Permission granted... again... for long-awaited SETU engineering building
Planning permission has been again granted for an engineering building at SETU.
A planning application, which was submitted in September for the long-awaited engineering building at South East Technological University (SETU), has been granted conditional permission.
This application is almost identical to a previous application, which was submitted and granted back in 2019.
The plans, which were approved last week, consist of a third-level educational building comprising of engineering, computing and general teaching facilities of a floor area of 12,899sqm, the same as what was in the original application from 2019.
The plan also contains provision for 360 cycle spaces, an increase of 66 spaces from 2019. Two new disabled access parking bays are also approved.
The building itself consists of a five-storey over lower ground floor building, together with a roof top plant and architectural screening.
Internally, the building will incorporate a central atrium and provide general teaching spaces, including lecture theatres, laboratories, workshops, studio spaces and administration.
The application includes the removal of an existing campus service road.
The application site is located within the SETU Waterford Campus, which is generally bounded by Paddy Browne's Road on the west and the Cork Road to the south.
The decision was granted by Waterford City and County Council subject to 12 conditions.
Condition 11 outlines that construction activity shall be limited to the hours of 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 7am to 1pm on Saturdays.
Plans for the development of the engineering building go back as far as 2007. In 2009 the development was progressed with outline planning permission granted. However, the project was cancelled in 2011.
A planning application for the building was granted permission in 2019. No building works have commenced at the site since this planning application was granted.
The site on the Cork Road remains vacant.
