Limerick City and County Council · 217049
Bishop's Quay, Lower Cecil Street & Henry Street, Limerick
Approved in Feb 2022.
- 22 Dec 2021Received
- 24 Feb 2022Conditional
- 17 Jun 2027Approval runs out
Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 201050 (2021), 20195 (2020)
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 24 Feb 2022
- Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Site
- 4,092 m²
What’s proposed
extension of duration for 16/800 for demolition of the former ESB premises, demolition of rear annex, circa 1868, and demolition of 20thcentury staircase additions to No. 104 Henry St., known as ‘The Bishop’s Palace’. Change of use of No. 104 Henry Street, known as ‘The Bishop’s Palace,’ from commercial use to residential use to provide 7 no. apartments, and all ancillary development works, including refurbishment and restoration of the building, change of use of the 2-storey over basement building on Henry Street known as ‘The Coach House’ from commercial use to café/restaurant use and all ancillary development works, including refurbishment and restoration of the building. Construction of a commercial building comprising 15-storeys over 2 basement levels fronting Lower Cecil Street and Bishop’s Quay, and comprising 4-storeys fronting Henry Street, to provide 14,325sq.m. approx. of office floor space overall and 2 no. café/restaurant units. Construction of a residential building comprising 7-storeys over 2-basement levels fronting Bishop’s Quay to provide 35 no. apartments. Replacement of an existing surface car-park to the front of No. 104 Henry Street with a new public plaza; and public footpath upgrade works along Bishop’s Quay, Lower Cecil Street and Henry Street. Vehicular access serving the development via a proposed entrance point on Lower Cecil Street. Car parking spaces at ground floor level (Level 0) and 2 basement levels (Level -1 & Level -2). Cycle parking spaces. Communal and private open space to include a roof garden and gym pavilion to the residential building, a landscaped courtyard at podium level (Level 1) linking the new residential block with No. 104 Henry Street, and balconies. Removal of existing sub-station and provision of new sub-station within the development fronting Lower Cecil Street. The development will also include surface water attenuation tanks, general plant, storage areas, shower facilities and refuse management zones at basement level; signage; diversion of underground services; set-down areas; and all related site development and excavation works above and below ground all on a site of 0.4ha approx
Planning details
- Reference
- 217049
- Local authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 22 Dec 2021
- Observations close
- 4 Feb 2022 (closed 1708 days ago)
- Decision due
- 24 Feb 2022 · decided 24 Feb 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 24 Feb 2022
- Proposed development
- extension of duration for 16/800 for demolition of the former ESB premises, demolition of rear annex, circa 1868, and demolition of 20thcentury staircase additions to No. 104 Henry St., known as ‘The Bishop’s Palace’. Change of use of No. 104 Henry Street, known as ‘The Bishop’s Palace,’ from commercial use to residential use to provide 7 no. apartments, and all ancillary development works, including refurbishment and restoration of the building, change of use of the 2-storey over basement building on Henry Street known as ‘The Coach House’ from commercial use to café/restaurant use and all ancillary development works, including refurbishment and restoration of the building. Construction of a commercial building comprising 15-storeys over 2 basement levels fronting Lower Cecil Street and Bishop’s Quay, and comprising 4-storeys fronting Henry Street, to provide 14,325sq.m. approx. of office floor space overall and 2 no. café/restaurant units. Construction of a residential building comprising 7-storeys over 2-basement levels fronting Bishop’s Quay to provide 35 no. apartments. Replacement of an existing surface car-park to the front of No. 104 Henry Street with a new public plaza; and public footpath upgrade works along Bishop’s Quay, Lower Cecil Street and Henry Street. Vehicular access serving the development via a proposed entrance point on Lower Cecil Street. Car parking spaces at ground floor level (Level 0) and 2 basement levels (Level -1 & Level -2). Cycle parking spaces. Communal and private open space to include a roof garden and gym pavilion to the residential building, a landscaped courtyard at podium level (Level 1) linking the new residential block with No. 104 Henry Street, and balconies. Removal of existing sub-station and provision of new sub-station within the development fronting Lower Cecil Street. The development will also include surface water attenuation tanks, general plant, storage areas, shower facilities and refuse management zones at basement level; signage; diversion of underground services; set-down areas; and all related site development and excavation works above and below ground all on a site of 0.4ha approxAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 4,092 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 165 · 500 m · 5 years
- OpenNo. 4 Bedford Row No. 5 Bedford Row No. 6 Bedford Row & , No. 7 Bedford Row/Henry Street No. 8 Henry Street and No. 9 Henry Street , Limerick.
- Open17-19 Patrick St. , Limerick
- OpenCorner of 19 Henry Street / Lower Glentworth Street , Limerick
- OpenQuimper Square , Cruises Street , Limerick.
- OpenAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- OpenWindmill Street and , Cogan Street , Limerick.
- OpenNo.10 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted5 Quinlan Street , Limerick
Show all 165
- OpenLady's Lane and Hunts Lane , Off Dominick Street , Limerick
- GrantedExisting single-storey rear extension to Former Debenhams/ Roches Stores building , Sarsfield St. , Limerick
- GrantedThe Mews a lane off Mallow Street , To the rear of no. 3 and 4 Mallow Street , Limerick
- OpenShannon Rowing Club , Sarsfield Bridge , Limerick
- Open1-3 The Crescent O'Connell Street , and rear extension to 1 The Crescent (unit 1A Hartstonge Street) , Limerick
- Granted129/130 O'Connell Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Open50 Roches Street , Limerick
- Open16 Thomas St. , Limerick.
- Granted58 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedMews Building , No. 3 Upper Hartstonge St , Limerick
- Granted434445 and the basement of 46 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn16 Thomas St. , Limerick.
- Granted28 Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn52 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- GrantedSteamboat Quay , Mountkennet , Limerick.
- GrantedBlack Swan , 21 Davis Street , Limerick
- Open37-39 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- WithdrawnClayton Hotel , Steamboat Quay , Mountkennet Limerick.
- Granted48 - 50 Parnell Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- Refused1515a1616a Davis Street , Limerick
- GrantedArdlui , Clancy's Strand , Limerick
- Granted91 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted18 Strandville Gardens , O'Callaghan Strand , Limerick
- Appeal decided23 Sarsfield Street , Limerick
- Granted34-41 Catherine St. , Limerick
- Appeal decidedWhitewater Boutique , Denmark Street , Limerick.
- Granted57 O' Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted42 Catherine Street , Limerick
- Granted12 Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Granted22 Barrington Street , Limerick
- RefusedNo. 32 Roches Street , Limerick
- GrantedAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- Granted7 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick
- Granted49 O’Connell St , Limerick
- Granted11 Glentworth Street & 11 Glentworth Mews , Limerick.
- Granted111-112 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedThe Former Limerick Gasworks Site , Dock Road , Limerick.
- Commenced30 Strandville Gardens , O Callaghan Strand , Limerick
- Granted30 & 31 Thomas Street , Limerick
- Granted434445 and the basement of 46 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Granted47 - 50 Parnell Street , Limerick
- WithdrawnAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- Granted34 O'Connell Street & 57 Roches St , O'Connell / Roches St , Limerick City
- WithdrawnNo. 32 Roches Street , Limerick
- Granted2 Quinlan Street , Limerick
- Granted17 Shannon St , Limerick , Limerick
- GrantedArdlui , Clancy's Strand , Limerick
- GrantedSt Saviours Roman Catholic Church , Baker Place Dominick St. , Limerick
- GrantedNo.21 Rosehill , O'Callaghan Strand , Limerick City.
- Granted134 135 & 136 O'Connell Street , Limerick.
- Granted54 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedLimerick Youth Service , 5 Lr. Glentworth St , Limerick
- GrantedSaint Rira 19 Lower Hartstonge Street. , Limerick
- Withdrawn69 Catherine Street , Limerick.
- GrantedCosta Coffee , 25 Cruise's Street , Limerick
- Appeal decidedCorner of Thomas Street & Anne Street , 15 Anne Street & Ersons Lane , Limerick
- GrantedSteamboat Quay , Dock Road , Limerick
- Commenced6 William St. , Limerick
- Granted66 O'Connell Street , Daly's Lane , Limerick.
- GrantedRiverpoint Bishops Quay , Limerick City Center , Limerick
- Commenced1BQ , Bishops Quay Cecil St. & Henry St. , Limerick
- OpenBlock A Riverpoint , The Bishops Quay , Limerick
- Granted43 Thomas Street , Limerick.
- Granted49 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- Granted58 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedThe Coach House , Henry St. , Limerick
- Withdrawn7 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Refused78 O'Connell Street , Limerick City , Co Limerick
- Appeal decidedSacre Coeur , Clancy's Strand , Limerick
- CommencedThe Pier Hotel , Junction of Sarsfield Street & Harvey's Quay , Limerick.
- Granted4 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick.
- Granted49 , O'Connell Street , Limerick City
- Granted13 William Street , Limerick.
- RefusedThe Squire McGuires Bar , Lower Cecil Street , Limerick.
- GrantedHook & Ladder , 7 Sarsfield Street & Henry Street , Limerick.
- Withdrawn21 Rosehill , O'Callaghan Strand , Limerick City.
- Granted6 Pery Square , Limerick.
- WithdrawnFlannerys Bar , 20 Catherine Street , Limerick
- GrantedMews Coach House , 11 The Crescent , Limerick
- Withdrawn9 Strandville Gardens , O'Callaghans Strand , Limerick
- Refused90 O'Connell Street & 90 O'Connell Street Mews , Theatre Lane , Limerick
- Granted18 , Barrington Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 66 , O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Commenced10 O'Connell St. , and 2 William St. , Limerick
- Granted16 Mallow Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- Granted31 and 32 Cecil Street , Limerick City , County Limerick
- Commenced121 O'Connell Street , Limerick , V94 K449
- Commenced40 Cecil Street , Limerick , V94R662
- Commenced39 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn16 Mallow Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- Granted1st Floor Park Manor , Mallow Street , Limerick
- Granted46 , Cecil Street , Limerick
- GrantedMews to the rear of , 24 Thomas Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn16 Mallow Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- Commenced1 Pery Street , Limerick City , Limerick City
- CommencedApartment 2 5 Crescent Villas , Quinlan Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 14 The Mews , Catherine Street , Limerick
- WithdrawnMia Cafe , Ground Floor Unit , Corner of Harvey's Quay & Bedford Row
- Granted34-41 Catherine St. , Limerick , Co. Limerick
- Granted4 Lower Cecil Street , Lower Cecil Street , Limerick
- Granted95 O'Connell Street , Co. Limerick , Ireland
- GrantedCill Cais , Clanmaurice Avenue , North Circular Road Limerick
- GrantedArdlui , Clancy's Strand , Limerick
- RefusedFoxes Bow , Limerick
- Granted84 O'Connell Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Granted18 Watt's Lane Catherine Place/18 The Mews Pery Sq. , Limerick.
- Appeal decidedUNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK CITY CENTRE CAMPUS (Former Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre) , SARSFIELD STREET , LIMERICK
- Appeal decidedMechanics Institute , Hartstonge Street , Limerick
- Appeal decidedNo. 1–4 James Street and 6 and 7 Upper Mallow Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- GrantedCRUISES STREET CARPARK , DENMARK STREET , LIMERICK
- Granted3 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick , Limerick
- GrantedUnit 4 Steamboat Quay , Dock Road , Limerick
- GrantedThe Former Debenhams Store , 134-135 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 5 Reeve's Path , Mallow Street Upper , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 24 , Sarsfield Street , Limerick
- Commenced21 & 21A Barringon Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Granted10 Rosehill , O'Callaghan Strand , Limerick
- CommencedNo. 3 Bedford Row , Limerick City , Limerick City
- Appeal decided5 James Street , Mallow Street Upper , Limerick
- Appeal decided3-5 Barrington Street , Limerick
- Granted58 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted33 & 34 Thomas Street , Limerick
- Granted94 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted51 Thomas Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 3 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick
- CommencedCill Cais , Clanmaurice Avenue , North Circular Road
- Granted90 O'Connell Street Mews , Theatre Lane , Limerick
- Appeal decidedMcEnery's Shop and Railway Hotel , Parnell Street and Davis Street , Limerick
- Appeal decided31 & 32 Cecil Street , (Protected Structure) , Corner of Catherine Street
- GrantedStrand Hotel Limerick , Ennis Road , Limerick.
- GrantedDooradoyle to Limerick City - from east of Ballykeefe roundabout to Bishops quay via South Circular Road , Henry Street and Mill Lane
- Granted28 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- CommencedMezzanine Level Riverpoint , Bishop's Quay/Lower Mallow St. , Limerick.
- GrantedWindmill Street and Cogan Street , Limerick
- Granted5 The Crescent , Limerick
- Commenced90 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted5 Newenham Street , Limerick City
- Granted31 Roches Street , Limerick
- GrantedUnit 2 Ground Floor , Theatre Court , Lower Mallow Street Limerick
- Withdrawn90 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo.15 Barrington Street , Schoolhouse Lane , Little Barrington Street Limerick
- Commenced11 & 12 Bedford Row , Limerick
- Granted5 The Crescent , Limerick
- Commenced23 Glentworth Street , Co. Limerick
- Granted40 41 42 O'Connell Street/1 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Commenced6 Davis Street , Limerick
- Refused43 Thomas Street , Limerick
- GrantedBishop's Quay , Lower Cecil Street & Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedBishop's Quay , Lower Cecil Street & Henry Street , Limerick
- Granted109/110 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted'Lissadell House' , 8 Catherine Place , Limerick.
- Granted48-50 Parnell Street , Limerick
- Granted36 Cruises Street , Limerick
- Commenced64 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- RefusedCorner of Anne Street & 42 Thomas Street , Limerick
- WithdrawnNo. 7 Cecil Street & Rear of 6 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Granted37 Windmill Street , Limerick
Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 102, Riverpoint, Bishops Quay, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 V209
- For saleApartment 410, Riverpoint, Bishops Quay, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 RX68
- For sale13 Bridgewater Court, Harvey Quay, Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 PX23
- For sale401 Mount Kennett House, Dock Road, Limerick, V94 K7F8
- For saleApartment 609, Mount Kennett Apartments, Mount Kennett Place, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 FW77
- For saleApartment 102, Kennett House Apartments, Mount Kennett Place, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 CT80
- For saleApartment 314, Richmond Court, Mount Kennett Place, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 YE12
- For saleApartment 15, Steamboat Quay, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 ED99
- For sale10 Strand Court, O' Callaghan Strand, Limerick, V94 N220
- For sale69 The Sarsfield, The Strand Apartments, O'Callaghan Strand, Limerick, V94 D4V9
- For sale6 Jutland Hall, Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 PD62
- For saleApartment 18, Lansdowne Hall, O'Callaghan Strand, North Circular Road, Co. Limerick, V94 FW60
Zoning
M2 — Major town centre
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 147
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary
217049 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for extension of duration for 16/800 for demolition of the former ESB premises, demolition, received on 22 Dec 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 24 Feb 2022.