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South Dublin County Council · SD16A/0154

Loreto Abbey, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14

Approved in Aug 2016. Built and signed off.

  1. 17 May 2016Received
  2. 11 Jul 2016Approved
  3. 15 Aug 2016Final approval
  4. 30 Aug 2016Building started
  5. 6 Dec 2016Signed off
Status
Building started
Decision
Approved · 11 Jul 2016
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Permission
Site
7,032 m²

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What’s proposed

Construction of a single storey temporary prefabricated style secondary school building for Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh secondary school. The development will be retained for a period of 5 years. The development will provide 5 general classrooms, 4 specialist classrooms, toilet and other ancillary facilities. Associated site works will include widened on site road with parking and set down area, drainage connections and soakway, new watermain connection, widening of the existing vehicular entrance access gates and new pedestrian access gate opening off Dispensary Lane, site landscaping, all located on the grounds of Loreto Abbey, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 (A protected structure RPS No. 252 & 253)

Planning details

Reference
SD16A/0154
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Decision”
Received
17 May 2016
Observations close
21 Jun 2016 (closed 3774 days ago)
Decision due
11 Jul 2016 · decided 11 Jul 2016
Decision
Grant permission on 11 Jul 2016
Site area
7,032 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Department of Education & Skills council register

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Building started

  • 30 Aug 2016 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0019773SD

Zoning

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

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  • NIAH-recorded building · 34
    Loreto Provincialate; Loreto Abbey Lodges

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary

SD16A/0154 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for construction of a single storey temporary prefabricated style secondary school building, received on 17 May 2016; permission was granted on 11 Jul 2016.