Application description published by Limerick County Council.
The demolition of existing showroom/sales building, storage sheds, single-storey derelict dwelling house and all other structures and boundary walls on the site; the construction of a new Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) multi-storey scheme with a total floor area of 3,309 square metres, ranging in height from four (12.75m) to six storeys (18.75m), to provide 115 no. student bed spaces (17 no. apartments) with 127 square metres of private open space; internal courtyard with cycle, pedestrian and emergency vehicular access only from Old Clare Street; bicycle parking (96 spaces); student reception, laundry room, staff office, plant room, internal communal space, bin store, and ESB substation; SUDS inclusive of Green Roof; alterations to footpaths and roads bounding the site at New Road/Pennywell Road and Old Clare Street; the creation of a designated set down area on New Road/Pennywell Road; connections to public services and utilities and all ancillary siteworks
Application and appeal history
Structured appeal stages, outcomes and source documents currently tied to this application.
PL-501062-LK-26.Submitted 27 March 2026 / decided Not recorded
Status not recorded
Appeal submittedAppeal reference PL-501062-LK-26.
27 March 2026
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Decision details
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Application ref
2561232
Received
25 November 2025
Decided
10 March 2026
FI requested
Yes
Authority
Limerick County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
Source status
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Planning analysis
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Refusal reasons
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Conditions
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.
Included in site brief
1 council document — in the €39 site risk brief
Refusal reasoning quoted verbatim from the council decision file
Policy citations and the planner's own wording
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