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Holy Family Junior School and Our Lady of Mercy Senior Primary School, Military Road, Waterford

Granted 1 Apr 2026

Key facts

  • Planning application 2660097 at Holy Family Junior School and Our Lady of Mercy Senior Primary School, Military Road, Waterford: Installation of 3 no. new single-storey school buildings.
  • The applicant is Most Reverend Alphonsus Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. The agent is Sebana Moynagh.
  • It was received by Waterford City and County Council on 17 Feb 2026.
  • Status: Granted 1 Apr 2026.
  • Work started on site on 15 Sep 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Source: the Waterford City and County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Installation of 3 no. new single-storey school buildings

the installation of 3 no. new single-storey school buildings at Holy Family Junior School and Our Lady of Mercy Senior Primary School, Military Road, Waterford. The proposed development includes 1 no. single-storey school building with Special Educational Needs classroom (100m²) and a new fenced soft play area (50m²) to Holy Family Junior School; 1 no. single-storey school building with 3 no. mainstream classrooms (250m²) to Holy Family Junior School; 1 no. single-storey school building with Special Educational Needs classroom (100m²) and a new fenced soft play area (50m²) to Our Lady of Mercy Senior Primary School; new fence and gates proposed to the playground of Our Lady of Mercy Senior Primary School; and all associated site and ancillary works.

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Military Road, Co. Waterford Map
Planning reference
2660097
Applicant
Most Reverend Alphonsus Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
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Numbers and dates

Floor area
550 m²
Project type
Public / civic
Received
17 Feb 2026
Granted
1 Apr 2026
Site start
15 Sep 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted
  3. Site start

Outlook

What happens next

Work started on site on 15 Sep 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2660097 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

Decision recorded; appeal window open and no exact commencement link. Scale reflects the permitted decision record.

4 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-18 · Official file index

Service access

Decision record · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 official inventory date date not stated: permission state decided by the council document(s) Notification of Decision.

What the evidence says
temporary construction entrance at Ozanam Street

Machine-extracted from the official document; automated reviewed for publication.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Exact official wording retained for any downstream trade or planning lens to read without re-extracting the documents.

What is not established
Machine-extracted and automated reviewed; later revisions, conditions, approvals and construction outcomes are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of Decision · p.4
Page 4 · Issued Not stated · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 - Notification of Decision (decision_record); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:400d5b127b72 · Checked 2026-09-18

temporary construction entrance at Ozanam Street

Fencing

Decision record · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 official inventory date date not stated: permission state decided by the council document(s) Notification of Decision.

What the evidence says
new fence and gates

Machine-extracted from the official document; automated reviewed for publication.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Exact official wording retained for any downstream trade or planning lens to read without re-extracting the documents.

What is not established
Machine-extracted and automated reviewed; later revisions, conditions, approvals and construction outcomes are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of Decision · p.1
Page 1 · Issued Not stated · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 - Notification of Decision (decision_record); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:400d5b127b72 · Checked 2026-09-18

new fence and gates

Play areas

Decision record · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 official inventory date date not stated: application scheme as submitted or assessed at that date, evidenced by Drainage and External Standard details, HJS-CDL-ZZ-XX-D-C-14000-Utilities Site Layout, Planners Report; any later dated revision is a separate state.

What the evidence says
50 m²

Machine-extracted from the official document; automated reviewed for publication.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Exact official wording retained for any downstream trade or planning lens to read without re-extracting the documents.

What is not established
Machine-extracted and automated reviewed; later revisions, conditions, approvals and construction outcomes are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Planners Report · p.1
Page 1 · Issued Not stated · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 - Planners Report (planner_report); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:3e0c6ed3d3c0 · Checked 2026-09-18

50m²

Notification of Decision · p.1
Page 1 · Issued Not stated · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 - Notification of Decision (decision_record); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:400d5b127b72 · Checked 2026-09-18

50m²

Site area

Application record · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 official inventory date date not stated: application scheme as submitted or assessed at that date, evidenced by Drainage and External Standard details, HJS-CDL-ZZ-XX-D-C-14000-Utilities Site Layout, Planners Report; any later dated revision is a separate state.

What the evidence says
1.28 ha

Machine-extracted from the official document; automated reviewed for publication.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Exact official wording retained for any downstream trade or planning lens to read without re-extracting the documents.

What is not established
Machine-extracted and automated reviewed; later revisions, conditions, approvals and construction outcomes are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Planners Report · p.1
Page 1 · Issued Not stated · Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 - Planners Report (planner_report); date not stated in the official inventory; retained revision sha256:3e0c6ed3d3c0 · Checked 2026-09-18

1.28 hectares
Remaining document questions
  • Inspect any later revision the authority replaces at the same URL.
  • Link the commencement and completion events when they arrive.

4 retained official PDF revision(s) from the exact Waterford City and County Council 26/60097 file list. Machine extraction reads bounded passages; drawings are not interpreted.

How we know this

From the Waterford City and County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

Site starts

Commencement notices for this permission

  1. 15 Sep 2026Work started · phase 1 · Proposed Single Storey modular building comprising 1no SEN Classrooms with Quiet Space...
  2. 15 Sep 2026Work started · phase 2 · Proposed single storey modular building comprising 1no SEN Classroom with Quiet Space...
  3. 15 Sep 2026Work started · phase 3 · Proposed single storey modular building comprising 3 x classrooms with WCs and ancillary...

A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.

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