Planning report · Limerick City And County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 2 Nov 2026, 02:57

Limerick North Rural

52.67132, -8.67751

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (93%). A building site 1.2 km away stopped before it was finished.

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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.

93%of home extensions approved nearbyn=45 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 47–54 0open for comments nearbywithin 2 km 274homes approved nearby, not startednearest 1.1 km · 22312683

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 50 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 2 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992).

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

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

On this site

Zoning · Existing residential

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

Existing Residential: To provide for residential development, protect and improve existing residential amenity.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

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

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

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Stabright Limited (in voluntary liquidation) (491 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 2.0 km

Within 2.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	11	Cragfield; Oreland
Monuments	44	Bridge; Excavation - miscellaneous

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: 152 on the draft 2027 map; 151 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 58% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site12 decided · more info asked 50%

58% · council 91%

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 · 12 nearby, 1,581 council-wide

Figure 3

Clondrinagh, file by file since 2022

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 0 of 1.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Clondrinagh" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2022–2026

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

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 63 days. Building starts about 2 months after permission.

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

Calculated45 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

2 of 5 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 12 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed5 decided

2 became permissions

Approvals appealed12 decided

1 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 5 in the last 12 months

502086 Pending · Elsinore 6 St James Court , Ennis Road , Limerick · 1.6 km
501201 Granted with conditions · APOLLO , 48 Revington Park North Circular Road , Limerick. · 1.6 km
500920 Granted · Coonagh East , Coonagh , Co Limerick · 677 m
500703 Granted · Pass Road , Clonconane , Meelick Co. Limerick. · 1.6 km
500419 Granted with conditions · Na Piarsaigh GAA Club , Elm Drive Caherdavin , County Limerick · 459 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Limerick North Rural with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseWindow closingBuilding site that stoppedApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homes

1Westlink Business Park, Clondrinagh 2660098Approved with conditions · 682 m
2Unit 8 Caherdavin Shopping Centre, Caherdavin 2660717Approved with conditions · 987 m
3FunWorld, Ennis Road Coolraine 2661006Approved with conditions · 1.3 km
4Ennis Road, Limerick 19/970Building site that stopped · 421 m
5Clonmacken 22312683Approved, no sign building has started · 1.1 km
6New Link Road 21147Approved, not started, approval runs out within a year · 1.3 km
7Clonconane 22917Approved, no sign building has started · 1.4 km
8Clonconane 221114Approved, no sign building has started · 1.5 km
9Clonconane 2561027Approved, no sign building has started · 1.5 km
10Clonconane 211800Approved, no sign building has started · 1.5 km
11Clonconane 2560230Approved, no sign building has started · 1.6 km
121.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 282 m
131.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 343 m
140.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 448 m
153.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 451 m

Figure 6

The next 30 days

3 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 17 Nov 2026.

Time to appeal ends

Time to appeal ends 17 Nov 202615 days left
22660717 · CONDITIONAL — removing the existing unauthorised signage to the exterior of the building and to provide new signage
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 987 m away
Time to appeal ends 17 Nov 202615 days left
32661006 · CONDITIONAL — the removal of the existing illuminated three-dimensional signage above the front entrance and permission…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 1.3 km away
Time to appeal ends 17 Nov 202615 days left
12660098 · CONDITIONAL — revised ground levels of an enclosed hardcored area
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 682 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

87 homes 1.5 km away were approved Jan 2023 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2029. 2 building sites nearby stopped before sign-off.

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 19 within 2.0 km

Building site that stopped 2

4Ennis Road, Limerick · 92 homes, started Aug 2023, never signed off · 421 m
Condell Road, Clonmacken · 110 homes, started Nov 2021, never signed off · 1.2 km

Approved, not started, approval running out 1

New Link Road · 11 homes approved, not started; runs out Feb 2027 · 1.3 km

Approved, not started 6

Clonmacken · 44 homes approved May 2022, not started · 1.1 km
Clonconane · 12 homes approved Oct 2023, not started · 1.4 km
Clonconane · 54 homes approved Oct 2023, not started · 1.5 km
Clonconane · 38 homes approved Jul 2026, not started · 1.5 km
Clonconane · 87 homes approved Jan 2023, not started · 1.5 km
Clonconane · 28 homes approved Jun 2025, not started · 1.6 km

Empty land zoned for homes 10

121.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 282 m
131.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 343 m
140.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 448 m
153.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 451 m
0.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 524 m
0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 547 m
6.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 599 m
0.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 608 m
0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 611 m
0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 622 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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 63% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 2.0 km 49 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Santa Cruz 10 Coolraine Terrace , Ennis Road , Limerick No decision yet
an attic conversion into a bedroom and ensuite, rooflight to the front, flat roof dormer to the side and…
266112325 Sept 20261.7 km
89 Whitethorn Drive Lower , Caherdavin Heights , Limerick. No decision yet
demolition of existing single storey side and rear extensions and to construct a new two storey side…
2622124 Sept 20261 homes742 m
Palm Court , North Circular Road , Limerick. No decision yet
an extension to the existing Washroom and Playroom, for use as a washroom and playroom ancillary to the…
266110523 Sept 20261.7 km
La Cariere , Clonmacken Rd , Caherdavin No decision yet
a) Construct single storey rear/first floor side extensions and double height front porch. b) Extensive…
266109518 Sept 2026970 m
Busy Kids Childcare , Ennis Road , Coolraine Limerick. Withdrawn or not valid
removal of existing temporary classroom and the construction of two permanent classrooms and all associated…
2620914 Sept 20261.3 km
Palm Court , North Circular Road , Limerick. Withdrawn or not valid
an extension to the existing Washroom and Playroom, for use as a washroom and playroom ancillary to the…
26610173 Sept 20261.7 km
3FunWorld , Ennis Road Coolraine , Limerick Approved with conditions
the removal of the existing illuminated three-dimensional signage above the front entrance and permission to…
266100620 Oct 20261.3 km
Knock , Limerick No decision yet
construction of a new wastewater pumping station consisting of: Foul Wet Well chamber containing submersible…
266097725 Aug 2026746 m
8 Oakland Drive , Greystones , Limerick Approved with conditions
a pitched roof on the extension to the side of the existing dwelling house (previous planning granted P75/133)
26609111 Oct 20261.9 km
27 Dooneen Road , Woodview Park Moylish , Limerick Approved with conditions
flat roof extension to existing dwelling house as constructed
266089728 Sept 20261.8 km
55 Ashbrook , Ennis Road , Limerick. Refused
an attic conversion incorporating a dormer window and Velux roof windows together with all ancillary site…
26607974 Sept 20261.4 km
2Unit 8 Caherdavin Shopping Centre , Caherdavin , Ennis Road Limerick. Approved with conditions
removing the existing unauthorised signage to the exterior of the building and to provide new signage
266071720 Oct 2026987 m
Santa Cruz 10 Coolraine Terrace , Ennis Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
for an existing ground floor extension to the rear and side of the house
266067210 Aug 20261.7 km
Redgate , Clonconane , Limerick Withdrawn or not valid
construction of a carport roof, linking existing garage to main dwelling, elevational changes and ancillary…
266066916 Jun 20261.3 km
52 Coolraine Heights , Old Cratloe Road , Limerick Refused
the removal of the front boundary wall to facilitate a widened entrance and extended hard surfaced front…
266058214 Jul 20261.6 km
8 Rostrevor Close , Glenmore Old Cratloe Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
construction of a two storey extension to side of existing dwelling, a pitched roof over main entrance to the…
266053125 Jun 20261.4 km
Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar Ennis Road Roses Avenue and , North Circular Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
amendments to the permitted Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), Limerick City & County Council…
266048219 Jun 20261.9 km
No. 04 Brookville Gardens , Clareview , Limerick Approved with conditions
revisions to previously approved planning reference no. 25/61352. The proposed modifications include…
266046217 Jun 20261.9 km
No. 23 Dooneen Rd , Woodview Park Moylish , Limerick. Approved with conditions
flat roof extension to existing dwelling house as constructed
266045716 Jun 20261.8 km
Sacre Coeur , Fortmary Park , North Circular Road Limerick Refused
modifications and widening of the existing dwelling entrance: demolition of existing pier and part of front…
26604104 Jun 20261.7 km
“Tir na nOg” 37 Caragh Avenue , Caherdavin Park , Limerick. Approved with conditions
(1) front porch, (2) garage conversion, (3) single storey extension to rear and (4) two rooflights to rear of…
26604073 Jun 2026905 m
25 Beechwood Drive , Greystones , Limerick Approved with conditions
demolition of existing rear conservatory and boiler house and construct a single storey 38m2 extension,…
266039027 May 20261.8 km
Elsinore 6 St James Court , Ennis Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
redevelopment of existing property to consist of the demolition of the single storey garage extension to the…
26603882 Sept 20263 homes1.6 km
7 Beechwood Drive , Greystones , Limerick. Approved with conditions
demolition of front wall and rear wall of existing attached utility including existing flat roof; permission…
268626 May 20261.9 km
7 St. James's Court , Ennis Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
construction of single storey extensions at the rear, modifications to the front elevation to include new…
266036219 May 20261.6 km
18 Merval Park , Clareview , Limerick Approved with conditions
construction of an extension to the existing dwelling comprising a two-storey element to the side of the…
266032613 May 20261.8 km
Coonagh Cross Ennis Road , Clondrinagh , Limerick Approved with conditions
a ten year permission for the construction of a mixed use arena of 7,201sq.m in floor area over a footprint…
26602521 May 2026802 m
Saint John Paul II Apostolic Centre , 47 Delmege Park , Moyross Limerick. Approved with conditions
the placing of a porta cabin for indoor recreation and meetings on the site
265628 Apr 20261.9 km
Villiers School , North Circular Road , Limerick. Approved with conditions
the provision of 2 no. spectator viewing stands for the all weather pitch and all ancillary site works
266024415 Apr 20261.7 km
2 Shannonvale , Old Cratloe Road , Limerick. Refused
raising the end gable wall and the hip roof to facilitate an attic conversion and all ancillary site works
26399 Apr 20261.3 km
15 Highfield , Ennis Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
a first floor extension to the side of the dwelling, internal and elevational alterations to front, rear and…
26601568 Apr 20261.8 km
Innisfallen , 42 Revington Park , North Circular Road Approved with conditions
the construction of a rear /side first floor extension and fit small opaque window to first floor side gable.…
266013031 Mar 20261.7 km
Unit 8 Caherdavin Shopping Centre , Caherdavin , Ennis Road Limerick. Refused
the advertising signage to the front and side of the building and for elevational alterations to the building…
26601211 Apr 2026987 m
Monteloup , North Circular Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
part demolition of including alterations and extensions to the front side and rear of existing dwelling.…
266011429 Apr 20261.6 km
41 Caragh Avenue , Caherdavin , Limerick. Approved with conditions
(1) front porch with a pitched roof and (2) garage conversion with a pitched roof
266010931 Mar 2026921 m
1Westlink Business Park , Clondrinagh , Limerick Approved with conditions
revised ground levels of an enclosed hardcored area
266009820 Oct 2026682 m
19 Oakland Drive , Greystones , Limerick Approved with conditions
for a) demolition of an existing single storey Domestic Garage, Utility Room and Boiler House, b)…
266009721 May 20261.8 km
APOLLO , 48 Revington Park North Circular Road , Limerick. Refused
the reconfiguration of an existing vehicular entrance to provide a centrally aligned access, together with…
266008826 Mar 20261.6 km
Clonmacken , Limerick Approved with conditions
165 no. residential units (43 no. houses, 122 no. apartments), creche and associated site works at lands to…
26701012 Mar 20261.2 km
Coonagh East , Coonagh , Co. Limerick No decision yet
the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic proprietary waste water treatment…
266002415 Jan 20261 homes958 m
No. 04 Brookville Gardens , Clareview , Limerick Approved with conditions
demolition of existing garage and the construction of a single-storey extension to the existing two-storey…
256135220 Feb 20261.9 km
16 Iona Drive , North Circular Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
the construction of a ground floor extension to the front and rear of a two storey dwelling house, a first…
256133812 Mar 20261.9 km
Phayers Road , Meelick , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Planning Ref 24/60199) to construct a detached…
256078222 Apr 20261 homes1.6 km
Clondrinagh Industrial Estate , Clondrinagh , Limerick Withdrawn or not valid
the construction of a single storey industrial warehouse and associated site works and retention of…
256131111 Dec 2025635 m
28 Highfield , Ennis Road , Limerick Approved with conditions
demolition of single storey annex to the gable of existing dwelling and to construct a two storey extension…
25612929 Feb 20261.7 km
Pass , Meelick , Co. Clare Approved with conditions
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site…
256073922 May 20261 homes1.9 km
42 Lyradane Avenue , Woodview Park , Limerick Approved with conditions
side and rear single storey extensions
256122527 Jan 20261.7 km
34 Sheelin Rd , Caherdavin Park , Limerick No decision yet
the existing rear domestic garage, the concrete front yard, and the widening of the existing entrance as…
256122124 Nov 2025911 m
No. 04 Brookville Gardens , Clareview , Limerick Withdrawn or not valid
demolition of existing garage and the construction of a single-storey extension to the existing two-storey…
256118214 Nov 20251.9 km

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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Building work nearby 24 in the last 12 months

1 signed off as finished12 not signed off11 no sign-off needed

Pass, Meelick, Clare · 2 Nov 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560739 · 1.9 km
No.4 Revington Gardens, North Circular Road, Limerick, Limerick · 17 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21/510 · 1.8 km
Old Cratloe Road, Limerick · 7 Oct 2026 · 8 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460032 · 1.3 km
Old Cratloe Road, Limerick · 7 Oct 2026 · 8 homes · 7-day notice not signed off · 2460032 · 1.3 km
19 Oakland Drive, Limerick, V94 E9ND · 25 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660097 · 1.8 km
Clondrinagh Industrial estate, Limerick, V94 XT27 · 21 Sept 2026 · start notice not signed off · 602 m
Lower Meelick, Meelick, Clare · 21 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25273 · 1.8 km
Phayers Road, Meelick, Clare · 19 Jun 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560782 · 1.7 km
Phayers Road, Meelick, Clare · 19 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560782 · 1.7 km
Old Cratloe Road, Limerick, V94TEC7 · 27 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 1.4 km
1 Merval Drive, Limerick, V94 FH9V · 15 May 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 24/60060 · 1.6 km
Old Cratloe Road, Limerick · 13 May 2026 · 83 homes · start notice not signed off · 2460032 · 1.3 km
Ennis Road, Limerick, V94 C6T1 · 13 Apr 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2461170 · 826 m
Ennis Road, Limerick, V94 TW71 · 8 Apr 2026 · start notice signed off · PL-22/7016 · 626 m
8 North Circular Road, Limerick, V94 A78X · 28 Jan 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60244 · 1.9 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 15 Jan 2026 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 15 Jan 2026 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 15 Jan 2026 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
Coonagh West, Coonagh, Limerick, XXXXXXX · 4 Dec 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560606 · 1.2 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 24 Nov 2025 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 24 Nov 2025 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick · 24 Nov 2025 · 167 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/557 · 1.9 km
14 Ennis Road, Limerick, V94 3K12 · 21 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 1.4 km
16 Ennis Road, Limerick, V94 PY5Y · 5 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560016 · 1.6 km

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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open

Homes coming 274 not started

Ardhu House · 167 homes · building started · 1.9 km
Clonconane · 99 homes · building started · 1.2 km
10Clonconane · 87 homes · not started · runs out 7 Apr 2029 · 1.5 km
8Clonconane · 54 homes · not started · runs out 17 Oct 2029 · 1.5 km
5Clonmacken · 44 homes · not started · runs out 24 May 2030 · 1.1 km
9Clonconane · 38 homes · not started · runs out 3 Jul 2028 · 1.5 km
11Clonconane · 28 homes · not started · runs out 20 Nov 2029 · 1.6 km
7Clonconane · 12 homes · not started · runs out 2 Oct 2028 · 1.4 km
6New Link Road · 11 homes · runs out soon · runs out 6 Feb 2027 · 1.3 km

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here45

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 2 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 03:07	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

80% owner-occupied (council 65%).

Homes built before 1971

35% · council 31%

Homes built since 2001

14% · council 29%

Owner-occupied

80% · council 65%

Rented

7% · council 27%

Children under 15

16% · council 19%

Aged 65 and over

18% · council 16%

Households with 2+ cars

51% · council 41%

Work mainly from home

16% · council 10%

This small area (374 people)Limerick City And

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 127105001

Bus

397 m

Coonagh Roundabout · 317, 317A, 330X · busiest stop within 500 m: 4 an hour at peak

Nearest school

1.3 km

S N Muire na hEireann, 262 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Muire na hEireann · primary · 262 pupils · 1.3 km
Scoil Chriost Ri B · primary · 278 pupils · 1.4 km
Villiers Secondary School · postprimary · 508 pupils · 1.7 km

Stops 20

Coonagh Roundabout · 317, 317A, 330X, 343, 723 · 4/hour at peak · 397 m
Coonagh Roundabout · 317, 317A, 343, 723 · 3/hour at peak · 399 m
Caherdavin Ln · 317, 317A, 343 · 3/hour at peak · 647 m
Caherdavin Ln · 317, 317A, 343 · 3/hour at peak · 707 m

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, 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 2 Nov 2026, 02:27

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:05	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	2 Nov 2026, 01:11	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	2 Nov 2026, 02:27	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

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: Clondrinagh
Electoral division: Limerick North Rural
Electoral area: Limerick City North
Council: Limerick City And County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R2 (existing residential); no vacant land tax.
19 sites nearby could change: 2 stalled builds, 7 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
274 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 87 at Clonconane.
Coonagh Roundabout (bus 317, 317A) 397 m away: 4 an hour at morning peak; 7 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 80% owner-occupied (council 65%); 5% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 1981–1990; 67% drive to work (council 60%); population up 8% since 2016.
Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 0 in the last year, 92 three years before.
49 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 84% approved (council 90%); 33% for work already built (council 20%).

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.
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.
Building site that stopped (Commenced, no completion certificate): A housing build that told the council it was starting at least three years ago, passed its own planned finish date, and has never been signed off as finished.

Sources and licences 26

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	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	2 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	1 Nov 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	26 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	2 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 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	2 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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 2 Nov 2026, 02:57 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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