Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

27/28 , Upper Gerald Griffin Street , Limerick

a change of use from Residential to Commercial permission for the alterations to the first floor plan from 2 one bedroomed apartments to Ladies and Gents toilets with store, and also from yard/toilet area to smoking area on ground floor area

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26216 · full record
Authority: Limerick City and County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 199 m²
Received: 17 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 11 Nov 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/26216/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26216 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Limerick City and County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 22 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Limerick City and County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	City Centre: To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities.	limerick development plan 2022 2028	29 Jul 2022 → 1 Jun 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Limerick City and County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Limerick City and County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 8
bank/financial institution · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R193113

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26156	Conditional	9 Oct 2026	1	209 m	a change of use of the existing apartments at first, second and third floor levels into student accommodation with communal dining and living area, alterations to rear windows and the provision of a new ground floor entrance door and all associated site works
2660839	Conditional	14 Sept 2026	0	430 m	1. Amendments to the retail unit previously permitted under Planning Permissions Ref. 25/60356, comprising a reduction in gross floor area from 910sq.m to 890 sq.m. 2. Alterations to the existing elevation onto Sarsfield Street to provide new glazed entrance doors with glazed screening and proposed signage locations with all associated site works. It is noted that Nos. 134-135 O'Connell Street are a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. 3484 / NIAH Ref. 21513002). The proposed development is located within the later single-storey rear extension and does not include any works to the Protected Structure or its historic fabric
2660786	Conditional	3 Sept 2026	0	364 m	(i) a change of use from retail to restaurant use at ground and first floor levels with ancillary take away service, as previously granted under expired planning permission 17/552; (ii) refurbishment of shopfront and associated signage; (iii) ancillary plant at second floor and roof level; and (iv) all associated site works
2660800	Conditional	2 Sept 2026	1	481 m	the conversion and complete refurbishment of an existing two-storey mews building to a two-bedroom residential dwelling including elevational changes and all ancillary site works
26154	Conditional	18 Aug 2026	0	125 m	a change of use from educational and training facilities to office use and all associated site works
2660470	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	0	430 m	the alterations to the existing building to provide toilets and kitchenette at Ground and Second Floor levels and all ancillary site works at 28 Glentworth Street, Limerick, a protected structure. Limerick City & County Council Ref: RPS 4012 NIAH 21517239 (28 Glentworth Street).
267041	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	0	373 m	Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. No. 20/1137: completion of extensions and alterations to properties permitted under planning reference 09/770075 as amended by alterations permitted under planning reference 10/770080; change of use of completed development to offices, toilets in the basement of 46. The previous permitted use of these properties was for a tourist accommodation hostel under planning reference 09/770075
2561119	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	0	474 m	(a) a change of use of the First Floor from office use to use as a residential apartment and (b) a change of use of the Second Floor from office use to use as a residential apartment and (c) a change of use of the Third Floor from office use to use as a residential apartment and (d) internal alterations to facilitate (a) & (b) & (c) and (e) all associated site works. The Building in which the proposed development shall take place is a protected structure and is listed on the register of protected structures. The RPS No. is 3519 (NIAH Reference No. 21517234)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501218	—	Refused	17 Sept 2026	339 m
323474	—	Other	31 Jul 2026	424 m
323472	—	Other	31 Jul 2026	424 m
500956	—	Refused	22 Jun 2026	464 m
500247	—	Granted	16 Jun 2026	230 m
500749	—	Granted with conditions	11 Jun 2026	62 m
323653	—	Refused	27 Jan 2026	114 m
322325	—	Refused	12 Aug 2025	169 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
17 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.