Limerick City and County Council · 228022
58 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- 20 Dec 2022Received
- 20 Mar 2023Unconditional
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- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Unconditional · 20 Mar 2023
- Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 403 m²
What’s proposed
the proposed Development consists of a change of use and remodeling of the former city library at 58 O’Connell Street, including a rooftop extension to provide commercial space at ground floor level, plus 5no. apartments at basement, first, second and third floor levels, as well as in the proposed rooftop extension. The proposed apartments comprise 2no. one-bedroom units and 3no. two-bedroom units. The material alterations, repairs and renewals proposed to the Protected Structure at 58 O’Connell Street consist of: removal of existing internal partitions, alterations to existing partitions, replacement of existing internal doors and joinery, fire upgrading of existing walls and ceilings, installation of mechanical and electrical services, PV panels and plant at roof level, as well as sundry remedial works not impacting on the character or special interest of the Protected Structure. The proposed Development also consists of a change of use and part-demolition of the former library store / warehouse to the rear of the site – between Glentworth Street and Mallow Street – to provide 3no. apartments at ground, first and second floor levels. The proposed apartments comprise 2no. one-bedroom unit and 1no. two-bedroom unit. The part-demolition of the former library store / warehouse includes retention of flanking walls along the north-east and south-west boundaries of the site, plus the careful taking-down and restoration of a section of the perimeter wall at the north-east corner of the property – to facilitate construction access to the site as well as to provide the pedestrian connection between Glentworth Street and Mallow Street envisaged as part of Limerick City and County Council’s project to rejuvenate the city centre’s laneways. The proposed development includes the creation of a semi-private courtyard between No. 58 O’Connell Street and the proposed mews building – to provide residential amenity space, as well as bicycle and bin[1]storage, for the residential apartments. Services and siteworks proposed to facilitate the proposed development include: new water, electricity and comms supplies; new foul sewage and storm water connections to public mains; air-to-water and roof-mounted solar panels for heating and ventilation. 58 O’Connell Street, Limerick and lands to the rear (Eircode V94 XV70) which are designated as a Protected Structure (Reg. No. 3520), and within an Architectural Conservation Area, in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-28
228022 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for the proposed Development consists of a change of use and remodeling of the former city, received on 20 Dec 2022; permission was granted on 20 Mar 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 228022
- Local authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Status
- Granted · register status “DECISION MADE”
- Received
- 20 Dec 2022
- Observations close
- 2 Feb 2023 (closed 1325 days ago)
- Decision due
- 22 Feb 2023 · decided 20 Mar 2023
- Decision
- Unconditional on 20 Mar 2023
- Proposed development
- the proposed Development consists of a change of use and remodeling of the former city library at 58 O’Connell Street, including a rooftop extension to provide commercial space at ground floor level, plus 5no. apartments at basement, first, second and third floor levels, as well as in the proposed rooftop extension. The proposed apartments comprise 2no. one-bedroom units and 3no. two-bedroom units. The material alterations, repairs and renewals proposed to the Protected Structure at 58 O’Connell Street consist of: removal of existing internal partitions, alterations to existing partitions, replacement of existing internal doors and joinery, fire upgrading of existing walls and ceilings, installation of mechanical and electrical services, PV panels and plant at roof level, as well as sundry remedial works not impacting on the character or special interest of the Protected Structure. The proposed Development also consists of a change of use and part-demolition of the former library store / warehouse to the rear of the site – between Glentworth Street and Mallow Street – to provide 3no. apartments at ground, first and second floor levels. The proposed apartments comprise 2no. one-bedroom unit and 1no. two-bedroom unit. The part-demolition of the former library store / warehouse includes retention of flanking walls along the north-east and south-west boundaries of the site, plus the careful taking-down and restoration of a section of the perimeter wall at the north-east corner of the property – to facilitate construction access to the site as well as to provide the pedestrian connection between Glentworth Street and Mallow Street envisaged as part of Limerick City and County Council’s project to rejuvenate the city centre’s laneways. The proposed development includes the creation of a semi-private courtyard between No. 58 O’Connell Street and the proposed mews building – to provide residential amenity space, as well as bicycle and bin[1]storage, for the residential apartments. Services and siteworks proposed to facilitate the proposed development include: new water, electricity and comms supplies; new foul sewage and storm water connections to public mains; air-to-water and roof-mounted solar panels for heating and ventilation. 58 O’Connell Street, Limerick and lands to the rear (Eircode V94 XV70) which are designated as a Protected Structure (Reg. No. 3520), and within an Architectural Conservation Area, in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-28As published by the register.
- Site area
- 403 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 184 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
- OpenQuimper Square , Cruises Street , Limerick.
- OpenAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- OpenWindmill Street and , Cogan Street , Limerick.
- OpenNo.10 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Open5 Quinlan Street , Limerick
- OpenLady's Lane and Hunts Lane , Off Dominick Street , Limerick
- GrantedExisting single-storey rear extension to Former Debenhams/ Roches Stores building , Sarsfield St. , Limerick
- Withdrawn1-3 O'Connell Avenue / 1-3 Westland Villas , Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
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- GrantedThe Mews a lane off Mallow Street , To the rear of no. 3 and 4 Mallow Street , 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
- Open44 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- Open50 Roches Street , Limerick
- Open16 Thomas St. , Limerick.
- Refused24 Saint Joseph Street , Limerick
- Open61 Henry Street , Limerick City
- AppealedNo.5 Parkview Terrace , St. Joseph's Street , Limerick
- Open1-4 Parnell Street , 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.
- Withdrawn11 , Wickham Street , Limerick
- Granted28 Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Open52 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- Granted36-37 Thomas Street , 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
- Granted91 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted1-2 O'Connell Avenue , Limerick
- Granted8 Parnell St. , Limerick.
- GrantedAlphonsus Street , Limerick
- Appeal decided23 Sarsfield Street , Limerick
- Granted34-41 Catherine St. , Limerick
- Appeal decidedNaughton’s Place , Henry Street , Limerick
- Granted57 O' Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted42 Catherine Street , Limerick
- Granted12 Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Granted22 Barrington Street , Limerick
- RefusedNo. 32 Roches Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn6 Naughton's Place , Henry St. , 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.
- CommencedNo. 21 Upper Gerald Griffin Street , Limerick
- Refused5 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- Granted30 & 31 Thomas Street , Limerick
- Granted434445 and the basement of 46 Cecil Street , Limerick
- Granted47 - 50 Parnell Street , Limerick
- GrantedAlphonsus 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
- GrantedSt Saviours Roman Catholic Church , Baker Place Dominick St. , Limerick
- Granted134 135 & 136 O'Connell Street , Limerick.
- Granted54 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedHenry Street , Limerick.
- GrantedLimerick Youth Service , 5 Lr. Glentworth St , Limerick
- GrantedSaint Rira 19 Lower Hartstonge Street. , Limerick
- WithdrawnO'Curry 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
- Granted42-43 Wickham Street , 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
- Commenced1-2 O'Connell Avenue , Limerick , Limerick
- Granted43 Thomas Street , Limerick.
- Granted49 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- Granted58 Henry Street , Limerick
- GrantedThe Coach House , Henry St. , Limerick
- Refused78 O'Connell Street , Limerick City , Co Limerick
- Withdrawn7 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Granted1-4 Parnell Street , Limerick , 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.
- Withdrawn1-4 Parnell Street , Limerick City , Limerick.
- Granted19 Lord Edward Street , Limerick , V94 XW7K
- Granted6 Pery Square , Limerick.
- WithdrawnFlannerys Bar , 20 Catherine Street , Limerick
- GrantedMews Coach House , 11 The Crescent , 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
- Granted11/12 Clontarf Place , 1-4 Wellesley Place , Limerick
- Granted31 and 32 Cecil Street , Limerick City , County Limerick
- Commenced121 O'Connell Street , Limerick , V94 K449
- Commenced11/12 St. Gerard Street , Limerick
- 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
- Refused11 & 12 Clontarf Place , 1-4 Wellesley Lane , 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
- 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
- CommencedNo. 3 Bedford Row , Limerick City , Limerick City
- Appeal decided5 James Street , Mallow Street Upper , Limerick
- GrantedNo 2 New Wellington Terrace , O'Connell Avenue , Limerick City
- GrantedNo 4 New Wellington Terrace , O'Connell Avenue , Limerick City
- Appeal decided3-5 Barrington Street , Limerick
- Granted33 & 34 Thomas Street , Limerick
- Granted94 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted51 Thomas Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 3 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick
- 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
- Commenced13 Upper Gerald Griffin Street , 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
- WithdrawnNo. 39/40 Lord Edward Street , Limerick
- CommencedSpeakers Corner , Lower Careys Road , Limerick
- Granted5 The Crescent , Limerick
- Commenced1 Presentation Court , Sexton Street , Limerick
- Commenced90 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- GrantedPeople's Park Medical Centre , The Park Lord Edward 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
- Granted42 St. Josephs Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 42-43 Wickham 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
- 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
- Granted17 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- GrantedKings Gym , St. Joseph's 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
- GrantedThe Establishment Bar , Riverpoint Bishops Quay , Limerick.
Appeal
Not appealed.
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 405039). 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/228022/0.
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