CMETB FET Campus, Dublin Road, Cavan Co. Cavan
Change of use of a boiler house to a specialist training facility with new internal floors and workshop space.
2660258 · Cavan County Council · Lodged 14 May 2026
- Reference
- 2660258
- Authority
- Cavan County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 May 2026
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves repurposing and reconfiguring an existing boiler house into a specialist training facility. Works include internal and external demolition, adding new first and second floors, a passenger lift, and a covered outdoor construction space.
- Storeys
- 3
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Official record
Development description
For change of use of the existing boiler house ‘block k’ to a specialist training facility, incorporating general purpose classrooms, technology & engineering rooms, motor workshop, ancillary support spaces and all associated site works at the cmetb fet campus on the dublin road, cavan. Co. Cavan. Proposed works include; i) repurposing and reconfiguring of existing boiler house to specialist training facility ii) revised openings and elevational changes iii) internal & external demolition works iv) provision of new first and second floors v) new passenger lift and stairs vi) covered outdoor construction space vii) all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses
Objective set by the Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received14 May 2026
- Decision due8 July 2026
- Decision issued8 July 2026
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