Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

The Square , Caherconlish , Co. Limerick

demolition of the existing rear extension, construction of a new extension to the rear, increasing the height of the front elevation, relocation of windows and doors and the conversion of the existing buildings to 4 separate apartment units together with all associated site works

Observations close 1 Oct 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660994 · 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: 545 m²
Received: 27 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 21 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/2660994/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660994 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 1 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	Village Centre: To provide for the development and enhancement of town/village centre core uses including a mix of retail, residential, commercial, civic and other uses.	LI-004:LAP:caherconlish-local-area-plan-2023-2029	1 Jun 2023 → 1 Jun 2029

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-004:LAP:caherconlish-local-area-plan-2023-2029 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
LIMERICK LI-004:LAP:caherconlish-local-area-plan-2023-2029	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 5
Michael Lynch · house · shop/retail outlet
Recorded monument × 5
Historic town · Graveyard · Wall monument

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660648	Conditional	4 Aug 2026	0	14 m	the change of use from meeting room / community centre use to Preschool use in Meeting Room’s 3 and 4 between the hours of 1.30pm and 3.30pm Monday to Friday
2660190	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	0	115 m	a partial stone façade to front elevation & retention permission of extended side boundary walls and for permission for the extension of the existing driveway
2561186	Conditional	10 Mar 2026	0	343 m	the construction of an extension to the rear of dwelling with the removal of existing timber frame utility area and all associated site works
2560400	Conditional	7 Jan 2026	1	308 m	the construction of a dormer dwelling house, entrance and associated site works
2560648	Conditional	26 Aug 2025	0	59 m	lean-to concrete shed, to rear of the property, constructed along the boundary walls
2560513	Conditional	24 Jul 2025	0	115 m	the garage constructed to the rear of the house
2461254	Conditional	14 Feb 2025	0	347 m	an attic conversion of 31.0 sq. meters, 2 no. roof windows at the front elevation and 3 no. roof windows to the rear elevation and all associated interior works / site works
2460587	Conditional	7 Aug 2024	2	88 m	relocation of the position on site of house no.'s. 6 & 7 from that granted under Planning Permission Ref. No. 21/550

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315573	—	Invalid	18 Jan 2023	469 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

27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
27 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.