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21327

CONDITIONAL

Kilkenny - Kilkenny County Council

Proposed Development

The development will consist of the construction of a part 3-storey, part 2-storey 37-classroom school building with a total floor area of 10,564 sqm and incorporating associated support teaching spaces, offices and meeting rooms, a multi-use hall, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation, including photovoltaic panels and green roofs at roof level. Works to the new school grounds will consist of the provision of 6 no. ball courts, outdoor seating and breakout areas, a sensory garden, a covered tech yard, external store building (50 sqm) and substation (22 sqm) and associated hard and soft landscaping throughout. Provision is made for the future development of a full sized sports pitch, but which does not form part of this proposal. The development will also include the construction of a new access roadway incorporating footpaths, cycleways, public lighting, and landscaping, that will tie into Kilkenny County Council's proposed Loughmacask Link Road at its Dunningstown Road junction at Lousybush. Parking and access arrangements will incorporate an internal drop-off and pick-up area for cars and an external set down for buses, the provision of 92 no. car parking spaces, incorporating 5 no. disabled parking spaces, and 342 no. bicycle parking spaces, 264 no. of which are sheltered. Permission is also sought for new foul, water and surface water drainage system works, associated with both the school and the roadway and incorporating a swale, attenuation, rainwater harvesting, and a flood storage compensation area, boundary treatments, including retaining walls, and all other site development works

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    23 Apr 2021

  2. Further information requested

    16 Jun 2021

  3. Further information received

    9 Aug 2021

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    2 Sept 2021

  5. Decision due

    5 Sept 2021

  6. Appeal submitted

    7 Sept 2021

  7. Grant issued

    20 Jan 2022

  8. Appeal decided: MODIFIED

    20 Jan 2022

Application Details

Location
Dunningstown Road and Lousybush Lane , (the L-10075 local road) , townlands of Lousybush and
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Kilkenny County Council
Site Area
7.29 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
23 April 2021
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
2 September 2021
Grant Date
20 January 2022
Permission Expires
19 January 2027

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-311326-21
Decision
MODIFIED
Submitted
7 September 2021
Decided
20 January 2022

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