GrantedAlterationsDecided 1 February 2024

Moate Community School, Church Street, Moate

Major redevelopment of Moate Community School including demolition of several buildings and construction of a large new extension.

2360155 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 31 May 2023

Reference: 2360155
Authority: Westmeath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 31 May 2023

Summary

AI-generated

The project involves the demolition of multiple school buildings and outbuildings, alongside the removal of 10 prefabricated structures. A new two and three-storey school extension of approximately 9,600 sq.m will be built, featuring classrooms, a PE hall, and solar panels. The works also include refurbishing St. Joseph's building, creating new sports courts, and widening the vehicular entrance.

Alterationsschooldemolitionsolar

Storeys: 3
Floor area: 9,600 m²

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

Demolition of st. Philip’s single storey school building (c. 3621 sq. M), st. Bridget’s technology block part single-storey part two-storey school building (c. 683 sq. M), st. Malachy’s classroom building (c. 166 sq. M), a 2 no. Classroom teaching block (c. 132 sq. M), 2 no outbuildings (c. 70 sqm), changing room building (c. 72 sq. M) and esb substation; removal of 10 no. Prefabricated buildings; refurbishment of st. Joseph’s building to provide a special education needs (sen) unit on the ground floor and general classrooms at first floor level; construction of a two and three-storey school building extension (c. 9600 sq. M) to provide general and specialist classrooms, a general purpose hall, pe hall, offices, staff room, library, social spaces, sanitary facilities and ancillary spaces, including solar photovoltaic panels at roof level; provision of 3 no. Muga courts, landscaped gardens and other social spaces; demolition of part of the existing boundary wall to church street and provision of a new set-back boundary wall to create a new plaza area and improved pedestrian/cyclist entrance; widening of the existing vehicular entrance off church street; provision of a car and bus set down area for 7 no buses on church st; relocation of the accessible car space on church street; removal of 22 no. Existing car spaces and the provision of 54 no. Car parking spaces, to include 2 no. Accessible parking spaces and 6 no. Electric vehicle charging spaces; provision of 100 no. Bicycle parking spaces to include 50 no sheltered spaces; relocation of the existing post box, a protected structure (rps no. 030-013), from the pillar of the existing vehicular entrance to the new set-back front boundary wall; maintenance repairs and re-painting of the gazebo, a protected structure (rps no. 030-014), together with the replacement of the existing (pink-coloured) fibre cement slates with natural slates; provision of landscaping, boundary treatments, and site lighting; provision of heat pump and gas storage areas, and construction stores (c. 66 sq. M); provision of associated drainage, attenuation and other site services including an esb substation and switch room (c. 21 sq. M); provision of temporary classrooms and other facilities to allow for phased construction, to be removed prior to completion of the proposed works; and all related site development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community, Educational & InstitutionalED

“Protect, provide and improve community, civic and educational facilities and to preserve the open character of institutional lands and the setting of heritage buildings contained within such lands.”

Objective set by the WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Moate (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 plan

Built & 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

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
15 Convent Court, Church St, Moate	Jul 2026	€175,000	145 m
Church Street, Moate, County Westmeath	Jan 2025	€330,000	162 m
27 Churchline, Moate, Westmeath	Mar 2025	€131,000	233 m
41 Cois Na Habhainn, Station Rd, Moate	Oct 2025	€360,000	252 m
18 Church Lane, Moate, Westmeath	Jun 2025	€190,000	254 m
Apartment 6 Block D, Church Lane, Moate	Nov 2025	€171,000	292 m
Apt 3 Block D Church Lane, Moate, County Westmeath	May 2026	€206,484	292 m
9 Church Lane, Moate, Westmeath	Feb 2025	€180,000	292 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 received31 May 2023
Further information requested24 July 2023
Further information received5 January 2024
Decision due1 February 2024
Decision issued1 February 2024
Grant issued5 March 2024
Permission expiry4 March 2029

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.