Loreto Secondary School , Granges Road James Park , Kilkenny
- 22 Aug 2025Received
- 20 Feb 2026Conditional
- 25 Mar 2026Final grant
- 24 Mar 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 20 Feb 2026
- Council
- Kilkenny County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.05 ha
What’s proposed
The development will consist of New Special Educational Needs Accommodation along with new / replacement Specialist Room & Lab Accommodation specifically; a) The relocation of existing attenuation tank to the eastern side of school and the construction of a part two and part three storey extension addressing the Granges Road (1736m2); b) Demolition of existing single storey building (433m2) and the construction of a new two storey extension to provide Special Education Needs Classrooms and ancillary accommodation (1113m2); c) Provision of bicycle parking and 12 No. additional car parking spaces dedicated to the Special Educational Needs Accommodation; d) Roof mounted PV panels; e) Relocation of 2 No. ballcourts within the site; and f) All associated site & ancillary works
2560540 is a planning application to Kilkenny County Council for the development will consist of New Special Educational Needs Accommodation along with, received on 22 Aug 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Feb 2026.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560540
- Local authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 22 Aug 2025
- Observations close
- 26 Sept 2025 (closed 363 days ago)
- Decision due
- 22 Feb 2026 · decided 20 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Conditional on 20 Feb 2026
- Proposed development
- The development will consist of New Special Educational Needs Accommodation along with new / replacement Specialist Room & Lab Accommodation specifically; a) The relocation of existing attenuation tank to the eastern side of school and the construction of a part two and part three storey extension addressing the Granges Road (1736m2); b) Demolition of existing single storey building (433m2) and the construction of a new two storey extension to provide Special Education Needs Classrooms and ancillary accommodation (1113m2); c) Provision of bicycle parking and 12 No. additional car parking spaces dedicated to the Special Educational Needs Accommodation; d) Roof mounted PV panels; e) Relocation of 2 No. ballcourts within the site; and f) All associated site & ancillary worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.05 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 390673). 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. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560540/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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