ST. MARY'S SECONDARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, EDENDERRY
Installation of new 2.4-metre-high perimeter fencing and widening of the northern entrance at a secondary school.
17417 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 25 October 2017
- Reference
- 17417
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 October 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of installing new 2.4-metre-high perimeter fencing behind existing boundaries on the southern, northern, western, and eastern sides of the school site. It also includes widening the existing northern site entrance and roadway.
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
(a) works to the southern site boundary; installation of a new perimeter fence behind the existing boundary wall to a height of 2.4m, (b) works to the northern site boundary; installation of a new perimeter fence behind the existing stone wall to a height of 2.4, (c) works to the western site boundary; installation of a new 2.4m high perimeter fence inside the existing tree line, (d) works to the eastern site boundary; part installation of a new 2.4m high perimeter fence inside the existing tree line and part installation of a new 2.4m high perimeter fence fixed inside the existing 1.4m high concrete post and panel wall and (e) the widening of the existing northern site entrance and roadway, together with all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic facilities and social services, from educational, childcare and health facilities to places of worship and community centres.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses
Objective set by the Edenderry Local Area Plan 2023-2029 (2023–2029). 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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Gilroy Ave, Edenderry, Offaly | Sept 2025 | €450,000 | 64 m |
| 14 Francis St, Edenderry, Offaly | Oct 2025 | €210,000 | 125 m |
| 11 St Marys St, Edenderry, Offaly | Jun 2025 | €240,000 | 135 m |
| 17 St Francis St, Edenderry, Co Offaly | Mar 2025 | €285,000 | 149 m |
| 7 St Marys St, Edenderry, Offaly | Apr 2026 | €395,000 | 153 m |
| 19 A Frances St, Endenderry, Co Offally | Aug 2025 | €100,000 | 172 m |
| 52 St Francis St, Edenderry, Offaly | Dec 2025 | €265,000 | 247 m |
| 933 St Francis St, Edenderry, Offaly | Mar 2026 | €271,000 | 308 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received25 October 2017
- Decision due19 December 2017
- Decision issued13 December 2017
- Grant issued25 January 2018
- Permission expiry24 January 2023
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