Blessington Community College Naas Rd , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
- 2 Oct 2023Received
- 14 May 2024Conditional
- 18 Jun 2024Final grant
- 17 Jun 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 14 May 2024
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.96 ha
What’s proposed
demolition of the existing school buildings and the removal of existing prefabricated temporary accommodation on the site, the construction of a new 3 storey 1,000 pupil post-primary school comprising teaching spaces, ancillary spaces, physical education hall facility, special education needs suite, general purpose hall, social areas, library, administration areas, toilet and changing facilities, external stores, and associated ancillary accommodation with a total internal area of circa. 10,802m², the reconfiguration of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance to the site and all associated site works including bicycle parking, car parking and set down areas, open spaces/landscaping, boundary treatments, plant, bin stores, site services and connections to facilitate the development
2360317 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for demolition of the existing school buildings and the removal of existing prefabricated, received on 2 Oct 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 14 May 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360317
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 2 Oct 2023
- Observations close
- 6 Nov 2023 (closed 1044 days ago)
- Decision due
- 16 May 2024 · decided 14 May 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 14 May 2024
- Proposed development
- demolition of the existing school buildings and the removal of existing prefabricated temporary accommodation on the site, the construction of a new 3 storey 1,000 pupil post-primary school comprising teaching spaces, ancillary spaces, physical education hall facility, special education needs suite, general purpose hall, social areas, library, administration areas, toilet and changing facilities, external stores, and associated ancillary accommodation with a total internal area of circa. 10,802m², the reconfiguration of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance to the site and all associated site works including bicycle parking, car parking and set down areas, open spaces/landscaping, boundary treatments, plant, bin stores, site services and connections to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.96 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.17044, -6.53905
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 161845). 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360317/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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