Loreto Secondary School, Granges Road James Park, Kilkenny
Planning application 2560540
DecisionConditional grant
Decided20 February 2026
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 21155Permission for development. The development will consist of the phased demolition of the existing school and associated outbuildings and the construction of a new 2-storey 24-classroom school building with a total floor area of 4,334 sqm and incorporating a general purpose hall, a single storey special needs unit, library, staff rooms and all ancillary accommodation. The building will also include photovoltaic panels on roof to rear. Works to the new school ground will consist of the provision of senior and junior ball courts, play areas, sensory play shed and garden and associated hard and soft landscaping throughout. The development will also include new vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements to incorporate new entrances, gates and boundary treatments on the Granges Road and also include the relocation of existing pedestrian access gate on northern boundary, internal drop-off and pick-up areas for both cars and buses, a shared footpath and cycle lane, the provision of 40 no. car parking spaces (including 2 no. disabled parking spaces), 50 no. bicycle stands and the retention of access to the existing community hall to the rear of the school via new pedestrian and vehicular accesses on the site's eastern boundary. To allow for the phased construction of the new school, permission is also sought for temporary school accommodation, 910 sqm in area, a temporary construction access from the Freshford Road and all other associated drainage, site and development works, including the reinstatement of the existing pedestrian access from Freshford Road upon completion of construction / 0.1 km away / 30 June 2021Granted
- 17539For the following: 1. Retention permission is sought for alterations to previously granted planning permission ref no.03990056 to include elevational and internal modifications. 2. Planning permission is sought for single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling. 3. Internal and external modifications and all associated site development works. / 0.1 km away / 09 October 2017Granted
- 18595To retain the right side single storey garage and home office structure and left side single storey storage/utility structure attached to original dwelling. The property falls within St. Canice's Conservation Area / 0.2 km away / 31 October 2018Granted
- 1792For the provision of a new vehicular residential entrance and a set of residential entrance gates from Loreto Park, Kilkenny City, to property at No. 15 Bishop's Hill, Kilkenny City. The development will consist of the removal of two car parking spaces and provision of one new car parking space, realignment of grassed verges, provision of a new 3m wide entrance through a rubble stone wall, and the reduction in height of part of the stone wall to 1.1m. The parent permission for the Loreto Park development is P.71/88. The site is located within the St. Canice's Architectural Conservation Area as indicated in Kilkenny Borough Council Development Plan / 0.2 km away / 25 July 2017Granted
- 22460For development. The development will consist of modifications to the permission granted under application register reference 21/155 which approved the redevelopment of the school. The modifications proposed to the approved scheme comprise revisions to incorporate 5 no. heat pumps in an enclosure measuring 11.86m x 3.3m and 1 no. LPG tank in an enclosure measuring 4.95m x 2.94m, and all their associated site development works / 0.2 km away / 24 October 2022Granted
- 1946For the provision of a new vehicular residential entrance and a set of residential entrance gates from Loreto Park, Kilkenny City to his property. The development will consist of the realignment of grassed verges, provision of a new 3m wide entrance through a rubble stone wall. Permission is also sought for permanently closing up the existing garage door to Bishop's Hill and the construction of a new low-level planter to the front of same. The parent permission for the Loreto Park development is P.71/88. The site is located within the St Canice's Architectural Conservation Area as indicated in Kilkenny Borough Council Development Plan. / 0.2 km away / 09 July 2019Granted
- 2465Of Planning Permission Reference P19/769 / 0.2 km away / 15 July 2024Granted
- 19769To demolish part of existing front garden wall and convert area into vehicular entrance/driveway along with all associated site and ancillary works / 0.2 km away / 10 January 2020Granted