GrantedInfrastructureDecided 29 October 2020

Kilkenny Road, Carlow

A new four-storey Corporate Support Services building at IT Carlow.

20306 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 4 September 2020

Reference: 20306
Authority: Carlow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 4 September 2020

Summary

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Permission is sought for a new 4,757 square metre Corporate Support Services building on the IT Carlow campus. The four-storey building will feature a central splayed atrium and rooftop plant, located on the footprint of recently demolished school buildings.

Infrastructureeducationcampusoffice

Storeys: 4
Floor area: 4,757 m²

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Official record

Development description

A new corporate support services building of 4,757m2 gross internal floor area on a site of 0.953ha within the overall campus of institute of technology carlow. The proposed application site is located on the northern end of the institute of technology carlow campus, west of the aerospace, mechanical & electronic engineering building and north of the nore building. The proposed building will be located on the footprint of the recently demolished and removed vocational education committee school buildings (pl reg. Ref. 15/54). The building will be 4 storeys, with a central splayed atrium and rooftop plant and screening. Fundamentally the design is based on a simple rectangular form diagonally across another simple rectangle. The diagonal form being the main entrance and circulation, the remainder of the corporate support functions orientated either side of the atrium of the splayed atrium volume. The atrium serves to provide a clear arrival space to the building, containing the new campus reception function (and associated back office) and the primary vertical circulation lifts and feature accommodation stair in readily understandable and easily intelligible positions. On the south of the building there will be a commercial kitchen and dining space on ground floor and a café and associated seating area on the first floor. A service yard will be positioned on the east façade of the building to serve these catering facilities. A single storey maintenance and storage building incorporating a sub-station will also be constructed to the east of the site, of 206 m2 gross internal floor area. Therefore, the total area of the proposed development is 4,963m2. An existing service yard and 2 small plant rooms (31m2 gross internal floor area) will be demolished as part of the development. The application site will be accessed from the existing vehicular entrance and surface carparking off the kilkenny road, with the addition of a new road and carparking spaces to the east of the proposed corporate support services building. A new landscaped plaza will be created to the west of this building and sheltered bicycle parking will be provided adjacent to the east façade of the nore building. This application includes for all site signage, utility connection works, and ancillary site works associated with the project. A natura impact state (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

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	182 m
20 New St, Green Road, Carlow	Jun 2026	€295,000	190 m
36 Clarence Gate, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Sept 2025	€385,000	206 m
The Rectory, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Nov 2025	€925,000	219 m
15 College Gardens, Carlow, Carlow	Sept 2025	€330,000	304 m
Blackbog Road, Carlow	Jul 2025	€360,000	356 m
6 Belmont Apts, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Sept 2025	€185,000	365 m
Unit 4 Carraig Abhainn, Kilkenny Rd, Carlow	Jan 2026	€188,000	372 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received4 September 2020
Decision due29 October 2020
Decision issued29 October 2020
Grant issued1 December 2020
Permission expiry30 November 2025

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