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Dublin City Council · WEB1782/25 · Permission

Abacas Special School, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, D05 F8F8

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Council received 9 Apr 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (521 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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WEB1782/25 is a planning application for permission at Abacas Special School, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5, D05 F8F8, received by Dublin City Council on 9 Apr 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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. The council declared the application invalid on 16 Apr 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 14 May 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 49 other decided applications in the last five years and 5 appeals.

Observations close 14 May 2025 closed 486 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (9 Apr 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

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.

Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
Application declared invalid on 16 Apr 2025
Site (from polygon)
1.75 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 9 Apr 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 14 May 2025
  • 16 Apr 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 14 May 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    R2 — Existing residential

    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.

    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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    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 2
      Church of St. John the Evangelist; post box
    • Radon risk area · 1
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    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.

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