Observation pack · Limerick City and County Council

Newtown , Castletroy , Co. Limerick

a residential development comprising 96 no. residential units, (16 no. semi-detached houses, 6 no. terrace houses, 2 detached units along with 2 no. 5 storey apartment blocks over basement, comprised of 72 no. apartments and basement parking), bin & bike stores, demolition of existing farm buildings, additional parallel parking along the Castletroy College road, accessed via a new entrance onto the Castletroy College road and all ancillary development works. Ancillary site development works include a new connection to the public water main, foul and surface water drainage, access roads, footpaths, vehicle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works above and below ground. The planning application is accompanied by a NIS(Natura Impact Statement). Original Planning Ref. No.'s 21/1400 and 24/60420

Observations close 19 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 267049 · full record
Authority: Limerick City and County Council
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.91 ha
Received: 15 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 9 Dec 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/267049/0.
Write your observation.Quote 267049 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 Nov 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
R1 New residential	New Residential: To provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of social and physical infrastructure.	limerick development plan 2022 2028	29 Jul 2022 → 1 Jun 2028
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Education and Community Facilities: To protect and provide for educational, training and adult learning, community, healthcare, childcare, civic, religious and social infrastructure.	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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660818	Refused	10 Sept 2026	6 m	6 no. car parking spaces and associated site works
2561245	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	2 m	the construction of a two storey creche, play area, parking, community playing pitch and all ancillary site works at Newtown Meadows, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Ancillary site development works include a new connection to the public water main, foul and surface water drainage, access roads, footpaths, landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and accompanies this application
26155	Refused	19 Aug 2026	17 m	a single storey bin structure at ground level and enclose first storey front and side balconies with glazing and all associated site works
2660488	Conditional	19 Jun 2026	472 m	the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwellinghouse together with all associated site works
2660452	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	281 m	1. Extension to the side of existing house to accommodate storage space and 2. Convert existing storage shed onsite to sensory room with modification to elevations.
2660439	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	363 m	2 No. domestic sheds/stores and for permission for the construction of a dwelling extension & all ancillary site works
2660417	Conditional	3 Jun 2026	122 m	an attic conversion, construction of a dormer window on the rear elevation and all associated elevational changes
2660379	Conditional	26 May 2026	324 m	modifications to the previously approved extension granted under Planning Reference 201300 including: (a) the omission of two new windows to the South elevation, (b) the omission of one new window to the North elevation, (c) the increase of the ridge height to the side extension, (d) revisions to the front elevation to include keeping the original bay window intact, (e) increase in floor area of first floor side extension and (f) All associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502242	—	pending	7 Oct 2026	6 m
501091	—	Granted	27 Jul 2026	410 m
501129	—	Refused	20 Jul 2026	271 m
500349	—	Granted	4 Jun 2026	422 m
500251	—	Granted	9 Mar 2026	410 m
321217	—	Granted with conditions	27 Feb 2025	199 m
311795	—	Refused	25 Sept 2023	256 m
317066	—	Invalid	3 May 2023	351 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

15 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 19 Nov 2026
15 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Limerick City and County Council before relying on it.