Former Sisters of Mercy Convent Doon, Lisgaugh, Doon
Approved in Mar 2023. The approval ran out in 2024.
- 9 Dec 2022Received
- 9 Feb 2023Conditional
- 14 Mar 2023Final approval
- 10 Sept 2024Approval ran out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 9 Feb 2023
- Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 1.81 ha
What’s proposed
amendments to previously approved planning permissions(19/149 & 20/539). (a) Amendments to the North Main Street Elevation (R505), (b) Demolition of existing ground floor corridor sections running parallel with Main Street (R505) and replacement with recessed landscaped courtyard spaces, (c) Addition of two extra ground floor one-bedroom apartments within the original building footprint, bringing the total number of apartments to 23 No., (d) Change of Use from previously approved assisted-living use apartments, to independent community-living use apartments, (e) All ancillary site works. The Sisters of Mercy Convent Doon is on the NIAH(National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) Schedule, Ref No. 21809006. The Convent building complex and curtilage is a candidate Protected Structure
Planning details
- Reference
- 221320
- Local authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 9 Dec 2022
- Decision due
- 11 Feb 2023 · decided 9 Feb 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 9 Feb 2023
- Site area
- 1.81 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
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Zoning
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 18
- Recorded monument · 3
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary
221320 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for amendments to previously approved planning permissions(19/149 & 20/539). (a) Amendments, received on 9 Dec 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 9 Feb 2023.