Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council
Killacoola Barker , Glin , Co. Limerick
A single storey flat roof extension to the front/side of an existing dwelling house, addition of rear dormer windows, minor ope changes & all associated site works
Observations close 3 Dec 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661236 · full record
- Authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 3,176 m²
- Received
- 29 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 23 Dec 2026
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/2661236/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661236at 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 3 Dec 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. | 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 within 100 m
- NIAH-recorded building × 1Castle Bridge
- Recorded monument × 4Bridge · Castle - tower house · Bawn
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660518 | Conditional | 1 Jul 2026 | 1 | 144 m | construction of a new dwelling house, domestic detached garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works |
| 2560240 | Conditional | 11 Mar 2026 | 371 m | a) Construct a single storey 2No. classroom ASD unit extension to the side of existing school and erect signage, b) Alterations to front boundary wall and existing front parking, together with connections to all existing services along with all associated site works. | |
| 2560828 | Conditional | 27 Jan 2026 | 76 m | a 10 year permission for (1) the construction of a wastewater treatment plant at Caheragh, Glin, including rising mains discharge chamber, inlet works with screen, flow distribution chamber with flow monitoring, 2 no. primary settlement tanks with splitter chamber, sludge pumping station and sludge holding tank, storm storage tank, tidal tank, control building, surface water drainage network including swale linking to existing drains, site lighting (both task lighting and road lighting), boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements, solar panels on block mounted frames, and entrance scheme signage. Access to the wastewater treatment plant to be provided via a proposed new entrance onto the public road network to the south (L-6106), below ground interconnecting pipework; (2) the construction of a wastewater terminal pumping station (TPS) including: underground storm storage tank, pump sump chamber, flow meter chamber, overflow chamber with screen, 2 no. valve chambers, bauer connection chamber, wet and control kiosks, vent stack, landscaping to include redesign of Town Park public amenity area, removable bollards, the temporary removal and re-instatement of a portion of the wall, and all ancillary site development works at Ballygiltenan North, Glin; (3) Foul water rising main between the wastewater treatment plant site and terminal pumping station comprising the laying of pipework on private land and within the Coast Road (N69), including along N69 bridge crossing the Glencorbry River; (4) Gravity storm overflow pipeline from terminal pump station to a new outfall in the maritime area comprising the laying of pipework within the town park and Coast Road (N69) including a rodding and scour chamber;(5) the construction of a new effluent outfall gravity pipeline from wastewater treatment plant site to a new outfall in the maritime area comprising the laying of pipework on private land and within the Coast Road (N69), including along N69 bridge crossing the Glencorbry River; (6) partial demolition/decommissioning of the existing tidal tanks and decommissioning of the existing outfall pipeline assets landwards of the High Water Mark (HWM) within the Town Park public amenity area; (7) Proposed upgrades to underground foul sewer network at the junction of Mary Street and Coast Road (N69) comprising the laying of new sewer pipework to the terminal pumping station and; (8) all associated site development and site excavation works above and below groun | |
| 2461095 | Conditional | 2 Jul 2025 | 80 m | 1) removal of existing single-storey metal storage shed from site; 2) removal of existing manual car washing facilities from site; 3) removal of solid fuel storage area; 4) relocation on site of existing bin storage area and of 1 no. diesel dispenser; 4) construction of new proposed single-storey extension to side of existing amenity building to accommodate back-of-house areas; 5) internal alterations to the existing amenity building to include planning permission for change of use of part of existing ground floor shop from retail use to new off-licence use (sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises to be ancillary to the existing primary retail use and located in within the convenience shop floor area); 6) minor elevational changes to the exiting elevations of amenity building; 7) all associated site development works | |
| 25148 | Conditional | 1 Jul 2025 | 425 m | demolition of a flat roof area to the rear of dwelling house. also for permission to erect a single storey extension consisting of an entrance hall and utility store and a storey and a half extension consisting of a kitchen/dining area and at ground floor level and a bedroom ensuite and walk in wardrobe and first floor level, all to the side of existing dwelling house. Decommission existing septic tank and percolation area, install a secondary treatment unit and soil polishing filter and all associated site works | |
| 2460028 | Conditional | 30 Jul 2024 | 10 | 149 m | the construction of a development consisting of 10 No. Single storey housing units laid out in 2 Blocks of 5 Units, access road, car parking, hard and soft landscaping, retaining walls, bin storage with connection to public sewers, all public utility services along with all associated site works |
| 23309 | Conditional | 28 Jul 2023 | 97 m | (a) the construction of a single storey extension to rear, (b) adding doors to existing window ope to side(south-east) elevation and (c) all ancillary site works | |
| 2360045 | Conditional | 29 Jun 2023 | 3 | 98 m | the Construction of 3 no. two storey terraced dwelling houses including connection to existing combined sewer and existing watermian on public road and all associated site works |
What has happened on this file
- 29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
- 29 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.