Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Ballycullen , Askeaton , Co. Limerick

the change of use of a portion of the existing domestic garden area to an outdoor preschool / early learning and childcare facility. The development will also include the construction of an accessible WC attached to the existing dwelling, the construction of an awning enclosed on 3 sides to the rear of the dwelling and the erection of a small timber storage shed for use in conjunction with the proposed preschool, together with all associated site works

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661032 · 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: 1,988 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 29 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/2661032/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661032 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 9 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
263	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	0	263 m	the installation of a 30 metre high lattice telecommunications support structure accommodating antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU's), lightning finial and all associated equipment; ground based equipment cabinets with compound enclosed by 2.4 metre high palisade fencing with a 1.0 metre wide access gate; fibre chamber; construction of a new access track connecting compound to the existing access track; concrete foundation and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
2561392	Refused	21 Apr 2026	0	0 m	the construction of a single-storey building to be used as a seasonal outdoor preschool / early learning and childcare facility, together with ancillary accommodation including toilets & storage. The provision of a designated external play and learning area associated with the preschool use, including outdoor play structures, surfaced areas, fencing and landscaping, Provision of car parking, boundary treatments and all associated site development works
25189	Conditional	5 Aug 2025	0	184 m	the construction of a milking parlour, dairy, plant room, collecting yard, slatted tanks, holding pen, cattle crush, calf houses, meal bin, roofed fed passage, roofed slatted feeding area, manure pit and concrete aprons
21420	Conditional	23 Nov 2021	1	420 m	a dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, an onsite waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
306146	—	Granted with conditions	30 Aug 2022	450 m
306199	—	Granted	30 Aug 2022	450 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
4 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.