Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Crecora Mills , Ballinvullin , Newcastle West Co. Limerick

an existing ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation comprising 1,120 no. solar panels and all associated site works

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661042 · 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: 5,752 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 2 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/2661042/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661042 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 13 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

Recorded monument × 1
R117884

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560650	Conditional	28 Jan 2026	0	275 m	existing hardcore surface. Permission is also being sought for the following: 1) the sub-division of the existing building, 2) construction of a new extension to the side of the existing building for use as a workshop and warehouse, 3) construction of a new porch to existing main entrance door to the existing building, 4) elevational changes to the existing building to include a new glazed window to an existing office on the southeast elevation, 5) relocation of Wash Bay, 6) relocation of fuel tanks, 7) relocation of water collection / storage tank, 8) proposed extension of hardstanding area, and 9) all associated site development works all
2560379	Conditional	20 Jun 2025	2	240 m	demolition of dwelling house and construct 2 No single storey dwelling units, permission for the erection of 2 No advertising signs at the entrance, the installation of a waste water treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site development works
24269	Refused	19 Nov 2024	0	240 m	the demolition of dwelling house and the construction of 2 No. single storey dwelling units, the erection of 2 No. advertising signs at the entrance and all ancillary site development works
24167	Conditional	13 Jun 2024	0	499 m	the construction of a shed for the perpose of storing hay and straw and an extension to existing outdoor sand arena
221276	Conditional	31 Jan 2023	0	0 m	the erection of 3905m2 of photovoltaic panels, ground mounted, on the field located at the west of the existing buildings, in our factory with all associated site works
21697	Conditional	26 Apr 2022	0	410 m	an engineering warehouse which will include a steel fabrication workshop, gantry crane, office, canteen, toilet, connection to the existing services and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 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.