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Limerick City and County Council · 17997

Dublin Road , Newcastle , Castletroy Limerick.

  1. 27 Oct 2017Received
  2. 21 Dec 2017Refused
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Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Refused · 21 Dec 2017
Council
Limerick City and County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.75 ha
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What’s proposed

the construction of a new replacement mono-pitched Licenced Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure (all totalling 2,563 sqm Gross Floor Area and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) at a location to the rear of the current Lidl Foodstore, comprising: A retail sales area with ancillary off-license use and bakery (total Net Retail Sales Area of 1,421 sqm), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. Lobby, office, meeting room, canteen, showers and toilets), storage (incl. cold storage), plant room and delivery area (all totalling 2,521 sqm Gross floor area); Corporate signage consisting of 2 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 1 no. free standing internally totem pole sign at entrance, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. wall mounted externally illuminated information display board; and 1 no. Trolley bay covered structure (42 sqm gross floor area). Extension of the ground floor of the existing Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore into the existing trolley bay area and construction of a new first-floor mezzanine with internal stairs connecting from ground floor (increasing the overall gross floor area of the building from 1,460 sqm to 1,933 sqm), provision of additional glazing along the south elevation (existing trolley bay area), provision of 3 no. additional fire exits with the existing eastern elevation. Change of use of the existing Lidl Foodstore building from a Licensed Discount Foodstore to a Leisure Centre, the subdivision of the building into 2 no. Leisure centre units (Unit A 1,458 sqm and Unit B of 474.5 sqm) and the provision of new glazed entrances and associated signage to both Leisure Centre Unit A and Unit B. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access is to be maintained via the existing enhanced Dublin Road access, while an additional dedicated pedestrian access is to be provided from the Dublin Road. A revised car parking layout to serve the overall development is proposed totalling 271 no. surface car parking spaces (comprising of 14 no. disabled, 6 no. parent and child and 251 no. regular), 14 no. motorcycle and 75 no. bicycle parking spaces, with associated boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (incl. 1 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level

17997 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for the construction of a new replacement mono-pitched Licenced Discount Foodstore with, received on 27 Oct 2017; permission was refused on 21 Dec 2017.

Planning details

Reference
17997
Local authority
Limerick City and County Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
27 Oct 2017
Observations close
1 Dec 2017 (closed 3218 days ago)
Decision due
21 Dec 2017 · decided 21 Dec 2017
Decision
Refused on 21 Dec 2017
Proposed development
the construction of a new replacement mono-pitched Licenced Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure (all totalling 2,563 sqm Gross Floor Area and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) at a location to the rear of the current Lidl Foodstore, comprising: A retail sales area with ancillary off-license use and bakery (total Net Retail Sales Area of 1,421 sqm), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. Lobby, office, meeting room, canteen, showers and toilets), storage (incl. cold storage), plant room and delivery area (all totalling 2,521 sqm Gross floor area); Corporate signage consisting of 2 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 1 no. free standing internally totem pole sign at entrance, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. wall mounted externally illuminated information display board; and 1 no. Trolley bay covered structure (42 sqm gross floor area). Extension of the ground floor of the existing Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore into the existing trolley bay area and construction of a new first-floor mezzanine with internal stairs connecting from ground floor (increasing the overall gross floor area of the building from 1,460 sqm to 1,933 sqm), provision of additional glazing along the south elevation (existing trolley bay area), provision of 3 no. additional fire exits with the existing eastern elevation. Change of use of the existing Lidl Foodstore building from a Licensed Discount Foodstore to a Leisure Centre, the subdivision of the building into 2 no. Leisure centre units (Unit A 1,458 sqm and Unit B of 474.5 sqm) and the provision of new glazed entrances and associated signage to both Leisure Centre Unit A and Unit B. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access is to be maintained via the existing enhanced Dublin Road access, while an additional dedicated pedestrian access is to be provided from the Dublin Road. A revised car parking layout to serve the overall development is proposed totalling 271 no. surface car parking spaces (comprising of 14 no. disabled, 6 no. parent and child and 251 no. regular), 14 no. motorcycle and 75 no. bicycle parking spaces, with associated boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (incl. 1 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level
As published by the register.
Site area
1.75 ha 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

The register records appeal 300803-18 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 409030). 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/17997/0.

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