Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council
Corner of 19 Henry Street / Lower Glentworth Street , Limerick
the erection of retractable canopies with signage, fixed seating and all associated site works
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661098 · 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
- 95 m²
- Received
- 21 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
- Decision due
- 15 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/2661098/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661098at 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 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | City Centre: To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities. | 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 City and County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick City and County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 24Hibernian House · The Bishop's Palace · hall
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26156 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2026 | 1 | 368 m | a change of use of the existing apartments at first, second and third floor levels into student accommodation with communal dining and living area, alterations to rear windows and the provision of a new ground floor entrance door and all associated site works |
| 2660670 | Conditional | 29 Sept 2026 | 0 | 437 m | a) Change of use of ground floor from restaurant to 1 no. 2-bedroom residential apartment, with elevational changes to the ground floor including replacement of existing windows on North West elevation. b) Change of use of basement floor from restaurant to commercial storage use, with changes to the South West elevation, c) Addition of a new external staircase to basement level, d) All associated site development and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development |
| 2660881 | Conditional | 22 Sept 2026 | 0 | 365 m | a change of use from ‘retail use’ to ‘retail with ancillary use as an off licence’ of the existing unit at 5 Quinlan Street, Limerick. This building is located within ‘ACA 1 : Newtown Pery’ |
| 2660839 | Conditional | 14 Sept 2026 | 0 | 370 m | 1. Amendments to the retail unit previously permitted under Planning Permissions Ref. 25/60356, comprising a reduction in gross floor area from 910sq.m to 890 sq.m. 2. Alterations to the existing elevation onto Sarsfield Street to provide new glazed entrance doors with glazed screening and proposed signage locations with all associated site works. It is noted that Nos. 134-135 O'Connell Street are a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. 3484 / NIAH Ref. 21513002). The proposed development is located within the later single-storey rear extension and does not include any works to the Protected Structure or its historic fabric |
| 2660615 | Conditional | 7 Sept 2026 | 0 | 418 m | internal works to the structure as built and planning permission for (a) change of use of existing office building at 58 Henry Street to 4 no. residential apartment units, (b) construction of a two storey residential unit, comprising of 1 no. apartment unit at the rear of site (fronting on to Lourigan’s Lane), including all associated site works |
| 2660786 | Conditional | 3 Sept 2026 | 0 | 314 m | (i) a change of use from retail to restaurant use at ground and first floor levels with ancillary take away service, as previously granted under expired planning permission 17/552; (ii) refurbishment of shopfront and associated signage; (iii) ancillary plant at second floor and roof level; and (iv) all associated site works |
| 2660800 | Conditional | 2 Sept 2026 | 1 | 160 m | the conversion and complete refurbishment of an existing two-storey mews building to a two-bedroom residential dwelling including elevational changes and all ancillary site works |
| 2660470 | Conditional | 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 150 m | the alterations to the existing building to provide toilets and kitchenette at Ground and Second Floor levels and all ancillary site works at 28 Glentworth Street, Limerick, a protected structure. Limerick City & County Council Ref: RPS 4012 NIAH 21517239 (28 Glentworth Street). |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501218 | — | Refused | 17 Sept 2026 | 479 m |
| 323472 | — | Other | 31 Jul 2026 | 157 m |
| 323474 | — | Other | 31 Jul 2026 | 157 m |
| 500956 | — | Refused | 22 Jun 2026 | 368 m |
| 324025 | — | Refused | 6 Feb 2026 | 440 m |
| 324011 | — | Invalid | 9 Jan 2026 | 440 m |
| 323849 | — | Other | 10 Nov 2025 | 282 m |
| 322325 | — | Refused | 12 Aug 2025 | 356 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
- 21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 21 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.