Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Ballinacurra Close , Ballinacurra , Limerick

the construction of an infill two storey dwelling house and associated landscaping and siteworks

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661064 · 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: 1
Floor area: 245 m²
Site area: 825 m²
Received: 12 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 6 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/2661064/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661064 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 19 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To provide for residential development, protect and improve existing residential amenity.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Ballinacurra House
Recorded monument × 4
Bridge · Castle - unclassified · R121560

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660935	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	0	361 m	the change of use of the permitted retail unit located in Unit 17, Crescent Shopping Centre, with a GFA of 139.4 sqm, to a café/restaurant unit use, and all associated works
2660820	Conditional	8 Sept 2026	0	446 m	rear extension to commercial unit, rear extensions to dwelling house and domestic shed as constructed, all together with associated site works
2660833	Conditional	7 Sept 2026	0	226 m	a loft conversion room in the existing roof space together with stairs access from the first floor and three velux roof windows in the rear roof
2660822	Conditional	7 Sept 2026	1	408 m	demolition of existing walls to side of dwelling and to construct a single storey granny flat extension to side and rear of dwelling
267045	Conditional	27 Aug 2026	0	185 m	construction of 371 residential units, proposed access road and two storey childcare facility. Original Planning Reference No. : 21/311588
267040	Conditional	1 Jul 2026	0	387 m	7 no. residential apartments consisting of 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 3 no. one bedroom apartments, roof terrace amenity area, bin storage, disabled car parking space, bicycle racks, connection to main drainage and associated works. Original Planning Ref. No. 20/1058
265	Conditional	19 May 2026	0	357 m	part demolition of existing single storey lean to kitchen extension (not original) at rear of house. Construction of new ground floor flat roofed kitchen & family room extension to rear of existing house incl. 3 no. roof lights; existing courtyard at rear (side) to be converted into mud room enclosed with new flat roof incl. 1 no. rooflight and new access door from common access path (at gable of house) to replace existing door opening; new pedestrian entrance to rear garden (common site access path) to replace existing rear garden entrance; including all associated site works, services and landscaping. 6 Greenpark Villas is a Protected Structure RPS Reg. No. 5043
2560980	Conditional	19 Nov 2025	0	340 m	the construction of a new extension to the rear of our existing ( previously extended ) dwelling house, including construction of a new roof and roof profile to the existing extension ( built c.2000).This application also seeks permission for a new extension to the rear of our property to include clerestory glazing at high level, internal amendments and decoration to the existing building including provision of an additional En Suite Bathroom and wardrobe area at second floor level accessed through a new internal wall opening, relocation of existing Bathroom and Bedroom/conversions at first floor level, provision of new doors, windows and rooflights throughout including replacement of existing 1960’s timber sliding sash windows, roof and chimney repair works , thermal upgrading, provision of new mechanical and electrical services, removal of existing cementitious render/mortar and provision of new lime mortar/render to the existing external walls and chimney structures, construction of new piers and entrance gates to the rear of the property , new boundary fencing to rear, hard and soft landscaping and all ancillary site works at No.3 Greenpark Villas, Ballinacurra Road, Limerick,V94 VOOA. This property is a Protected Structure (R.P.S. Reference 5040) in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323458	—	Refused	11 Dec 2025	299 m
318185	—	Refused	25 Jun 2024	376 m
314754	—	Granted with conditions	16 May 2024	138 m
317571	—	Invalid	14 Jul 2023	376 m
311588	—	Granted with conditions	30 Mar 2022	185 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

12 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
12 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.