Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Lands located to the immediate south of Old Ballysimon Road , (To the immediate east of units B1-B5 Eastway Business Park Ballysimon Road Limerick and to the immediate north of unit D3 Eastway Business Park Ballysimon Road Limerick) , Eastway Busines

(i) removal of existing vehicular entrance and creation of new vehicular entrance along northern site boundary to Old Ballysimon Road; (ii) construction of a commercial development comprising a single storey builders merchants building with ancillary staff and storage facilities at mezzanine level (632sq.m), a single storey warehouse building with additional storage facilities at mezzanine level (1,240sq.m) and an ancillary security hut (10sq.m); (iii) provision of 4 no. parking bays comprising a total of 20 no. public car parking spaces, 8 staff parking spaces and 11 no. van parking spaces; and, (iv) all associated site development works, including boundary treatments, concrete yard, bicycle parking area (5 no. spaces), SuDS drainage works, and provision of bin storage area necessary to facilitate the development

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661055 · 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: 5,699 m²
Received: 10 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 24 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/2661055/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661055 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 15 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
C2.1 Economic development and employment	Enterprise and Employment: To provide for and improve general enterprise, employment, business and commercial activities.	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	Distance	Description
2660660	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	439 m	modification of existing roof, replacing the hipped end with a gable end to facilitate conversion of the attic into a storage area and associated site works
2660435	Conditional	9 Jun 2026	141 m	the construction of a full height entrance porch to front of office building, to be constructed using powder coated curtain walling and glazing system and all ancillary site works
2561317	Conditional	28 Apr 2026	4 m	the development of a site which adjoins the existing Northern Trust offices and comprises that area of land currently utilised for car parking purposes. It is proposed to modify the car parking layout and car parking numbers as part of the development proposal, including the removal of temporary car parking provided to facilitate construction on site, which shall be restored to green space. This proposed development will replace all un-built and incomplete elements of the development permitted under the planning permission Register Reference 16/693 (extended under Register Reference 21/7006) and planning permission Register Reference 18/1009. The un-built and incomplete elements to be replaced under permission 18/1009 comprise 1 no. 3 storey facility building (4,075sqm) comprising medical, meeting rooms and security facility. The unbuilt and incomplete elements under permission 16/693 extended under 21/7006 include (a) 1 no. 4 storey commercial office building of 9480sqm; (b)1 no. 5 storey commercial office building of 11,850sqm save for groundworks which were commenced; (c) 1 no. level of decked car parking; (d) 2 no. convenience service kiosks to accommodate retail and café uses; (e) 2 no. ESB substations; and (f) upgrade of existing pumping station. The proposed development seeks (i) construction of 3 no. 5 storey buildings each with a floor area of 7,208sqm, to be used for Class 3 office use and / or Class 8 Medical Use, with provision for screened roof top plant; (ii) modification of existing water, surface water and foul sewer infrastructure to facilitate construction of 3 no. buildings; (iii) reconfiguration of existing car parking provision resulting in an overall reduction in car parking numbers, incidental to the provision of commercial buildings, on site; (iv) modification to existing covered bicycle parking to result in increased provision on site with provision for 6 no. bicycle storage buildings with external bin storage facilities (v) provision of landscaping within the public realm and (vi) all associated site works including upgrade of an existing watermain for a distance of circa 900m. Existing access to the site shall be maintained. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies the planning application
25343	Conditional	3 Dec 2025	385 m	construction of a sliding patio door on the west elevation of the house
2560916	Conditional	6 Nov 2025	263 m	a new totem sign to replace the existing totem sign and all ancillary site works
2461283	Conditional	15 Aug 2025	411 m	a high-power electric vehicle charging hub and associated infrastructure, consisting of the following: (i) installation of 8no. electric vehicle charging bays and 4no. charging points (ii) installation of new EV canopy with associated illuminated signage, (iii) new modular ESB Substation, (iv) new EV banner signage, (v) associated revisions to forecourt including new road markings, pedestrian crossing point and 2m high masonry blast wall along northern boundary and, (vi) all other associated site development and drainage works
2560342	Conditional	12 Jun 2025	357 m	the sub-division of an existing unit to provide for a new mezzanine floor at first floor level. The new first floor mezzanine will be used for office use. Permission is also sought for elevational changes including provision of a new pedestrian entrance on the front facade, an internal stairs to access the first floor extension and all associated site works
2461147	Conditional	28 Mar 2025	0 m	the construction of an extension to the side of the existing warehouse storage facility. Permission is also sought for the conversion of the existing single-storey goods arrival section at the rear of the building to a two-storey section including a new first floor. New signage & associated site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319787	—	Granted with conditions	13 Dec 2024	374 m
311828	—	Refused	18 May 2022	443 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

10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
10 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.