RETENTION/PERMISSION : We, The Department of Education and Youth, intend to apply…

RETENTION/PERMISSION : We, The Department of Education and Youth, intend to apply for Planning Permission and Permission for Retention for development at Belmayne Community Special School, Belmayne Avenue, Belmayne, Dublin 13, D13 E2FA. The development will consist of (i) the Retention of three no. existing detached single-storey flat-roofed modular buildings, Block B (78.28 sq. m. floor area), Block C (313.58 sq. m. floor area) & Block F (231.94 sq. m. floor area), previously used for educational purposes, the Permission for which to remain on the site has lapsed, and for their continued use as an educational facility for a new start-up Special School; (ii) the internal reconfiguration and refurbishment of these three retained modular buildings to suit their new occupants, (iii) minor alterations to the existing elevations of the units to facilitate their new layout, including forming new door opes, and amending some existing window opes; (iv) formation of a new car-park area associated with the new Special School to include EV charging infrastructure and a mini-bus drop-off area; (v) provision of a new roofed bicycle shelter structure within the new car-park; (vi) provision of new internal boundary treatments including new mesh metal fences & gates and new timber fences & gates; (vii) formation of a new external Soft Play Area with in-situ Play Equipment and of a new Sensory Garden; and (viii) all associated site development, site services and landscaping works as required to facilitate the proposed development. Note that the existing Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School building, car-park, site entrances and other external facilities will be unaffected by the development proposed herein.