Durkan Centre, Fortunestown Way, Jobstown, Dublin 24, D24 W284
Extension of an existing two-storey educational centre to provide a new two-storey building for second and third-level students.
SD22A/0124 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 23 August 2022
- Reference
- SD22A/0124
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 23 August 2022
- Floor area
- 1163.8 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves extending the existing Durkan Centre with a new two-storey building designed to Net Zero standards. The new facility will include a lecture theatre, science lab, classrooms, and a rooftop biodiversity classroom. It also includes relocating the existing multi-use games area (MUGA) and installing extensive solar panels.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
Extend the existing two storey building on site that provides after-school education to students in the area, where the new building will facilitate second and third level students; a new shared entrance serving both buildings; proposed extension is a two storey building, matching the scale and massing of the existing building; the building has been designed to achieve a net zero whole life carbon standard and this in part is achieved by an external brick skin, a cross laminated timber structural system, harnessing of natural light and extensive use of photovoltaic solar panels; the building programme will provide a lecture theatre, a science laboratory, classrooms, a reading room, offices, a central atrium, and a kitchen facility; the flat roof will carry solar photovoltaic solar panels and a biodiversity outdoor classroom, and all associated site works; relocate the muga within the complex to the east of the existing building and provide additional outdoor sports equipment; all proposed boundary fencing will match the existing boundary treatment in size and material.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”
National zoning type: Existing residential
Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). 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| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Bawnlea Drive, Tallaght, Dublin 24not full market price | Oct 2025 | €285,000 | 106 m |
| 103 Swiftbrook Dr, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Jul 2025 | €305,000 | 211 m |
| 36 Bawnlea Green, Jobstown, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Jul 2025 | €294,000 | 212 m |
| 13 Glenshane Green, Brookfield, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Apr 2026 | €315,000 | 221 m |
| 2 Russell Grove Russell Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24, Dublin | Jun 2026 | €323,000 | 265 m |
| 12 Russell Close, Fortunestown Way, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Jun 2025 | €295,000 | 282 m |
| 15 Glenshane Gardens, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Mar 2025 | €184,569 | 292 m |
| 36 Russell Crescent, Russell Sq, Tallaghtnot full market price | Mar 2025 | €62,000 | 295 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 received23 August 2022
- Further information requested20 June 2022
- Further information received23 August 2022
- Decision due19 September 2022
- Decision issued19 September 2022
- Grant issued3 November 2022
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