and facilities Pg. 1 in this rural area. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.There is a significant increase in traffic and this will also lead to additional demand for access to services in an area that has no services to offer. The public road has no footpaths, there are no public lighting between the site and the closest town and is not safe for pedestrian access, there is poor vertical and horizontal alignment, lacks pedestrian, public lighting. We submit on behalf of our clients that this site is being used without permission and in breach of the planning acts and the Development plan. This development, by reason of its scale, design, mass and bulk, fails to respond to the site's sensitive context, it is visually incongruous to the rural area and would lead to the loss of rural amenity which materially contravenes Policy H23 Rural House and Extension Design Objective 1 and the RU zoning objective and would be contrary to the provisions of the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2022-2028. We further submit this site has now caused serious public safety by reason of traffic and therefore is contrary to the proper planning and sustainability development in the area Our client has also brought to our attention that there are previous planning applications Our client has also brought to our attention that there are previous planning applications in this local area that have all since been refused for once off planning permission due We believe this accommodation center for international applicants does not have the proper planning to operate and therefore we ask that you furnish us with a copy of the planning permission for the site. We would ask you to provide how many people are living on this site and how the waste is being managed and send us any reports or screening you have done or are in your possession regarding same. In addition you confirm an environmental report has been carried out and send us a copy of same. BKC Solicitors