Bright Sparks Community Childcare Centre, ACDAL, Station Road Allenwood
A single-storey rear extension is planned for the Bright Sparks Community Childcare Centre in Allenwood.
2560048 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 23 January 2025
- Reference
- 2560048
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 23 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a single-storey rear extension to the existing childcare facility. The new space will accommodate two classrooms, a staff room, a plant room, and ancillary facilities, with associated alterations to elevations and wastewater systems.
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Official record
Development description
For a single storey rear extension to existing childcare centre comprising of 2 no. Classrooms, staff room, plant room & ancillary accommodation, associated alterations to all elevations, foul water to existing treatment system, surface water to soakaways and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and facilitate the provision of high job-generating uses.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Allenwood (2023–2029). 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 received23 January 2025
- Decision due19 March 2025
- Decision issued14 March 2025
- Grant issued25 April 2025
- Permission expiry24 April 2030
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