Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Athea Upper , Athea , Co. Limerick

alterations to previous planning application granted under planning ref 2660012 namely to Re-cladding existing building, to provide an office space & sanitary facilities within the building, to provide a mezzanine storage area, to provide an rear fire escape door, to replace existing roller shutter door with a double door and glaze panel, to install a new gas boiler to the rear the Installation of solar panels, Connection to main sewer and all associated site works

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661001 · 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: 1,120 m²
Received: 31 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 25 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/2661001/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661001 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 5 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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
2560889	Conditional	25 Aug 2026	0	322 m	a rear extension with attached car-port and garage to the existing dwelling house as - constructed
2660065	Conditional	4 Aug 2026	0	452 m	the construction of a new single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and a new wall to the front boundary and existing access point along with all ancillary site works
2561064	Refused	1 Jul 2026	1	294 m	demolition of the existing house and to build a new house along with all associated site works. Retention Permission for a domestic garage
2560903	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	0	202 m	changes to an existing house as-built to include an attic conversion, the construction of a basement and associated changes to original design
2660012	Conditional	3 Mar 2026	0	0 m	the change of use from ‘Car Sales ’ to Gym ( Class 11) together with all associated site works at the vacant ‘former car sales premises’
2560754	Conditional	25 Sept 2025	0	434 m	single storey garage/store building
24114	Conditional	10 Mar 2025	0	260 m	the construction of a community park, consisting of a children's playground with sensory area, an all-weather mini playing surface, car park with splayed entrance, walking route with 1100mm high bollard lighting, a utility building comprising kitchenette, wheelchair accessible wc, and grounds maintenance storage, timber structure gazebo, and all associated ancillary site works
2460808	Conditional	17 Feb 2025	1	445 m	the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of a mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
310301	—	Granted with conditions	28 Jun 2022	256 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

31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
31 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.