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Dublin City Council · WEB1196/25 · Permission

St. Patrick's Girls & Boys National School, Cambridge Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

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Council received 4 Feb 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (585 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1196/25 is a planning application for permission at St. Patrick's Girls & Boys National School, Cambridge Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4, received by Dublin City Council on 4 Feb 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of: The demolition of the buildings to the rear of the existing 3-storey boys & girls school, which include the GP Hall with changing facilities & storage, along with the 2 no. external stores & concrete shelters (total demolition area = 332sqm); and the construction of a new 3-storey school building (1143sqm) behind the existing school, with new vehicular entrance from Cambridge Road, planted areas, landscaping, external play areas, on-site covered bicycle storage (80 spaces), on-site parking (5 spaces), 2 no. external stores at 10m2 each and external lighting. The proposed building contains; at ground (731sqm): 4 special education needs classrooms with associated ancillary spaces, central activities area and an external soft play area to the west & north; at first floor (335sqm): General Purpose Hall, Storage, toilets, and external play area; Second Floor (77sqm): circulation, plant room and an external fenced roof play area with lighting. Including all associated site & road works. The council granted permission on 16 Jul 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 11 Mar 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 106 other decided applications in the last five years and 13 appeals.

Appeal window closes 13 Aug 2025 closed 395 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (16 Jul 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

The development will consist of: The demolition of the buildings to the rear of the existing 3-storey boys & girls school, which include the GP Hall with changing facilities & storage, along with the 2 no. external stores & concrete shelters (total demolition area = 332sqm); and the construction of a new 3-storey school building (1143sqm) behind the existing school, with new vehicular entrance from Cambridge Road, planted areas, landscaping, external play areas, on-site covered bicycle storage (80 spaces), on-site parking (5 spaces), 2 no. external stores at 10m2 each and external lighting. The proposed building contains; at ground (731sqm): 4 special education needs classrooms with associated ancillary spaces, central activities area and an external soft play area to the west & north; at first floor (335sqm): General Purpose Hall, Storage, toilets, and external play area; Second Floor (77sqm): circulation, plant room and an external fenced roof play area with lighting. Including all associated site & road works.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Grant permission on 16 Jul 2025
Final grant
20 Aug 2025
Site (from polygon)
3,344 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 4 Feb 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 11 Mar 2025
  • 27 Mar 2025
    Further information requested
  • 20 Jun 2025
    Further information received
  • 16 Jul 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 13 Aug 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z2 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    R2 — Existing residential

    Z2: Residential Neighbourhoods (Conservation Areas): To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation areas.

    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.

    S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

    Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure.

    Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Dublin Port Company
    • Radon risk area · 1
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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 87379). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.

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