ST EUNAN'S COLLEGE, COLLEGE ROAD, LETTERKENNY
Demolition of temporary buildings and construction of a new two-storey school building at St Eunan's College.
2151105 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 8 June 2021
- Reference
- 2151105
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 8 June 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves removing temporary school buildings, a sports hall, and a 1979 teaching block to construct a new 7,703.8 sq m two-storey post-primary school. It also includes the refurbishment of protected structures, including the 1906 'Castle' building, 1933 extension, and 1961 chapel.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 7,704 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(1) removal of all existing temporary school buildings, including foundations and demolition of any related elements (2) removal of existing sports hall and single storey 1979 teaching block (3)construction of a new permanent 2-storey post primary school building for st eunan's college (7,703.8sq. M gross floor area) with associated external signage & refurbishment of protected structure including the original 1906 'castle' building, 1933 extension to the castle and the 1961 chapel. These works consist of (a) 37 no. General classrooms, 20 no. Specialist teaching rooms, 2 no. Special needs classrooms within a special educational needs suite, multi-purpose hall and associated ancillary accommodation, staff room, adminstration rooms, toilets, stores and a general purpose room with associated kitchen and store (b) external covered area and external construction studies store (c) site development works including vehicular parking with new drop-off zones including 88 no. Additional standard car parking spaces and 4 no. Universally accessible parking spaces (d) a pedestrianised area including controlled service / emergency vehicular access (e) 6 no. New ball courts (f) provision for the diversion of existing esb power lines (g) construction of new esb substation, hard and soft landscaping, grassed play space, landscaped courtyards, sen garden/play space, associated site development and service infrastructure works
Built & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 College Row, Letterkenny, Donegal | May 2025 | €195,000 | 199 m |
| 4 College Row, Letterkenny, Donegal | May 2025 | €195,000 | 205 m |
| 2 College Rd, Letterkenny, Donegal | May 2025 | €110,000 | 210 m |
| 27 Hawthorn Heights, Letterkenny, Co Donegal | Aug 2025 | €260,000 | 253 m |
| College Farm Rd, Letterkenny, Donegal | May 2026 | €300,000 | 257 m |
| College Farm Rd, Letterkenny, Donegal | Aug 2025 | €265,000 | 274 m |
| Apartment 3, Newline House, Letterkenny | Feb 2026 | €125,000 | 286 m |
| College Farm Rd, Letterkenny, Donegal | Jul 2025 | €300,000 | 313 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received8 June 2021
- Further information requested22 July 2021
- Further information received11 August 2021
- Decision due10 February 2022
- Decision issued10 February 2022
- Grant issued21 March 2022
- Permission expiry20 March 2027
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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