Planning application · Offaly County Council

DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 6.2 HECTARES AT COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN…

COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN KILMALOGUE , PORTARLINGTON , CO. OFFALY R32 HV25

24100 · OffalyGranted
Reference
24100
Planning authority
Offaly County Council
Received
29 Jul 2024
Decided
20 Sept 2024
Status
Granted
Site area
6.2 ha

Proposed development

DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 6.2 HECTARES AT COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN, KILMALOGUE, PORTARLINGTON, CO. OFFALY, R32 HV25. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: (i) DEMOLITION/REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND REMOVAL OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, (ii) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PERMANENT PART 3-STOREY, PART 2-STOREY POST PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN, PORTARLINGTON (12,646.3 SQ.M FLOOR AREA) WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SIGNAGE. THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE NEW SCHOOL COMPRISE (a) 48 GENERAL CLASSROOMS, 24 SPECIALIST TEACHING ROOMS WITH ASSOCIATED PREPARATION ROOMS, 4 SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOMS WITHIN A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS SUITE, DOUBLE HEIGHT MP HALL AND ASSOCIATED PE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, LIBRARY, STAFFROOM, ADMINISTRATION ROOMS, TOILETS, STORES AND GENERAL ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND A DOUBLE HEIGHT GENERAL PURPOSE HALL WITH ASSOCIATED KITCHEN AND STORE. (iii) EXTERNAL COVERED AREA, EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION STUDIES STORE, BIN STORE, AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP COMPOUND AND ESB SUBSTATION (iv) SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING REVISIONS TO VEHICULAR/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE CAR PARKING AND SET-DOWN SPACES INCLUDING 104 NO. STANDARD CAR PARKING SPACES FOR STAFF/VISITORS, 6 NO. UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, 120 NO. CYCLE PARKING SPACES, TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT VEHICULAR ACCESS AND CYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONTO BOG ROAD; (iv) 7 NO. HARD PLAY/MUGA COURTS (v) ROOF MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPING, RESOURCE AREAS, ACTIVITY COURTYARDS, SEN GARDEN/PLAY SPACES, A GRASS PITCH, ASSOCIATED SITE AND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS. FOLLOWING A REQUIREMENT OF OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL, A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION.

What happens next

Permission was granted on 20 Sept 2024. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

For the applicant

Is this your application?

Sign in to follow it through the Offaly planning process, get told when the decision lands, and see which builders and trades are working on similar projects near you. It is free and takes an email address.

Follow this applicationNo cold calls. Nothing is shared unless you choose to.

Nearby applications

Other applications on the Offaly register close to this address.

All Offaly planning applications

About this page: the facts above come from the statutory public planning register kept by Offaly County Council and are refreshed weekly (last updated 6 Jul 2026). Applicant names and contact details are not shown. Status labels are PlanningLeads' plain-language reading of the register status and the "Use" label is classified by AI from the public description (see how we use AI); neither is legal advice and the council's file is the record. How we handle this data: privacy notice.

Remove my application from this page

If this is your application and you would rather it did not appear here, tell us and we will take the page down. No account, no questions asked. This is your right to object under GDPR Article 21.