GrantedRetentionDecided 19 December 2024

An Cosan Grangegorman, (formerly the Dublin 7 Educate Together National School), Fitzwilliam Place North, Lower Grangegorman, Dublin 7, D07 PY50

Temporary retention of a two-storey school building for seven years and retention of internal alterations for special education use.

GSDZ3710/24 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 20 May 2024

Reference: GSDZ3710/24
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Retention Permission
Received: 20 May 2024

Summary

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Retention permission is sought for the temporary use of an existing detached two-storey school building for an additional seven years. It also seeks retention of internal alterations to the ground floor to accommodate six special educational needs classrooms and ancillary facilities.

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Development description

Protected structure & retention: we, the grangegorman development agency and the dept. Of education, intend to apply for retention permission for the following development to a site formerly occupied by the dublin 7 educate together national school, fitzwilliam place north, lower grangegorman, dublin 7, d07 py50, and now to be occupied by an cosan grangegorrman special school (i. E. Lands to the south of the lower house, grangegorman, a protected structure) located within the overall grangegorman strategic development zone (sdz), i) the temporary retention and use of the existing detached two-storey school building, for a period of a further 7 years, which was granted temporary permission originally under 4291/08, with the duration subsequently further extended under gsdz3263/14, gsdz3653/17 & gsdz3092/21, ii) retention of internal alterations to the ground floor of the existing building to accommodate six sen classrooms each with quiet spaces and accessible wc's, a new assisted user shower room, a new multi-sensory room, a new general purpose room, a new life skills room, a new admin office, new principal's & deputy principal's offices, a new staff room, a new first aid room, a new meeting room and ancillary storerooms & wc's etc. (the first floor of the existing building is to remain unaltered leaving the building with a total of fourteen classrooms), iii) retention of a new glazed double-door with side screens in a new larger ope formed to the eastern elevation at ground floor level to the new gp room, iv) retention of the re-landscaping of existing play spaces to provide new soft play areas with new play equipment, a new sensory garden & a relocated hard-landscaped basketball court etc. , v) retention of new metal and timber fences and gates within the site to secure the new play spaces and to define new site boundaries with the grangegorman tud campus proper so as to cede parts of the site along the northern & western boundaries back to the grangegorrman development agency, vi) retention of a new sliding metal vehicular gate set-back from the existing fitzwilliam place north entrance along the redefined western site boundary, (vii) retention of a new car-park area to the south-west of the existing building, to provide 14 no. Car-spaces, replacing 16 existing car-spaces ceded back to the gda along the northern site boundary, bringing the total number of spaces provided to the school to 27, to also include new car park site lighting, ev charging point etc. , viii) the retention of two new bike shelter structures each providing parking for 8 no. Bikes for a total bicycle parking provision of 16 no. Bikes, ix) retention of a new bin store area comprising an enclosure of mesh metal fences and gates, x) the retention of four new external ramps, one new set of external steps and new external concrete paths around the reconfigured building to facilitate the new layout, xi) the retention of a new external steel canopy structure with polycarbonate mono-pitched roof outside the main entrance to the building. Sections of the site boundary wall forming the curtilage of the site, including the existing entrance archway from fitzwilliam place north and the existing gate piers & wall to morning star avenue, are protected structures, (rps ref. No. 3289), but no works to these protected structures are proposed as part of this application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS

“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Swuite Grangegorman, 13 - 18 Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7price excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€20,137,615	79 m
109 The Richmond, Brunswick St North, Dublin 7	Jun 2025	€349,000	86 m
92 The Richmond, North Brunswick St	Feb 2026	€247,000	86 m
114 The Richmond, North Brunswick St, Dublin 7	Dec 2025	€395,000	86 m
1 Whitworth Hall, North Brunswick St, Dublin 7	Dec 2025	€460,000	91 m
Apt 3, Grange Court Stanhope, Dublin 7	Nov 2025	€275,000	104 m
182 Richmond, Brunswick St, Dublin 7	Jun 2025	€320,000	104 m
178 The Richmond, North Brunswick St, Dublin 7	Jun 2026	€316,000	104 m

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Key dates

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Application received20 May 2024
Decision due8 January 2025
Decision issued19 December 2024
Permission expiry20 February 2032

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