St Nicholas National School, Nicholas Street, Dundalk
Extension of St Nicholas National School to add classrooms, a special needs unit, and a new entrance.
191025 · Louth County Council · Lodged 10 December 2019
- Reference
- 191025
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 10 December 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves constructing an extension to the existing school. It will include a new entrance, three mainstream classrooms, a dedicated special needs unit with two classrooms, a central activities space, a multi-sensory room, a school office, and new boundary treatments.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Permission for the construction of an extension to the existing school to include a new entrance, three additional mainstream classrooms, a new dedicated special needs unit consisting of two safe base classrooms, central activities space, multi-sensory room, new school office, ancillary accommodation and all associated site development works, with new boundary treatments to the west and north and south of the site
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses
Objective set by the Louth County Development Plan (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 5 February 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 24 February 2023.
Notified floor area: 822 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Annes, Fairgreen, Dundalk | Feb 2025 | €245,000 | 59 m |
| 8 Wolfe Tone Terrace, Dundalk, Louth | Dec 2025 | €275,000 | 72 m |
| 6 Nicholas St, Dundalk, Louth | Jan 2025 | €140,000 | 107 m |
| 5 Nicholas St South, Dundalk, Co Louth | Jun 2025 | €105,000 | 112 m |
| 10 Nicholas Court, Dundalk, County Louth | Oct 2025 | €150,000 | 130 m |
| Apt. 1 Nicholas Court, Nicholas Street, Dundalk | Sept 2025 | €207,000 | 130 m |
| 9 Ohares Mill, St Nicholas St, Louth | Feb 2025 | €173,000 | 149 m |
| 21 Ohares Mill, Dundalk, Louth | May 2025 | €170,000 | 185 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received10 December 2019
- Decision due12 February 2020
- Decision issued7 February 2020
- Grant issued9 March 2020
- Permission expiry8 March 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted30 m away
Retention of a rear extension to an existing dwelling house and associated site development works
5 Nicholas Street North , Dundalk , Co Louth
1686LouthLodged 18 Feb 2016Retention
- Granted30 m away
Permission for development to consist of the temporary relocation of two number existing single storey…
St Nicholas National School , Nicholas Street , Dundalk
17379LouthLodged 22 May 2017Infrastructure
- Granted50 m away
Permission for the construction of front porch, part demolition of existing garage, change of external finish…
Saint Annes , 11 Fairgreen Row , Dundalk
2516LouthLodged 19 Feb 2025Extension
- Granted90 m away
Permission for a residential development consisting of — Demolition of (a) two storey sports hall and single…
St Mary's College , St Mary's Road and Nicholas Street , Dundalk Co Louth
22827LouthLodged 19 Oct 2022Apartments
- Granted90 m away
Permission for the following — (i) Demolition of (a) two storey sports hall and single storey science block (…
St. Mary`s College , St. Marys Road & Nicholas Street , Dundalk
16217LouthLodged 7 Apr 2016Apartments
- Refused100 m away
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 16/217: Permission for the following — (i) Demolition of (a) two storey sports hall…
St Mary's Road/Nicholas Street , Dundalk , Co Louth
211259LouthLodged 8 Oct 2021Apartments
- Granted110 m away
Proposed development consisting of the retention of a single-storey rear kitchen extension to existing…
21 Wolfe Tone Terrace , Dundalk , County Louth
20727LouthLodged 18 Sept 2020Retention
- Granted130 m away
Permission for development to contist of the RETENTION of a single storey extension to the rear of dwelling
2 Fairgreen Row , Dundalk , Co. Louth
17847LouthLodged 14 Nov 2017Retention
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