Limerick City and County Council · 2561242
34-41 Catherine St., Limerick
Approved in Jun 2026. No sign of building yet.
- 28 Nov 2025Received
- 7 May 2026Conditional
- 10 Jun 2026Final approval
- 9 Jun 2031Approval runs out
Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 2360624 (2023)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 7 May 2026
- Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 3
- Site
- 2,058 m²
What’s proposed
construction of 76 apartments in total, including refurbishment and alterations to Nos. 35 and 37 Catherine St. Limerick (protected structures), refurbishment of and alterations to No. 36 Catherine St. Limerick, their conversion to ground floor one- bedroom apartments with two-bedroom duplex apartments over. No. 34 will be demolished and replaced by two no. 1 bedroom apartments. The existing stone arch at No. 34 Catherine St. will be retained and repaired. The development will also consist of the demolition of Nos. 38, 39, 40 and 41 Catherine St. Limerick and replacement with a residential development comprising 38 No. 2 bedroom apartments and 30 No. one-bedroom apartments, over six floors, the construction of a new semi-basement level with 11 car-parking spaces and secure bicycle store, ESB room, attenuation tank and plant rooms. At fifth floor level, a communal roof terrace and at sixth floor level a screened plant area, solar panels and lift core with an overall maximum height not exceeding 24.55 metres from semi- basement floor; external landscaping, lighting, underground services including drainage and ancillary site works at and to the rear of Nos. 34-41 Catherine St, Limerick. The development is located within an Architectural Conservation Area. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the aplication
Planning details
- Reference
- 2561242
- Local authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 28 Nov 2025
- Observations close
- 12 Jan 2026 (closed 286 days ago)
- Decision due
- 10 May 2026 · decided 7 May 2026
- Decision
- Conditional on 7 May 2026
- Site area
- 2,058 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 41 · 500 m · 12 months
Distance
Time
- OpenNo.35 Cecil Street , Limerick
- 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.
- OpenCorner of 19 Henry Street / Lower Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decision27/28 , Upper Gerald Griffin Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decisionQuimper Square , Cruises Street , Limerick.
- Awaiting decisionAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decisionWindmill Street and , Cogan Street , Limerick.
- Awaiting decisionNo.10 The Crescent , O'Connell Street , Limerick
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- Granted5 Quinlan Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decisionLady'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
- GrantedThe Mews a lane off Mallow Street , To the rear of no. 3 and 4 Mallow Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decision1-3 The Crescent O'Connell Street , and rear extension to 1 The Crescent (unit 1A Hartstonge Street) , Limerick
- Granted129/130 O'Connell Street , Limerick , Limerick
- Awaiting decision44 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decision50 Roches Street , Limerick
- Granted16 Thomas St. , Limerick.
- Refused24 Saint Joseph Street , Limerick
- Granted61 Henry Street , Limerick City
- AppealedNo.5 Parkview Terrace , St. Joseph's Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decision1-4 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
- Withdrawn52 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- Granted36-37 Thomas Street , Limerick
- GrantedBlack Swan , 21 Davis Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decision37-39 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted48 - 50 Parnell Street , Limerick City , Limerick
- Refused1515a1616a Davis Street , Limerick
- Granted91 O'Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted8 Parnell St. , Limerick.
- Granted1-2 O'Connell Avenue , Limerick
- Appeal decided23 Sarsfield Street , Limerick
- Appeal decidedNaughton’s Place , Henry Street , Limerick
- Granted57 O' Connell Street , Limerick
- Granted42 Catherine Street , Limerick
- Granted12 Glentworth Street , Limerick
- Granted29-30 Lord Edward Street , Limerick
- Granted22 Barrington Street , Limerick
- RefusedNo. 32 Roches Street , Limerick
- Withdrawn6 Naughton's Place , Henry St. , Limerick.
- CommencedAugustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick
- Granted7 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick
- Granted49 O’Connell St , Limerick
- Commenced11 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
- Commenced434445 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
- GrantedSt Saviours Roman Catholic Church , Baker Place Dominick St. , Limerick
- Granted134 135 & 136 O'Connell Street , Limerick.
- Granted54 Henry Street , Limerick
- CommencedHenry 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
- Granted60 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- Appeal decidedCorner of Thomas Street & Anne Street , 15 Anne Street & Ersons Lane , Limerick
- GrantedSteamboat Quay , Dock Road , Limerick
- Commenced6 William St. , Limerick
- Commenced42-43 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
- Appeal decided18 Sexton Street , Limerick
- Awaiting decisionBlock A Riverpoint , The Bishops Quay , Limerick
- Commenced1-2 O'Connell Avenue , Limerick , Limerick
- Granted43 Thomas Street , Limerick.
- Granted49 O'Connell St. , Limerick.
- Withdrawn60 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick
- GrantedNo. 24 Caledonian Square , Caledonian Place , Lord Edward Street
- 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
- Commenced13 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
- Commenced17 Upper Denmark Street , Limerick , Co Limerick
- GrantedMews Coach House , 11 The Crescent , Limerick
- Granted18 Sexton Street , Limerick
- Refused90 O'Connell Street & 90 O'Connell Street Mews , Theatre Lane , Limerick
- Granted18 , Barrington Street , Limerick
- CommencedNo. 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
- Commenced31 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
- Commenced29-30 Lord Edward Street , Limerick
- Granted34-41 Catherine St. , Limerick , Co. Limerick
- Commenced4 Lower Cecil Street , Lower Cecil Street , Limerick
- Granted95 O'Connell Street , Co. Limerick , Ireland
- Withdrawn29-30 Lord Edward Street , Limerick , Co. Limerick
- 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
- Commenced88 Wolfe Tone Street , Limerick , Co. Limerick
- Granted3 Lower Mallow Street , Limerick , Limerick
- CommencedUnit 4 Steamboat Quay , Dock Road , Limerick
- CommencedThe 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
- Commenced3-5 Barrington Street , Limerick
- CommencedSite adjacent to 16 & 17A , Bourke Avenue , 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
- 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
- Commenced5 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
- CommencedNo.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
Homes nearby
- For sale3 Pery Street, Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 X49C
- For sale7 Little Glentworth Street, Limerick, Co. Limerick, V94 V8KE
- For sale8 Davis Street, Limerick, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 T6XR
- 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 saleApartment 102, Kennett House Apartments, Mount Kennett Place, Limerick City Centre, Co. Limerick, V94 CT80
Zoning
M2 — Major town centre
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 262
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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Summary
2561242 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for construction of 76 apartments in total, including refurbishment and alterations to Nos., received on 28 Nov 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 7 May 2026.