Lower Main Street , Hospital , Co. Limerick

What’s proposed

the change of use of an existing retail space to residential and associated site works. This space is to be incorporated into the existing living quarters associated with the retail unit and used as a single dwelling. Permission for retention is also being sought for retention of the construction of rear extensions at ground and first floor level for use as part of a single dwelling and associated site works

20838 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for the change of use of an existing retail space to residential and associated site works., received on 28 Aug 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 21 Oct 2020.

Planning details

Reference: 20838
Local authority: Limerick City and County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 28 Aug 2020
Observations close: 2 Oct 2020 (closed 2185 days ago)
Decision due: 22 Oct 2020 · decided 21 Oct 2020
Decision: Conditional on 21 Oct 2020
Proposed development: the change of use of an existing retail space to residential and associated site works. This space is to be incorporated into the existing living quarters associated with the retail unit and used as a single dwelling. Permission for retention is also being sought for retention of the construction of rear extensions at ground and first floor level for use as part of a single dwelling and associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 443 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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Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 403708). 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/20838/0.

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