Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedAlterationsDecided 22 January 2021

Catholic University School, (CUS) 89, 90, 91 and 92 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2

Demolition of a church gym and prefab buildings to construct a new three-storey school building and refurbish existing buildings.

3057/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 July 2020

Reference
3057/20
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
20 July 2020

Summary

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The development at Catholic University School includes the demolition of the original church gym and prefab buildings. A new three-storey over basement building will be constructed to house a gym, library, canteen, science rooms, and a lecture hall. Existing buildings at 89-92 Leeson Street will be refurbished for administration offices and two duplex apartments.

Alterationsschoolrefurbishmentapartmentssolar
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Official record

Development description

  • Protected structure: the works include the removal of the two storey prefabricated buildings and the demolition of the original church, currently used as a gym, in order to construct a new three storey over basement building incorporating a new gym + ancillary storage at basement level, fitness suite at basement mezzanine level, library, canteen and social space at ground floor level, 2 no. Science rooms with associated preparation room, tiered lecture hall and computer rooms at first floor level, 2 further science rooms with associated preparation room, 2 no. Technical graphics and upper level of the tiered lecture hall at second floor level, arts + crafts room on the southern side and open soft surfaced recreational area on the northern side at third floor level together with other ancillary spaces for offices, toilets + service rooms at various levels. Solar panels and north light roof windows will be fitted at roof level over the arts + crafts room. Surface water will be harvested. 89 + 90 will be refurbished for use as administration and support offices and 91 + 92 will be refurbished for use as residential apartments incorporating 2 no. 2 bedroomed duplex apartments at ground + basement level, 2no. 1 bedroomed apartments at first floor level and 2no. 3 bedroomed duplex apartments at second + third floor levels with other associated ancillary uses in two storey over basement return building at
  • Numbers 89, 90, 91 + 92 are protected structures – ref. Numbers 4444, 4445, 4446 and 4447 in the dcc record of protected structures. The works include the removal of all subterranean ancillary extensions to the rear of 89 to 92 to create a soft landscaped garden for the full width of the houses for use by staff and students to the rear of 89 + 90 and to provide private open space for the residential units in 91 +
  • The western gable wall of the redundant church/gym building will be retained, incorporated into the façade of the new building and linked to the existing student access corridor from leeson street lower by way of a suspended bridge, with full glazing to wall and roof, over the new landscaped garden. The stained glass windows within this building will be salvaged and incorporated into the new building in appropriate locations. It is intended that the standard bricks and the arch bricks and granite elements will also be salvaged and incorporated into the southern and western facades of the new building to form a cloister over the sunken landscaped area on the southern side and a balcony to the library over the landscaped garden on the western side. The works to the administration block will include modifications to connect this building to the new building to provide gym toilets + changing rooms at basement level, a new music room, toilets at ground floor level, classroom + ancillary toilets at first and second floor level and a new additional floor at third floor level. There will be internal modifications to the classroom block at all levels. The exam hall will be subdivided into construction studies rooms with materials delivery from quinns lane. The existing canteen will be subdivided into 4 no. Junior school classrooms. A temporary construction access is to be formed from quinns lane to the site for the duration of the build

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas
“To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with the conservation objective.”

National zoning type: General

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Apartment 9, Saint Stephens, Leeson LaneJan 2026€585,000101 m
Apt 10, St Stephens, Leeson LaneAug 2025€550,000101 m
Flat 1, 75 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2Apr 2026€2,300,000139 m
Apt No 1, 4 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2Jan 2025€525,000158 m
3 Upper Ely Place, Dublin 2, DublinMar 2025€500,000165 m
65 Leeson Close, Dublin 2Jul 2025€1,750,000206 m
27 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Dublin2Jun 2026€1,925,000211 m
23 Earlsfort Court, Hatch St Lower, Dublin 2Apr 2026€325,000216 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

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  1. Application received20 July 2020
  2. Further information requested11 September 2020
  3. Further information received18 December 2020
  4. Decision due22 January 2021
  5. Decision issued22 January 2021
  6. Appeal submitted16 February 2021
  7. Appeal decided21 January 2022

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