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Gormanston Road, Gormanston, Co. Meath

Construction of a new 1,000-pupil, 37-classroom school building in Gormanston.

22923 · Meath County Council · Lodged 12 July 2022

Reference: 22923
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 July 2022

Summary

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A new two-storey school building of 10,753 sqm is proposed to cater for 1,000 pupils. The development includes sports pitches, ball courts, a sensory garden, solar panels, a new road access, and parking facilities.

Infrastructureschoolsolareducation

Storeys: 2
Floor area: 10,753 m²

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Development description

The construction of a new 2-storey 37- classroom school building, to cater for 1,000 pupils, with a total internal floor area of 10,753sqm, and incorporating a general-purpose hall, a multi-use hall, a special needs unit, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation. The building will also include photovoltaic panels at roof level. The school grounds will provide 5no. Hard surface ball courts, 3no. Grass sports pitches, outdoor seating and breakout areas, sensory garden, tech yard, 150sqm external store building with refuse store, 40sqm substation, lpg and ashp compounds, and associated hard and soft landscaping throughout. The development will also include: the relocation of the existing site entrance and the provision of new access roadway ingress and egress junctions from gormanston road; drop-off and pick-up area for cars and set down area for buses; provision of 96no. Car parking spaces, inclusive of 5no. Disabled spaces and 10no. Electric vehicle charge points; 360no. Cycle parking spaces, 340no. Of which are sheltered; new foul and surface water drainage system works incorporating attenuation, rainwater harvesting, and wastewater treatment plant; and all other associated site and development works

Land-use zoning

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G1 - Community InfrastructureCI

“Community Infrastructure”

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
2 Bungalow, The Cross, Gormanston	Apr 2025	€540,000	330 m
Gormanston Village, Gormanston, Meath	Aug 2025	€460,000	358 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.

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Application received12 July 2022

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