KILDARE: Clongowes College gets green light for new arts building

Kildare County Council has granted planning permission to Clongowes Wood College to demolish a single storey '1966' building to make way for the construction of a new arts building in two phases over a ten-year period.

Phase 1 consists of a two-storey building with accommodation for a double-height multi-purpose music and drama rehearsal space, two classrooms, music tuition and/or practice rooms and a multi-media and/or recording studio.

The designs include provisions for storage, and services accommodation with ground and first floor connection to the existing cottage via the recently constructed infirmary lift extension.

Phase 2 consists of a single-storey and double-height theatre building with auditoria, back stage dressing room facilities.

An entrance/reception area and services accommodation area are also in the plans.

The development also consists of courtyard landscape works together with all associated and ancillary site development works that includes foul drainage connection to existing mains, surface water drainage, attenuation and soakaways.