Castlepollard Community College, Kinturk Demesne, Castlepollard
- 26 Apr 2023Received
- 29 Jan 2024Conditional
- 5 Mar 2024Final grant
- 4 Mar 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 29 Jan 2024
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.24 ha
What’s proposed
demolition of an extension to the main school building (148 sq.m); removal of temporary prefabricated classrooms (510 sq.m), temporary dining hall (126 sq.m) and sheds (44 sq.m); refurbishment of the main school building (1769 sq.m); construction of 2 no. 2-3 storey extensions (4843 sq.m) to contain general and specialist classrooms, a special education needs (SEN) unit, PE hall, general purpose hall, offices, staff room, library, social spaces, sanitary facilities and ancillary spaces, including solar photovoltaic panels at roof level; removal of the existing play area and construction of 2 no. multi-use games areas; provision of a landscaped courtyard area, amphitheatre and SEN play area; reconfiguration of the existing staff and visitor car parking (58 no. spaces) area to provide a total of 61 no. staff parking spaces including 12 no. electric vehicle charging spaces and 5 no. accessible parking spaces; provision of 28 no. sheltered and 8 no. non-sheltered bicycle parking spaces; improvements to the existing bus drop off area and provision of a new car drop-off area with 2 no. new vehicular entry/exit points along the Mullingar Road; provision of general landscaping, upgraded boundary treatments, retaining walls, associated drainage, attenuation and other site services including an ESB substation and electrical switch room (24 sq.m) and external bin areas; and all related site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application
2360103 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for demolition of an extension to the main school building (148 sq.m); removal of temporary, received on 26 Apr 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 29 Jan 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360103
- Local authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 26 Apr 2023
- Observations close
- 31 May 2023 (closed 1219 days ago)
- Decision due
- 30 Jan 2024 · decided 29 Jan 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 29 Jan 2024
- Proposed development
- demolition of an extension to the main school building (148 sq.m); removal of temporary prefabricated classrooms (510 sq.m), temporary dining hall (126 sq.m) and sheds (44 sq.m); refurbishment of the main school building (1769 sq.m); construction of 2 no. 2-3 storey extensions (4843 sq.m) to contain general and specialist classrooms, a special education needs (SEN) unit, PE hall, general purpose hall, offices, staff room, library, social spaces, sanitary facilities and ancillary spaces, including solar photovoltaic panels at roof level; removal of the existing play area and construction of 2 no. multi-use games areas; provision of a landscaped courtyard area, amphitheatre and SEN play area; reconfiguration of the existing staff and visitor car parking (58 no. spaces) area to provide a total of 61 no. staff parking spaces including 12 no. electric vehicle charging spaces and 5 no. accessible parking spaces; provision of 28 no. sheltered and 8 no. non-sheltered bicycle parking spaces; improvements to the existing bus drop off area and provision of a new car drop-off area with 2 no. new vehicular entry/exit points along the Mullingar Road; provision of general landscaping, upgraded boundary treatments, retaining walls, associated drainage, attenuation and other site services including an ESB substation and electrical switch room (24 sq.m) and external bin areas; and all related site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.24 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 5 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
Homes nearby
- For saleRoseville, Mullingar Road, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 AH97
- For sale9 Derravaragh Mews, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 W4A4
- For sale7 Water Street, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 F2N2
- For sale6 Old Glenview, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 TP48
- For sale17 Old Glenview, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 VF10
- For saleChurch Street, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- For sale12 Kingscourt, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 W832
- For saleWater Lane, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 HT38
- For saleKingscourt, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- For sale26 Lir Park, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 A4V9
- Withdrawn16 Derravaragh Court, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 V6T8
- Withdrawn22 Cionn Torc, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, N91 C5Y3
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
Community, Educational & Institutional: Protect, provide and improve community, civic and educational facilities and to preserve the open character of institutional lands and the setting of heritage buildings contained within such lands.
Reserved for third-level education institutions.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 12
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03 (store id 491754). 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/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360103/0.
Source: npad · fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
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