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An artist's impression of the new school (Image: Van Dijk Architects)
Planning permission has been granted for a Naas school to be demolished and rebuilt.
St Corban’s Boys National School, which opened in the 1950s, will be replaced with a new premises accommodating 16 classrooms.
Image: Van Dijk Architects
The project has an estimated construction value of around €4m, according to the Building Information Services database.
The new building will have a floor area of nearly 3,000 square metres on an overall site spanning 1.5 hectares.
Kildare Co Council has approved plans to demolish the existing school building and remove all existing temporary school buildings.
A new two-storey school with 16 classrooms will be built and will include three resource rooms, two staff offices, two base classrooms for a special needs unit and a central activities space.
Also in the designs is a new vehicle/pedestrian entrance from Corban’s Lane and Loch Bui areas.
There will also be two ball courts, a junior play area and a soft play area.
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