St. Bartholomews Church , Con Colbert St. , Athea.

What’s proposed

the widening of the entrance gates and driveway, construction of a car park to the property at the rear of the church and the construction of a single storey extension, (to include meeting room, office and lobby) to the rear of the existing sacristy. The church is a protected structure

17841 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for the widening of the entrance gates and driveway, construction of a car park to the, received on 8 Sept 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 21 Dec 2017.

Planning details

Reference: 17841
Local authority: Limerick City and County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 8 Sept 2017
Observations close: 13 Oct 2017 (closed 3269 days ago)
Decision due: 6 Jan 2018 · decided 21 Dec 2017
Decision: Conditional on 21 Dec 2017
Proposed development: the widening of the entrance gates and driveway, construction of a car park to the property at the rear of the church and the construction of a single storey extension, (to include meeting room, office and lobby) to the rear of the existing sacristy. The church is a protected structure
As published by the register.
Site area: 4,254 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 401897). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17841/0.

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Provenance

St. Bartholomews Church , Con Colbert St. , Athea.

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 14 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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