Loreto High School Beaufort Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14E521
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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.
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 2025New applicationObservation window closed 12 Aug 2025
- 30 Jul 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 27 Aug 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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 · 39
- Radon risk area · 1
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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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