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The development will consist of a new school building: (a) a two storey 38 No. classroom building including general classrooms, engineering, construction & technology studies, multimedia, art, textiles, home economics and science rooms and 3 No. pastoral offices; (b) two storey general purpose element including assembly / dining area administration offices and meeting room at ground floor; staff room, library and music room at first floor; (c) double height multi-use hall, (for school and community use) with associated changing /storage/toilet/ fitness room & ancillary areas at ground floor; (d) Installation of a 333 sq. metre PV Array composed of 208 no. standard 1.6 sq. metre photovoltaic panels, each with an output of 250 watts, to be laid parallel to the pitch on an east facing roof. (e) Site development works including new (i) campus vehicular/ pedestrian & cycle infrastructure, car and bus set-down spaces; (ii) 38 No. standard car parking spaces, 3 No. universally accessible parking spaces and 200 No. cycle parking spaces; (iii) 4 No. outdoor hard play courts; (iv) external store (50 sq.m.) with external covered area (30 sq. m.), ESB substation (23.5 sq. m.) opening onto Grange Abbey Road. The proposed development also includes removal of existing Gaelcholaiste Reachrann temporary accommodation buildings at the rear of Grange Community College and replacement with 3 No. hard play courts; hard & soft landscaping (including boundary treatments, school garden and site attenuation) and associated site development and services works.