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Unit No. 20 , Ballycummin Avenue (Ballycummin) , Raheen Business Park Limerick

2 No. former truck loading extensions to the rear of an existing industrial unit, the floor area of each now forms part of the internal floor area of the industrial unit, permission for retention of signage and all associated site works

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
2661065 · 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
3,284 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661065/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661065 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
C6
Waterfront
High Tech/Manufacturing Campus: To provide for office, research and development, high technology, regional distribution/ logistics, manufacturing and processing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped campus style environment.LI-003:DP:limerick-development-plan-2022-202829 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
LIMERICK LI-003:DP:limerick-development-plan-2022-2028—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

  • Recorded monument × 1
    R121468

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660284Conditional1 Sept 20260485 mPERMISSION for the purposes of extraction, conditioning and storage of raw water from Uisce Eireann. 1) Construct a Pumphouse building (ground storey with Internal mezzanine floor) dimensions - c.12m (W) x19.9m (L) x 11.2m (H) 2) 2 No. 1602cu.m and 1,400c.um capacity Purified Water tanks (c.11.25m high x 14.5m diameter and c.11.25m high x 13.65m dimeter 3) 2 No. salt saturation tanks (c.4.85m high x 3.05m diameter) 4) Pipe bridge from proposed Pumphouse to the existing manufacturing facilities 5) Associated site works
2660011Conditional26 Aug 20260363 mA) a three-lane vehicle testing facility (for HCV and LCV vehicles) and the associated offices, an internal access road, ESB Substation Kiosk, vehicle parking, boundary treatments and all associated development above and below ground, B) Alterations to the development previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 22/1099 due to the changes to the site layout and finish site levels
2660267Conditional1 May 20260470 mthe demolition of extension to the side of dwelling, construction of a two storey extension to the side and front of dwelling, enclosure of front porch and all associated site works
2659Conditional29 Apr 20260430 mgranny flat and all associated site works
2561398Conditional24 Mar 20261331 ma) The alteration of the existing dwelling house and construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house to create a separate residential flat, b) A single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, and c) All associated site works
2560425Conditional5 Dec 20250304 mA) demolition of existing derelict dwelling house, B) Construct 24 No. Apartments within a 4 storey building, C) Construct a detached ancillary single storage building & bin store building, D) provision of bicycle storage area, E) Signage, F) Construct new car park and upgrading existing entrance, new entrance and front boundary walls, allow for all connections to public utility services with all associated works
25258Conditional5 Nov 20250368 mthe installation of solar panels on existing roof
2560480Conditional2 Sept 20250265 mmodifications to the temporary construction site layout previously permitted under planning application Reg. Ref. 17/1170 at the Regeneron site in Raheen Business Park, located on Loughmore Avenue. The application involves a revised site boundary in that the red line area denoting the application site in Reg Ref: 17/1170 has been increased to include an area of land to the north of the site adjacent to Cloughkeating Avenue The development consists of: a) Partial expansion of previously permitted temporary contractors' compound to the north of the site along with permission for temporary heavy goods vehicle access point from Cloughkeating Avenue. The additional temporary compound area will remain in place for the duration of the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 17/1170

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324255—Other13 Aug 2026470 m
500582—Granted with conditions14 Apr 2026304 m
323636—Granted with conditions21 Jan 202679 m
323638—Refused14 Jan 2026265 m
323294—Granted with conditions9 Dec 2025464 m
322557—Invalid24 Jul 2025245 m
318396—Granted with conditions19 Feb 2025475 m
314692—Granted with conditions12 Sept 2023245 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.