Creowen, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow

What’s proposed

proposed development will consist of (1) the decommissioning and removal of existing temporary school accommodation units, (2) the construction of a new 2-storey school building extension with a total gross internal floor area of 5779.4sqm, incorporating classrooms and associated support teaching and tech spaces, offices and meeting rooms, a multi-use hall, and other ancillary accommodation, and to include photovoltaic panels at roof level, (3) minor works and modifications to the layout of existing school building (4) The school grounds, expanded eastward, will provide 4 no. hard surface ball courts, a grass sports pitch, outdoor seating and breakout areas, a sensory garden, a covered tech yard, 92sqm external storage along with refuse store, LPG and ASHP compounds, hard and soft landscaping with footpaths, public lighting and landscaping and all associated boundary treatments (5) The development will also include modifications to the existing site entrance arrangements with new pedestrian accesses and including the construction of a new separate vehicle egress (6) Parking and access arrangements are to include modifications to the car pick -up and bus set down areas, parking provision for 96no. cars, inclusive of 5no. disabled spaces and 10no. electric vehicle charge points, 105no. sheltered cycle stands providing 210no. parking spaces, and 24no. non-sheltered cycle stands providing 48no. parking spaces. (7) Permission is also sought for new foul and surface water drainage system works incorporating SUDS measures, attenuation, rainwater harvesting, culverts to parts of existing drainage ditch and all other associated site and development works