Green light for €16m school on Naas Road in Blessington
1,000-pupil facility on Kildare / Wicklow border
The green light has been given for a major school on the Kildare/Wicklow border, in a €16m project.
Wicklow County Council has granted planning permission to Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board (Kwetb) for the 1,000 pupil facility.
School buildings and prefabs on the site of the existing Blessington Community College on the Naas Road in Blessington will be demolished to make way for the new development.
The new three-storey, 19-classroom school will comprise teaching spaces, ancillary spaces, a PE hall, a Special Education Needs suite.
Also in the designs is a general purpose hall, social areas, a library, administration areas, toilets and changing facilities.
The total gross area of the development is over i 10,000 square metres and the overall site area is four hectares.
Bicycle parking, car parking, set down areas and landscaping are all part of the plans.
Plans for the project were originally lodged with Wicklow County Council in October last year.