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Cork City Council · 2544314

St Pauls School, Beech Hill, Montenotte

Approved in May 2026. No sign of building yet.

  1. 19 Nov 2025Received
  2. 30 Mar 2026Conditional
  3. 8 May 2026Final approval
  4. 8 May 2031Approval runs out
Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 30 Mar 2026
Council
Cork City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
1
Site
1.78 ha

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What’s proposed

Permission for development at St Paul's School, Beech Hill, Montenotte, Cork, T23P529. The development will consist of demolition of an existing single-storey prefabricated building at the western end of the school site and its replacement with a new two-storey special educational needs (SEN) building. This building will consist of eight SEN classrooms with associated toilet and storage areas, a multi-sensory room, occupational therapy space, nurse's room, meeting rooms, staff facilities, and ancillary accommodation. The development will also include alterations to the main entrance at the eastern end of the existing school with a new shelter canopy and a re-aligned vehicle/bus set-down area. Additionally, external soft and hard play areas are proposed, along with a south-facing landscaped pedestrian walkway, alterations to parking layouts, a new maintenance access roadway to the east of the school and associated services, retaining structures, landscaping. and site works

Planning details

Reference
2544314
Local authority
Cork City Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
19 Nov 2025
Observations close
2 Jan 2026 (closed 297 days ago)
Decision due
30 Mar 2026 · decided 30 Mar 2026
Decision
Conditional on 30 Mar 2026
Site area
1.78 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF ST PAULS SCHOOL council register

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Zoning

G3 — High amenity

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

R2 — Existing residential

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

Protections nearby 250 m

  • NIAH-recorded building · 30
    house; Frankfort House
  • Recorded monument · 6
    Country house; R180022

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:40.

Source: Council planning registers · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:40
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Summary

2544314 is a planning application to Cork City Council for permission for development at St Paul's School, Beech Hill, Montenotte, Cork, T23P529., received on 19 Nov 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 30 Mar 2026.