GrantedDemolitionDecided 30 June 2021

Granges Road, Kilkenny, R95 PK80

Demolish an existing school and build a new 2-storey, 24-classroom school in Kilkenny.

21155 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 8 March 2021

Reference: 21155
Authority: Kilkenny County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 8 March 2021

Summary

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The project involves the phased demolition of the existing school and outbuildings on Granges Road, Kilkenny. It will be replaced by a new 2-storey, 24-classroom school building of 4,334 sqm, featuring a general purpose hall, special needs unit, solar panels, ball courts, and new access arrangements.

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Storeys: 2
Floor area: 4,334 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development. The development will consist of the phased demolition of the existing school and associated outbuildings and the construction of a new 2-storey 24-classroom school building with a total floor area of 4,334 sqm and incorporating a general purpose hall, a single storey special needs unit, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation. The building will also include photovoltaic panels on roof to rear. Works to the new school ground will consist of the provision of senior and junior ball courts, play areas, sensory play shed and garden and associated hard and soft landscaping throughout. The development will also include new vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements to incorporate new entrances, gates and boundary treatments on the granges road and also include the relocation of existing pedestrian access gate on northern boundary, internal drop-off and pick-up areas for both cars and buses, a shared footpath and cycle lane, the provision of 40 no. Car parking spaces (including 2 no. Disabled parking spaces), 50 no. Bicycle stands and the retention of access to the existing community hall to the rear of the school via new pedestrian and vehicular accesses on the site's eastern boundary. To allow for the phased construction of the new school, permission is also sought for temporary school accommodation, 910 sqm in area, a temporary construction access from the freshford road and all other associated drainage, site and development works, including the reinstatement of the existing pedestrian access from freshford road upon completion of construction

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community FacilitiesCI

“To protect, provide and improve community facilities”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

Objective set by the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
No. 8 Crannagh Walk, Crannagh, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€480,176	92 m
7 Crannagh Walk, Crannagh, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€480,176	92 m
4 Crannagh Walk, Crannagh, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€495,000	92 m
9 Crannagh Walk, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€439,648	92 m
9 Crannagh Drive, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€660,790	92 m
6 Crannagh Walk, Crannagh, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€480,176	92 m
1 Crannagh Drive, Crannagh, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€788,546	92 m
5 Crannagh Drive, Granges Roadprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€757,709	92 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

Timeline

Application received8 March 2021
Further information requested29 April 2021
Further information received4 June 2021
Decision due1 July 2021
Decision issued30 June 2021
Grant issued3 August 2021
Permission expiry2 August 2026

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