Permission was refused by An Board Pleanala for a 60 bed nursing home in Braodford, Co. Kildare. Patrick Byrne had lodged a first party appeal with the Board following a refusal by Kildare County Council. The Board refused permission on the basis that the proposed development was in an isolated rural area on unzoned lands, contrary to Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area, a discordant feature in the landscape and prejudicial to public health given the lack of adequate water supply and wastewater disposal.
David Mulcahy, Town Planning Consultant
Kildare Planning Blog 