Lands south of Coolamber Drive, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
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SD23A/0336 is a planning application for permission at Lands south of Coolamber Drive, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 20 Nov 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: New primary school (Roll No. 20549P), including 20 classrooms, with a gross floor area of 3,449 sq.m over 3 storeys; The proposed development will also provide a no. multi-purpose hall and all ancillary teacher and pupil facilities; Vehicular, cycle, and pedestrian access to the site is proposed to the north-west of the school, with staff and visitor parking spaces; car and bus drop off and set down facilities and associated set down areas and accessible parking facilities; A secondary, future provision of pedestrian, vehicular and cycle access points are provided to the southern boundary of the site; The development will also include the provision of bicycle and scooter parking; external stores; Internal access roads, cycle and footpaths; hard and soft play areas including 2 ballcourts; piped infrastructure, connections and ducting; external plant area; landscaping and boundary treatments; green roofs, PV panels; 1 ESB substation; EV parking facilities; external courtyards and all hard and soft landscaping; ancillary ramps and stairs; lighting; signage; 3 attenuation tank; SUDs; 3 flagpoles; changes in level and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground. The council granted permission on 13 Dec 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 3 Jan 2025. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 321696 on 19 May 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 39 other decided applications in the last five years and 6 appeals.
Proposal
New primary school (Roll No. 20549P), including 20 classrooms, with a gross floor area of 3,449 sq.m over 3 storeys; The proposed development will also provide a no. multi-purpose hall and all ancillary teacher and pupil facilities; Vehicular, cycle, and pedestrian access to the site is proposed to the north-west of the school, with staff and visitor parking spaces; car and bus drop off and set down facilities and associated set down areas and accessible parking facilities; A secondary, future provision of pedestrian, vehicular and cycle access points are provided to the southern boundary of the site; The development will also include the provision of bicycle and scooter parking; external stores; Internal access roads, cycle and footpaths; hard and soft play areas including 2 ballcourts; piped infrastructure, connections and ducting; external plant area; landscaping and boundary treatments; green roofs, PV panels; 1 ESB substation; EV parking facilities; external courtyards and all hard and soft landscaping; ancillary ramps and stairs; lighting; signage; 3 attenuation tank; SUDs; 3 flagpoles; changes in level and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 13 Dec 2024
- Floor area
- 3,449 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 1.83 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Feb 2024Further information requested
- 20 Nov 2024Further information received
- 20 Nov 2024New applicationObservation window closed 3 Jan 2025
- 13 Dec 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 20 Jan 2025
- 16 Jan 2025Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
RES-N: To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity
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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 6
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119832). 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: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/65330.
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