Sligo secondary school applies for planning for extension to be built on its hockey field

By Philip Rooney, The Sligo Champion

A planning application has been lodged with Sligo County Council on behalf of the board of management of the Mercy College, Chapel Hill, seeking permission for the construction of a new extension to the school.

The extension, which it is planned will be constructed on the site of the existing hockey field will be part one-storey and part two-storey and will be connected to the existing school building via a one-storey link.

The extension will comprise of a number of classrooms including a special education needs unit, engineering room, textiles room, science laboratories, art/craft room and staff tuition rooms. The plans for the extension also include a staff office, sanitary accommodation, ancillary rooms, plant and stores.

It is also proposed that minor works be carried out to the existing building to facilitate the new extension to include facade and layout changes in the vicinity of the link to the new extension. The works will include the provision of landscaped courtyard spaces adjoining the new extension, amendments to the existing road and landscape layouts to support the new extension, a new pedestrian site entrance adjacent to the existing vehicular entrance, six additional car parking spaces and 30 covered bicycle parking spaces and all ancillary works

It is expected a decision will be made by Sligo County Council by October 15.