Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedExtensionDecided 4 July 2023

SCOIL MHUIRE CLONEYGOWAN, CO. OFFALY, R35NP58

Extensions and alterations to Scoil Mhuire Cloneygowan, including new classrooms and demolition of a water tower.

23202 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 10 May 2023

Reference
23202
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
10 May 2023

Summary

AI-generated

The project includes a single-storey rear extension for 4 classrooms and a front/side extension for a special educational needs area. It also involves school refurbishment, a new sensory garden, play areas, car parking, and the demolition of a disused water tank, tower, and prefab building.

Extensionschoolextensiondemolitioneducation
Storey
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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) construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing school building consisting of 4 no. Classrooms, circulation, and ancillary areas, (b) construction of a new single storey extension to the front / east side of the existing school building, a special educational needs area consisting of 1 no. Classroom, 1 no. Office, 1 no. Toilet, 1 no. Multisensory room, circulation and ancillary areas, (c) alterations and refurbishment to the existing school and all ancillary site works. Provisions for new sensory garden to the front, and hard/soft play area to the rear. Demolition of the disused water tank and tower, prefabricated building and removal of the existing oil tank to side/ rear of school, (d) construction of proposed car parking area and lpg tank

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community Services/FacilitiesCI
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 Offaly 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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
47 Cluain Na GréIne, Cloneygowan, OffalyJun 2026€320,000299 m
12 Cluain Na Greine, Cloneygowanprice excludes VATDec 2025€308,370344 m
Cloneygowan, Tullamore, Co.offalyOct 2025€250,000419 m
28 Cluain Na Greine, Cloneygowan, Co. OffalySept 2025€270,000422 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

  1. Application received10 May 2023
  2. Decision due4 July 2023
  3. Decision issued4 July 2023
  4. Grant issued9 August 2023
  5. Permission expiry8 August 2028

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