GrantedCommercialDecided 22 September 2020

Kilkenny Road, Carlow

Construction of a new part single, part four-storey Health Sciences Building at IT Carlow.

19492 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 19 December 2019

Reference: 19492
Authority: Carlow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 19 December 2019

Summary

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The proposed development is a new Third Level Educational Health Sciences Building of 6,133 sqm gross internal floor area. The building will range from one to four storeys and feature science labs, clinics, sports spaces, a running track, and 176 bicycle parking spaces.

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Storeys: 4
Floor area: 6,133 m²

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Official record

Development description

The application site is located on a site measuring 0.435ha on the campus of institute of technology, carlow, bounded by the kilkenny road to the west, partly on the footprint of the vec school building for which planning permission for demolition has already been granted (pl reg. Ref 15/54). Permission is sought for a third level educational health sciences building of 6,133 m2 gross internal floor area. The building is part single storey and part four storeys tall, together with rooftop plant and screening. Internally the building is composed of science laboratories, clinics, sports and health science spaces including large gym labs and running track, and administration rooms with a central roof-lit social space on the upper floors and large entrance hall in the south east corner of the building. The site is to be accessed by an existing vehicular entrance to the it carlow campus off the kilkenny road. The application includes additionally for proposed landscaping around the perimeter of the building and the removal of trees on the subject site, as well as the provision of 176 bicycle parking spaces to serve the building, including a 105m2 secure and sheltered bicycle store on the eastern boundary of the campus. The total floor area of the proposed development is therefore 6,238m2. This application includes for all site signage, utility connections and ancillary site works associated with the project.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community / EducationCI

“To protect and provide for community and educational facilities”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

Objective set by the Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
27 Clarence Gate, Kilkenny Road, Carlow	May 2025	€242,500	199 m
36 Clarence Gate, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Sept 2025	€385,000	233 m
The Rectory, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Nov 2025	€925,000	235 m
20 New St, Green Road, Carlow	Jun 2026	€295,000	249 m
15 College Gardens, Carlow, Carlow	Sept 2025	€330,000	345 m
Unit 4 Carraig Abhainn, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Jan 2026	€188,000	351 m
Apt 5 Block 2, Carraig Abhainn, Co Carlow	Mar 2026	€150,000	375 m
12 Carraig Abhainn, Kilberry Rd, Carlow	Jun 2025	€100,000	391 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received19 December 2019
Further information requested27 February 2020
Further information received26 August 2020
Decision due22 September 2020
Decision issued22 September 2020
Grant issued23 November 2020
Permission expiry22 November 2025

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