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South Dublin County Council · SD25A/0062W · Permission

Loreto High School Beaufort Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14E521

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Council received 8 Jul 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (431 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SD25A/0062W is a planning application for permission at Loreto High School Beaufort Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14E521, received by South Dublin County Council on 8 Jul 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The demolition of the single storey lean-too roof within the courtyard, replacement windows, localized fabric repairs to walls and roofs, addition of breathable internal wall insulation and alterations to the single and two storey 'Memorial Buildings', two 'bay-window' extensions to the single storey building on the Courtyard side and a single storey extension to the south of the main school buildings for a new ESB Sub-Station and Switch Room. This is a Protected Structure. Alterations include: Single Storey Building: the closing up of a doorway, the removal of some modern partition walls and the construction of new partition walls forming toilets. Two Storey Building: widening an existing doorway and creating a new doorway from a window opening, removal of existing staircases and part of the First-Floor Floor to create a double height space, the removal of internal partition walls; the construction of a new lift, raked seating, a new escape staircase and some new internal partitions. The council granted permission on 30 Jul 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 12 Aug 2025. The site is zoned R2 — existing residential under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 86 other decided applications in the last five years and 13 appeals.

Appeal window closes 27 Aug 2025 closed 381 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (30 Jul 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

The demolition of the single storey lean-too roof within the courtyard, replacement windows, localized fabric repairs to walls and roofs, addition of breathable internal wall insulation and alterations to the single and two storey 'Memorial Buildings', two 'bay-window' extensions to the single storey building on the Courtyard side and a single storey extension to the south of the main school buildings for a new ESB Sub-Station and Switch Room. This is a Protected Structure. Alterations include: Single Storey Building: the closing up of a doorway, the removal of some modern partition walls and the construction of new partition walls forming toilets. Two Storey Building: widening an existing doorway and creating a new doorway from a window opening, removal of existing staircases and part of the First-Floor Floor to create a double height space, the removal of internal partition walls; the construction of a new lift, raked seating, a new escape staircase and some new internal partitions.

Status
Final Grant
Decision
Grant permission on 30 Jul 2025
Final grant
9 Sept 2025
Permission expires
8 Sept 2030
Floor area
37 m²
Site (from polygon)
1.10 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 8 Jul 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 12 Aug 2025
  • 30 Jul 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 27 Aug 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    R2 — Existing residential

    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.

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    • NIAH-recorded building · 39
      Loreto Provincialate; Loreto Abbey Lodges; Loreto Abbey
    • 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 118452). 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/67914.

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