Planning report · Limerick City And County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 18 Oct 2026, 06:56

Lower Gerald Griffin Street, Market

52.66176, -8.62162

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%). 111 homes approved 420 m away haven't started.

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Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Limerick City and County Council: council consultations.

95%of home extensions approved nearbyn=284 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 51–55 6open for comments nearbyclose 22 Oct–5 Nov 213homes approved nearby, not startednearest 98 m · 2460633

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 53 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2 Sept 2024 · notice that building work was starting · signed off as finished oct 2025

On this site

Zoning · Major town centre

Yes

Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (LI005-017172-)

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningM2 · Major town centre

What it says

City Centre: To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities.

The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

limerick development plan 2022 2028 · 29 Jul 2022 – 1 Jun 2028

Heritage inventory9 within 100 m bank/financial institution; Allied Irish Bank

Monument zoneOn this site Excavation - miscellaneous, Englishtown,Limerick City; Excavation - miscellaneous, Irishtown,Limerick City

Not on this site: protected building, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	146	office; Grand Central Cinema
Monuments	28	Church; Graveyard

How we work this out

'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 27 on the draft 2027 map; 24 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, SMR zones of notification, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

How we work this out

Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions are almost always approved here: 91–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 84% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear48 decided · more info asked 35%

94% · council 98%

Two-storey rear33 decided · more info asked 45%

94% · council 99%

Attic or dormer59 decided · more info asked 44%

97% · council 95%

First-floor22 decided · more info asked 14%

91% · council 96%

Porch or front11 decided · more info asked 9%

100% · council 97%

New house in a garden or site32 decided · more info asked 47%

84% · council 92%

Approved nearbyLimerick City And overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 205 nearby, 4,106 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 no decision or withdrawn

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Single-storey rear	1	0	—

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 70 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

Calculated284 decided home extensions, 93 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

6 of 18 appealed refusals became permissions. 6 of 44 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed18 decided

6 became permissions

Approvals appealed44 decided

6 reversed

Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

Appeals nearby 3 in the last 12 months

501218 Refused · Whitewater Boutique , Denmark Street , Limerick. · 376 m
500247 Granted · 3-4 Robert Street , Prior's Land , Limerick · 249 m
500749 Granted with conditions · 4 Lower Gerald Griffin Street, Limerick, Limerick · 21 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	18 Oct 2026, 01:35	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Lower Gerald Griffin Street, Market with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingApproved, not startedAppealBuilding started

127/28, Upper Gerald Griffin Street 26216No decision yet · 69 m
228 & 29 William Street Upper, Limerick. 268461No decision yet · 134 m
317-19 Patrick St., Limerick 2661113No decision yet · 403 m
4No.35 Cecil Street, Limerick 2661144No decision yet · 422 m
537 Roxborough Road, Limerick 26215No decision yet · 455 m
6No. 4 Bedford Row No. 5 Bedford Row No. 6 Bedford Row &, No. 7 Bedford Row/Henry Street No. 8 Henry Street and No. 9 Henry Street 2661108No decision yet · 480 m
716 Thomas St., Limerick. 26156Approved with conditions · 276 m
8High Street 2460633Approved, no sign building has started · 98 m
93-4 Robert Street 2560365Approved, no sign building has started · 263 m
1048 - 50 Parnell Street 2660134Approved, no sign building has started · 330 m
11Michael Street 2560771Approved, no sign building has started · 400 m
12McEnery's Shop and Railway Hotel 221172Approved, no sign building has started · 420 m
13No. 1–4 James Street and 6 and 7 Upper Mallow Street 2360345Approved, no sign building has started · 474 m
144 Lower Gerald Griffin Street, Limerick 500749Appeal: approved with conditions · 21 m
1543 Wickham Street, Limerick 24/61272Building started · 121 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 185 permissions since 2016, 49 show a start notice and 23 have a completion certificate.

Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

Measured201 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

8 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 22 Oct 2026.

Comments closeTime to appeal endsHigh Court window ends

Comments close 22 Oct 20264 days left
526215 · application received — Retention permission for partially constructed kitchen, dining, bathroom,shed, change of roof…
€20 to the council · 455 m away
Comments close 22 Oct 20264 days left
126216 · application received — a change of use from Residential to Commercial permission for the alterations to the first floor…
€20 to the council · 69 m away
Comments close 29 Oct 202611 days left
62661108 · application received — amalgamation of No. 8 Henry Street and No. 9 Henry Street at ground floor level; Creation of a…
€20 to the council · 480 m away
Comments close 29 Oct 202611 days left
32661113 · application received — material change of use and material alterations of existing office building into thirty five…
€20 to the council · 403 m away
Comments close 4 Nov 202617 days left
2268461 · application received — demolition of an existing single-storey derelict former dwelling, including rear ancillary…
€20 to the council · 134 m away
Comments close 5 Nov 202618 days left
42661144 · application received — a) the change of use of the ground floor from commercial use to residential use, b) the change…
€20 to the council · 422 m away
Time to appeal ends 6 Nov 202619 days left
726156 · CONDITIONAL — a change of use of the existing apartments at first, second and third floor levels into student…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 276 m away
Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 12 Nov 202625 days left
Refuse permission
376 m away

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Figure 7

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

111 homes 420 m away were approved Jun 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to May 2029.

Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

Sites that could change 13 within 500 m

Approved, not started 6

High Street · 15 homes approved Apr 2025, not started · 98 m
3-4 Robert Street · 12 homes approved Oct 2025, not started · 263 m
48 - 50 Parnell Street · 32 homes approved May 2026, not started · 330 m
Michael Street · 22 homes approved Jun 2026, not started · 400 m
McEnery's Shop and Railway Hotel · 111 homes approved Jun 2023, not started · 420 m
No. 1–4 James Street and 6 and 7 Upper Mallow Street · 21 homes approved Jul 2023, not started · 474 m

Empty land zoned for homes 7

0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 159 m
1.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 258 m
1.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 355 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 372 m
3.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 372 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 377 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 428 m

Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 15 and 30 a year; busiest 2018. 93% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

127/28 , Upper Gerald Griffin Street , Limerick comments close 22 Oct 2026
a change of use from Residential to Commercial permission for the alterations to the first floor plan from 2…
2621617 Sept 202669 m
537 Roxborough Road , Limerick comments close 22 Oct 2026
Retention permission for partially constructed kitchen, dining, bathroom,shed, change of roof pitch to main…
2621517 Sept 2026455 m
317-19 Patrick St. , Limerick comments close 29 Oct 2026
material change of use and material alterations of existing office building into thirty five (35) short stay…
266111324 Sept 2026403 m
6No. 4 Bedford Row No. 5 Bedford Row No. 6 Bedford Row & , No. 7 Bedford Row/Henry Street No. 8 Henry Street and No. 9 Henry Street , Limerick. comments close 29 Oct 2026
amalgamation of No. 8 Henry Street and No. 9 Henry Street at ground floor level; Creation of a new connection…
266110824 Sept 2026480 m
228 & 29 William Street Upper , Limerick. comments close 4 Nov 2026
demolition of an existing single-storey derelict former dwelling, including rear ancillary extension and…
26846130 Sept 2026134 m
4No.35 Cecil Street , Limerick comments close 5 Nov 2026
a) the change of use of the ground floor from commercial use to residential use, b) the change of use of the…
26611441 Oct 2026422 m

Every application within 500 m 31 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Quimper Square , Cruises Street , Limerick. No decision yet
the construction of a new feature canopy within Quimper Square, Cruises Street, Limerick City. The…
2684514 Sept 2026328 m
Augustinian Lane , Roches Street , Limerick No decision yet
change of development Granted permission under Planning Ref. 25/60904 for the following : the conversion of…
26610203 Sept 2026386 m
Lady's Lane and Hunts Lane , Off Dominick Street , Limerick No decision yet
7 Year Permission is sought for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising the construction of a…
266086529 Jul 2026303 m
Existing single-storey rear extension to Former Debenhams/ Roches Stores building , Sarsfield St. , Limerick Approved with conditions
1. Amendments to the retail unit previously permitted under Planning Permissions Ref. 25/60356, comprising a…
266083914 Sept 2026488 m
129/130 O'Connell Street , Limerick , Limerick Approved with conditions
(i) a change of use from retail to restaurant use at ground and first floor levels with ancillary take away…
26607863 Sept 2026428 m
Top Food Market , Mungret Street , Limerick No decision yet
modifications to the existing internal floor layout at ground floor level to incorporate a new food offer,…
266078910 Jul 2026266 m
50 Roches Street , Limerick No decision yet
change of use of the existing two-storey building from retail (ground floor) and storage/office (first floor)…
266072125 Jun 2026400 m
716 Thomas St. , Limerick. Approved with conditions
a change of use of the existing apartments at first, second and third floor levels into student accommodation…
261569 Oct 20261 homes276 m
31/32 Upper William St. , Limerick. Approved with conditions
a change of use from educational and training facilities to office use and all associated site works
2615418 Aug 2026116 m
1-4 Parnell Street , Limerick No decision yet
construction of a 3rd floor containing 4 no. apartments and all associated elevational changes and site works
266065212 Jun 2026196 m
34 Garryowen Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
vehicular access gate and concrete driveway at the front of the property & the retention of a single story…
266061220 Jul 2026497 m
No. 7 Saint Lelia Street , Limerick No decision yet
the demolition of existing single storey extension to the south of the existing house and its replacement…
266058525 May 2026451 m
434445 and the basement of 46 Cecil Street , Limerick Approved with conditions
Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. No. 20/1137: completion of extensions and alterations to properties…
2670417 Jul 2026459 m
11 Broad Street , Curry Lane , Limerick No decision yet
the demolition of single storey rear building on Curry Lane and the construction of a replacement single…
266053412 May 2026434 m
16 Thomas St. , Limerick. Withdrawn or not valid
a change of use of the existing apartments at first, second and third floor levels into student accommodation…
2612111 May 20261 homes276 m
11 , Wickham Street , Limerick Withdrawn or not valid
the change of use of existing ground floor public house to one number studio apartment and one number one…
26605076 May 2026103 m
36-37 Thomas Street , Limerick Approved with conditions
installation of an ATM machine to the existing North-East elevation, facing Thomas Street
266037626 May 2026134 m
Black Swan , 21 Davis Street , Limerick Approved with conditions
the change of use of the existing ground floor from public house to a single residential unit and all…
266035519 May 20261 homes393 m
37-39 O'Connell Street , Limerick No decision yet
(1) alterations to residential part of second floor, (2) conversion of third floor offices and stores to…
266021026 Feb 2026408 m
1048 - 50 Parnell Street , Limerick City , Limerick Approved with conditions
the construction of a 6 Storey Mixed Use Development in a single block with part ground floor commercial…
26601342 Apr 2026312 m
1515a1616a Davis Street , Limerick Refused
No. 15 Davis St., This was formally a commercial unit at the ground floor with living area at the first…
266009425 Mar 20261 homes447 m
8 Parnell St. , Limerick. Approved with conditions
a change of use from a vacant public house to residential, to provide 2 no. apartments consisting of a 2 bed…
2540512 May 2026288 m
Whitewater Boutique , Denmark Street , Limerick. Approved with conditions
a change of use from clothes shop into a takeaway, front signage with lighting and all associated site works
2537631 Mar 2026376 m
4 Lower Gerald Griffin Street , Limerick , Limerick Approved with conditions
the careful removal of existing structure to a safe and stable level under controlled engineering…
256117914 Jan 202621 m
12 Glentworth Street , Limerick Approved with conditions
a) Subdividing the existing Ground Floor and Basement Levels, b) The change of use of the Ground Floor from…
256106210 Apr 2026465 m

How we work this out

Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.

Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Building work nearby 13 in the last 12 months

2 signed off as finished11 not signed off

69 Mungret Street, Limerick · 21 Oct 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/60570 · 352 m
37B Cruise's Street, Limerick, V94 Y6F9 · 8 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 292 m
1543 Wickham Street, Limerick, V94 K667 · 5 Jun 2026 · start notice not signed off · 24/61272 · 121 m
11 Glentworth Street, Limerick, V94 X3C7 · 20 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/282 · 478 m
6 William Street, Limerick, V94 EF85 · 23 Feb 2026 · 6 homes · start notice not signed off · 2461298 · 342 m
21 Upper Gerald Griffin Street, Limerick, V94N938 · 9 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice signed off · 2560673 · 125 m
Augustinian Lane, Roches Street, Limerick, V94 R60H · 31 Jan 2026 · 6 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60904 · 405 m
69 Catherine Street, Limerick, V94 R7N2 · 30 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 347 m
3 Michael Street, Limerick, V94 4X26 · 23 Jan 2026 · start notice not signed off · ABP-304028-19 & ABP-311981-21 & ABP-315085-22 · 467 m
45 Cecil Street, Limerick, V94 HX85 · 7 Jan 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60568 · 474 m
68 Mungret Street, Limerick, V94 R6N3 · 22 Dec 2025 · 3 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/60631 · 304 m
Cathedral Place, Limerick, V94 CY80 · 26 Nov 2025 · start notice signed off · 26/60025 · 150 m
18 Cecil Street, Limerick, V94 RX23 · 10 Nov 2025 · 3 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 341 m

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 01:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open

Homes coming 213 not started

12McEnery's Shop and Railway Hotel · 111 homes · not started · runs out 29 May 2029 · 420 m
Mungret Street · 40 homes · building started · 346 m
1048 - 50 Parnell Street · 32 homes · not started · runs out 10 May 2031 · 330 m
Flag Lane Sullivans Lane Curry Lane · 30 homes · building started · 477 m
11Michael Street · 22 homes · not started · runs out 7 Jun 2031 · 400 m
13No. 1–4 James Street and 6 and 7 Upper Mallow Street · 21 homes · not started · runs out 8 Jul 2029 · 474 m
8High Street · 15 homes · not started · runs out 23 Apr 2030 · 98 m
93-4 Robert Street · 12 homes · not started · runs out 15 Jun 2031 · 263 m
Laneway at rear of 1 Parnell Street · 12 homes · ran out · runs out 17 May 2026 · 205 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Coolmine Mid-West Early Years Service · Crèche	29 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	28 m
Poppins's Pre- School Professionals · Crèche	27 Nov 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	68 m
Presentation Pre- School · Crèche	22 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	278 m
Riocht na Si · Crèche	16 May 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	281 m
Scoil na Nog St. John's Pre-school · Crèche	11 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	297 m
Nursery Times · Crèche	31 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	597 m
OneWorld Pre- School · Crèche	5 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	698 m
Limerick Social Service Council Early Years Service · Crèche	25 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	698 m

How we work this out

Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.

Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 23:20

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Limerick City and County Council.

Homes approved

Here342

Council middle0

Homes started

Here222

Council middle2

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:06

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 01:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

5% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

34% · council 31%

Homes built since 2001

34% · council 29%

Owner-occupied

5% · council 65%

Rented

74% · council 27%

Children under 15

7% · council 19%

Aged 65 and over

5% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

2% · council 41%

Work mainly from home

4% · council 10%

This small area (206 people)Limerick City And

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 128029004

Bus

142 m

Limerick Courthse · 304, 304A, 305 · busiest stop within 500 m: 14 an hour at peak

Nearest school

181 m

Coláiste Nano Nagle, 365 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Coláiste Nano Nagle · postprimary · 365 pupils · 181 m
St Augustines Spec Sch · primary · 24 pupils · 199 m
Presentation Primary School · primary · 279 pupils · 278 m
Colaiste Mhichil · postprimary · 349 pupils · 287 m
St Michaels Ns · primary · 126 pupils · 327 m
Scoil Iosagain · primary · 222 pupils · 327 m
St Johns Convent · primary · 223 pupils · 351 m
St John The Baptist Boys NS · primary · 68 pupils · 503 m

Stops 66

Limerick Courthse · 304, 304A, 305, 310 · 9/hour at peak · 142 m
Up G Griffin St · 303 · 4/hour at peak · 157 m
Up G Griffin St · 304, 304A, 305, 310 · 8/hour at peak · 159 m
Sexton Street · 310 · 2/hour at peak · 186 m
Limerick Courthse · 304, 305, 310 · 6/hour at peak · 254 m
William Street · 303, 304, 305, 305A, 309, 310 · 14/hour at peak · 316 m
Limerick Colbert · 13, 14, 314, 317, 317A, 320 · 1/hour at peak · 319 m
Limerick Colbert · 303 · 4/hour at peak · 328 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

Coláiste Nano Nagle · 181 m+2.5% pupils (365)
St Augustines Spec Sch · 199 m0% pupils (24)
Presentation Primary School · 278 m-0.7% pupils (279)
Colaiste Mhichil · 287 m+0.9% pupils (349)
St Michaels Ns · 327 m+9.6% pupils (126)
Scoil Iosagain · 327 m-2.6% pupils (222)

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 18 Oct 2026, 02:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 02:06	open
Council consultation portals	Public	18 Oct 2026, 01:37	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	18 Oct 2026, 02:18	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
EPA strategic noise maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
15 homes approved 98 m away (High Street), not started: what is planned?
Ask for: The planning file for 2460633.
Council
Application 69 m away open for comments until 22 Oct 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Seller · solicitor

Reference

Where this is, the terms, the sources

Townland: Prior's-Land
Electoral division: Market
Electoral area: Limerick City North
Council: Limerick City And County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned M2 (major town centre); monument zone; no vacant land tax.
13 sites nearby could change: 6 approved schemes, 7 empty zoned plots.
6 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 22 Oct 2026.
213 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 111 at McEnery's Shop and Railway Hotel.
William Street (bus 303, 304) 316 m away: 14 an hour at morning peak; 123 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 74% rent (council 27%); 13% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 17% drive to work (council 60%); population up 11% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
The council decides in a median 61 days (about 9 weeks); 42% are asked for more information.

What the terms mean 8 terms

Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.

Sources and licences 27

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
EPA strategic noise maps	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
National Transport Authority	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	16 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	18 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	18 Oct 2026
cso.ie	—	CC BY 4.0	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	12 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	18 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	18 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	9 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	11 Oct 2026

Measured

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 18 Oct 2026, 06:56 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.

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