Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Knock , Limerick

construction of a new wastewater pumping station consisting of: Foul Wet Well chamber containing submersible pumps, Inlet and screening chamber upstream of the new Wet Well, Foul Valve chamber downstream of the Wet Well, Vent Stack, Storm Return Pumps, Flow Meter chamber for foul rising main, Wet Kiosk and washdown area, Lifting mechanisms, Welfare facilities, incorporated with MCC kiosk, Site security provided with 2.4m palisade fencing, Emergency Storage Tank and associated pumping system, Motor Control Center (MCC) Container for control panel, Interconnecting pipework and ducting, Extended internal site access road, Hardstanding around tanks and chambers and All related site works and ancillary development

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660977 · full record
Authority: Limerick City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,099 m²
Received: 25 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 19 Oct 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/2660977/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660977 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 29 Sept 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
G5 Open space and amenity	Open Space and Recreation: To protect, provide for and improve open space, active and passive recreational amenities.	LI-003:DP: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 LI-003:DP:limerick-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
LIMERICK LI-003:DP:limerick-development-plan-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660252	Conditional	1 May 2026	0	61 m	a ten year permission for the construction of a mixed use arena of 7,201sq.m in floor area over a footprint of 5921sq.m. The arena will be 22.2m in height and constructed from a twin-skin pressurised system (finished in PVC-coated polyester) with gabion wall to external gnd. level. Two internal storeys & a basement will contain a 200m cycle track, c. 476 no. permanent spectator seats, infield fl. area for various sports incl. gymnastics, badminton, volleyball, tennis, football, etc. & community uses (exams, count centre, dinners, concerts), & associated changing facilities, toilets, medical & emergency rooms & fire escape areas, areas for offices, administration, meetings, reception, retail/hospitality, circulation & storage. Gnd. fl. & 1st fl. areas to accommodate all associated uses: sport, retail/hospitality, staff, storage. Ancillary works including hard & soft landscaping, boundary treatments, drainage & service connections and infrastructure, external signage, plant and electrical rooms, new pedestrian link, new access & service road areas & upgrading of a section of public road, scheme lighting, forecourt areas, carpark with 32 parking spaces & 2 coach parking spaces, 48 covered bicycle spaces. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Limerick City & County Council Offices, Dooradoyle Road, Limerick, V94 WV78 during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of 20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission
2561089	Conditional	24 Feb 2026	0	0 m	a new waste water pump station. This will include the provision of the new underground pumping station and associated emergency overflow storage tank, control kiosks to serve the pumping station, new boundary treatments, landscaping, a proposed access to the new road currently under construction, and all ancillary site works
257014	Conditional	15 Aug 2025	0	422 m	Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. 20/110: demolition of a single storey annex to side of existing house, construction of a new two storey extension to the side of the house, construction of a detached garage, new block boundary walls together with all associated site works
25117	Conditional	30 May 2025	0	185 m	converting existing attic into attic storage space, with new skylights to front and side hipped roof and all ancillary works
2460032	Conditional	18 Jul 2024	99	78 m	the construction of 99 no. residential units comprising of the following: 42 No. 2 storey, 3 bed, semi-detached units; 36 No. 2 storey, 4 bed, semi-detached units; 4 No.2 storey 4 bed detached units; 1 No. 2 storey, 3 bed detached unit and 2 no. blocks of 2 storey apartment units comprising 8 No. 1 bed apartments and 8 No. 2 bed apartments. Planning permissions is also sought for the construction of all associated site works to include: vehicular and pedestrian connections onto Old Cratloe Road (L3102), roadways, footpaths, green spaces, landscaping and boundary treatments, proposed biodiversity area, together with all associated drainage connection works and all ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) & Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) accompanies this application
24207	Conditional	9 Jul 2024	0	395 m	modifications to the existing dwelling and extension to the front of the property and change of use of garage into a room with all associated site works
24181	Conditional	18 Jun 2024	0	193 m	the conversion of a garage to an office to the east elevation and elevational alterations to the east elevation of the domestic dwelling
221209	Conditional	21 Jun 2023	0	437 m	(a) completion of the existing shell and core building that was previously granted under PI.Reg. 072395, (b) change of use from retail warehousing to a gymnasium with all associated services, (c) construction of a new partial mezzanine floor at first floor level to serve as a part of the gymnasium with all associated services, (d) minor elevational changes to the existing building inclusive of proposed signage, (e) extension of the existing access road and construction of a new car parking area to the front of proposed entrance(s), (f) proposed relocation of Plant Room, (g) connection to all existing services already terminated within the building and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316938	—	Other	22 Aug 2023	76 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

25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
25 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.