Sroohill, Ennistymon, Co. Clare

• The development will consist of
• Construction of a new 2-storey school building (1863.6 m2) incorporating 8 classrooms, general purpose room, library, offices, resource and learning rooms and associated ancillary accommodation; and a single classroom special education needs unit with associated facilities
• New site structures and features including retaining walls, cycle area, bin store, mechanical plant compound, hard play court, play areas, sensory garden, tiered seating areas, site furniture and child play installations
• New internal site pedestrian and vehicular transport layout including internal roads and turning areas, pedestrian paths, parking for 19 cars, bus and car drop off areas and right of way access points to neighbouring properties
• Realignment and widening of the existing north-western entrance to the site on the l1050 ballinagaddy road including demolition of existing boundary walls, hedgerows and gate and construction of a new set back vehicular entrance to the east of the existing entrance; with new boundary wall/fence, gates, landscaping and signage
• Alterations to the existing north-eastern pedestrian entrance to the site on the l1050 ballinagaddy road including repair/re-rendering of block walls to existing set back entrance (including shared boundary wall with andersons cottage, a protected structure) and replacement of gates
• Upgrading, repair and replacement of existing boundaries throughout including boundaries with neighbouring properties with rendered block walls, natural stone walls and metal fencing
• Site soft landscaping works throughout including demolition and removal of existing hedgerows, raising and lowering of ground, site soft landscaping including hedges, shrubbery and trees
• And all associated site works including site services, site lighting, subsurface attenuation tank and site hard landscaping. The total site area is 3.41 acres. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the local authority with the planning application

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.

1. Application received2 May 2025
2. Further information requested25 June 2025
3. Further information received31 March 2026
4. Decision due3 June 2026
5. Decision issued3 June 2026
6. Grant issued6 July 2026
7. Permission expiry5 July 2031

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