Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Ballyvalode , Oola , Co. Limerick

the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661106 · 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: 130 m²
Site area: 2,145 m²
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 17 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/2661106/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661106 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 28 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660566	Conditional	14 Jul 2026	1	103 m	the construction of a vehicular entrance , dwelling house, garage, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
2461308	Refused	25 Feb 2025	1	446 m	the construction of a new dwelling house with detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system & percolation area, improvements to existing entrance gateway and all associated site works
22313667	Conditional	6 Jul 2023	0	373 m	a 10-year permission for the construction of a 110kV ‘Loop In-Loop Out’ (LILO) substation and associated works on a site of approximately 6.20 hectares. This will include the following: A substation occupying 2.11 hectares, comprising: TSO (Eirgrid) compound with electrical equipment, transformer sub-compound, bus bars sub-compound, cable chairs and substation building (435m2), enclosed by palisade fencing at 0.95 hectares in area. One transformer up to 110kV within the TSO compound and the provision of an area for a second transformer if future Eirgrid expansion is required. Required TSO expansion area enclosed by palisade fencing at 0.79 hectares. Operators compound (with switchroom building, electrical equipment, rainwater collection system) enclosed by palisade fencing at 0.17 hectares. The proposed operators control building will have a gross floor area of approximately 220m2. Perimeter protection area at 0.20 hectares. 7 No. lightning masts to a height of approximately 18m. 1 No. telecoms pole to a height of approximately 20m. Additional space for the possible future requirements for a Harmonics Filter. New entrance to the R507 regional road shared with the proposed solar farm. 5m access road corridor (approx. 1,160m long), and underground cabling route to the substation occupying an area of 3.24ha. Underground cable corridor of approximately 320m in length and provision of 2 no. 16m high mast structures linking proposed substation to adjacent existing overhead 110kV transmission line. Associated construction works and drainage infrastructure
2360092	Conditional	18 Apr 2023	0	239 m	the demolition of existing single storey extension and the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, installation of a replacement domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
22140	Conditional	28 Apr 2022	1	256 m	the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
211509	Conditional	1 Mar 2022	1	345 m	the construction of a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system & percolation area, new entrance, driveway, boundary alterations as may be required, associated siteworks as may be required
211565	Refused	14 Jan 2022	0	360 m	a 10-year permission and 35 year operation for a solar farm on four land parcels as described herein; North Parcel(Gortnakistin townland) approximately 23.78 hectares, Central Parcel(Ballyvalode & Keeloges townlands) approximately 43.49 hectares, South Central Parcel(Gortyvahane and Moanroe townlands) approximately 34.7 hectares, South Parcel(Garryduff, Moanroe, Moanoola and Kilmacogue townland) approximately 39.27 hectares. The Central Parcel, South Central Parcel and South Parcel are collectively referred to as the Main Solar Farm; a route corridor of 0.58 hectares for an underground internal network cable along the R507 and L5040 public roads for approximately 600 metres and within the solar farm lands for approximately 1,260 metres. The total site area for the proposed development is approximately 141.8 hectares. The proposed development on these parcels comprises of 755,000sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; inverter/transformer stations; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; new internal access tracks; associated drainage infrastructure; site entrances to the R507 public road(site entrance to main solar farm) and the L5040 public local road(North Parcel); CCTV cameras and all associated site services and works. Works for the internal network cable comprise trenching for an underground medium voltage electrical cable and associated joint bays and infrastructure, for a distance of approximately 560 metres on the R507 Regional Road, approximately 100 metres on the L5040 Local Road and approximately 1,260m within the solar farm lands. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development(SID) planning application provision of a 110kV electrical substation with electrical control building, associated compound with palisade fence and 2no. overhead line masts, which is to be located within the main solar farm, will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála in due course. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312712	—	Granted with conditions	6 Jul 2023	360 m
313667	—	Granted with conditions	6 Jul 2023	368 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

23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
23 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.