Abacas Special School, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, D05 F8F8
- 9 Apr 2025Received
- 16 Apr 2025Application declared invalid
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Application declared invalid · 16 Apr 2025
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 1.75 ha
What’s proposed
The development will consist of the demolition of existing single storey school accommodation and the construction of a new part single storey, part two-storey 16-classroom special school with a floor area of approx. 4070 m² to the rear of the existing school and the neighbouring Scoil Eoin. The new school will comprise; teaching spaces, general purpose hall, music rooms, home economics room, multi-sensory rooms, library, administration areas, sanitary facilities and associated ancillary accommodation. The development will also include all associated site works including; covered walkway between the new school and Scoil Eoin, car parking, bicycle parking, ballcourt, shared all weather playing areas, classroom gardens including roof gardens to the first floor, open spaces/landscaping, plant, bin stores, site services, and utility connections to facilitate the development. There will also be vehicular and pedestrian access to the development via Greendale Rd and Thornville Road through existing site entrances. The development will be completed on a phased basis on this live school site
WEB1782/25 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for the development will consist of the demolition of existing single storey school, received on 9 Apr 2025; the council declared it invalid on 16 Apr 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- WEB1782/25
- Local authority
- Dublin City Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
- Received
- 9 Apr 2025
- Observations close
- 14 May 2025 (closed 488 days ago)
- Decision due
- 3 Jun 2025 · decided 16 Apr 2025
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 16 Apr 2025
- Proposed development
- The development will consist of the demolition of existing single storey school accommodation and the construction of a new part single storey, part two-storey 16-classroom special school with a floor area of approx. 4070 m² to the rear of the existing school and the neighbouring Scoil Eoin. The new school will comprise; teaching spaces, general purpose hall, music rooms, home economics room, multi-sensory rooms, library, administration areas, sanitary facilities and associated ancillary accommodation. The development will also include all associated site works including; covered walkway between the new school and Scoil Eoin, car parking, bicycle parking, ballcourt, shared all weather playing areas, classroom gardens including roof gardens to the first floor, open spaces/landscaping, plant, bin stores, site services, and utility connections to facilitate the development. There will also be vehicular and pedestrian access to the development via Greendale Rd and Thornville Road through existing site entrances. The development will be completed on a phased basis on this live school siteAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.75 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name
Full planning report for 53.38710, -6.15672
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
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.
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.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 88955). 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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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