Meánscoil San Nioclás' major extension
Meánscoil San Nioclás have submitted planning permission for a major extension to the school. Stock photo via iStock.
The latest planning applications in Waterford show that Meánscoil San Nioclás is planning to build a significant extension to the all-Irish secondary school, adding three additional specialised classrooms to the school.
The Dungarvan meánscoil has applied for planning permission to Waterford City and County Council for the extension, which will include a series of purpose-built classrooms for practical subjects, including a Home Economics Room, a Construction Studies room, and a new Science Laboratory.
Enabling rooms and storage facilities for each classroom will be built too. As part of the works, a new pedestrian and vehicular gated entrance will be built and an access road to the new extension will be added to the property. The new classrooms will be wheelchair accessible via a ramp to the new wing and an additional nine car parking spaces will be constructed.
The planning application was made by the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board on behalf of Meánscoil San Nioclás and, if approved, the construction would extend the school's considerable existing teaching facilities.
Power Capital Renewable Energy has written to Waterford City and County Council requesting approval for the expansion of an existing planning permission for a large solar panel in Killadangan, on the outskirts of Dungarvan.
Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE) first submitted planning permission for a solar panel farm and battery story development in 2017. The company are currently seeking to extend the existing plant to hold an additional 48 energy storage systems. The requested Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) would allow the company to store power generated by their solar panels to be added to the national energy grid at periods of high demand.
The batteries would also allow PCRE to draw power from the grid at low usage times and to resell the power to the grid at higher usage times. This, the company said in their application, "[ensures] power generated is harvested and not lost".
To enable the function of the additional energy capacity, PCRE are seeking to construct two-metre high security fencing around the development and to have a 24/7 security team monitoring the property via CCTV cameras on four-metre high security poles around the property.
PCRE is a large international solar energy development company, which began operating in Ireland in 2011 and operates in countries across Europe, and is working on "delivering green energy at the most competitive cost", while "aiming to be a major player in the Irish sector."
