Preentation Secondary School, Outrath Road, Loughboy

For development. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing school & a number of associated outbuildings & construction of a new 2-storey 37-classroom school building with a total floor area of 10,276sqm & incorporating a general purpose hall, a pe hall ,a special needs unit, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation including an external bin store, electricity substation & storage shed. The school building will also include photovoltaic panels on roof to the southern corner. Works to the new school grounds will consist of the provision of a half size gaa pitch with ballstop nets, two muga pitches, a basketball court, play and horticultural areas, a sensory garden & associated hard & soft landscaping throughout. The development will also include modifications to the existing vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements to incorporate new entrance gates and internal access roadway & footpath, an internal drop-off area for both cars and busses & the provision of 93no. Car parking spaces (incl. 4 no. Disabled parking spaces), 122 no. Sheltered bicycle parking spaces for students and 28no. Bicycle spaces for visitors. To allow for the construction of the new school while the existing school building remains operational, permission is sought for enabling works to include for the re-routing of esb cables on the site and temporary drop off and staff parking arrangements. Permission is also sought for all other associated drainage, boundary treatment and site development works.

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.

1. Application received31 March 2021
2. Further information requested24 May 2021
3. Further information received28 June 2021
4. Decision due25 July 2021
5. Decision issued22 July 2021
6. Appeal submitted11 August 2021
7. Appeal decided6 April 2022
8. Permission expiry5 April 2027

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