Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar Ennis Road Roses Avenue and, North Circular Road, Limerick
Planning application 2660482
DecisionConditional grant
Decided19 June 2026
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2560244Amendments to the permitted Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Limerick City & County Council Reference 23/557; An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-319721-24. The proposed amendments to the LRD relate solely to Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar as follows; 1) Construction of a new single storey extension to the existing Ardhu Bar to accommodate toilets and cold room within the existing courtyard of the Ardhu Bar. 2) Modifications to the existing Ardhu Bar layout by removal of ground floor toilet, removal of hall enclosure to reinstate the archway access to the courtyard. Replace the first-floor open plan bar area with the construction of accommodation stairs, ancillary office and staff rooms. 3) Reduction to the footprint and modifications to the roof of the existing courtyard canopy to the Ardhu Bar. 4) Demolition of first floor link, currently providing the toilet accommodation, from Ardhu Bar to Ardhu House with associated modifications to the roof of the Ardhu Bar, construction of a slated hipped roof over the ground floor stone outbuildings, an increase in the height of walls of the existing fire escape stairwell annexed to Ardhu House and construction of new hipped roof overhead of the existing fire escape stairwell. 5) All associated site works above and below ground. 6) The resulting floor area of the Ardhu Bar licenced premises shall be 290m². Ardhu House is a Protected Structure, RPS Reg. No. 3281 / 0.0 km away / 13 May 2025Granted
- 23557Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Application. Tribeca Asset Management Limited (trading as Tribeca Holdings) intends to apply for planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site: Ardhu House, Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick. Ardhu House is a Protected Structure, RPS Reg. No. 3281 (Former Limerick Ryan Hotel, Ennis Road, Roses Avenue). The application site includes an area of public road/footpaths to facilitate a watermain diversion via North Circular Road, Roses Avenue and Ennis Road. The development site area and watermain diversion works provide a total planning application site area of 2.19 hectares approx. The site is bound by Ennis Road (R857) to the north, Roses Avenue (L10053) to the west, North Circular Road (L10059) to the south-east, residential properties at The Elms to the south and the Woodfield House Hotel, Bar & Restaurant commercial property to the west. This proposed development will replace all un-built and incomplete elements of the development permitted under the planning permission Register Reference 15/645, An Bord Pleanála Reference PL 91.246960 (extended under Register Reference 21/7025). The un-built and incomplete elements to be replaced comprise (i) the change of use of Ardhu House from commercial use to residential use to provide 4 no. apartments (i) the demolition of extensions to the front, rear and side of Ardhu House (i) the construction of 7 no. detached two-storey dwelling houses (iv) vehicular access via the existing entrance on Roses Avenue (v) internal roadways, surface car parking, cycle parking, driveways and entrances (vi) service connections and (vi) ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary treatment works. In summary, the proposed development will consist of the construction of 167 no. new residential units in 5 new residential buildings ranging in height from 3 storeys to 5 storeys (Blocks 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05), a creche; the refurbishment of Ardhu House (Protected Structure RPS Reg. No. 3281) to provide ancillary residential amenity uses, and the refurbishment of the Ardhu Bar licenced premises. The refurbishment of Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar will entail the demolition of modern extensions to each building. The detailed description of the proposed development is as follows: (1) Block 01 is a 5-storey building comprising 46 apartments with 17 no. 1-bed units and 29 no. 2-bed units. Private balconies/terraces for the apartments are pro / 0.0 km away / 19 April 2024Granted
- 217025Extension of duration for 15/645 for (1) the change of use of the existing Ardhu House from commercial to residential use to provide 4 no. apartments; the removal of single storey extensions to the rear and side of Ardhu House; the removal of a three storey extension to the front of Ardhu House and all ancillary refurbishment and restoration works to the existing building; (2) the change of use of an existing aparthotel building from commercial use to residential use to provide 61 no. apartments; (3) the removal of a single storey glazed link between the aparthotel building and Ardhu House; (4) vehicular access via existing entrances on Ennis Road and Roses Avenue; (5) surface level car park; (6) provision of internal roadways; (7) the construction of 9 no. detached two storey dwelling houses, driveways, entrances and access roadways; (8) connection to existing surface and foul sewers; (9) all ancillary site development and boundary treatment works (Ardhu House is a protected structure R.P.S. No. 281 and is on the N.I.A.H. 21511001) / 0.1 km away / 14 July 2021Granted
- 19993(i) change of use of ground floor bedroom accommodation to kitchen and ancillary services area (109sq.m), (ii) extension of kitchen into existing service courtyard area (22sq.m), (iii) enclosure of existing open service yard with a new covered shed building (89sq.m), (iv) demolition of the existing conservatory and construction of a new conservatory (136sq.m), (v) renovation of entrance lobby with provision for a new lift, toilets and reception area (119sq.m), (vi) renovation of existing dining room, function room & bar areas (270sq.m) together with all ancillary site works / 0.1 km away / 29 November 2019Granted
- 211114The demolition of a single storey extension to right hand side of dwelling, including first floor bathroom and dining room to rear of dwelling, the provision of a 2-storey extension to right hand side of dwelling with kitchen, living room, dining room, WC and utility to ground floor and dressing room with ensuite to first floor, the provision of a single storey external storage area with shed, the demolition of existing garage to Ennis Road and the constructing of a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance and all associated site works / 0.1 km away / 23 November 2021Granted
- 2560728Amendments to the permitted Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), Limerick City & County Council Register Reference 23/557; An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-319721-24 comprising as follows: (i) the approved LRD development pedestrian-only entrance at the existing vehicular entrance on Roses Avenue is to be upgraded to a vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian entrance, (ii) the approved vehicular and cyclist entrance on Roses Avenue is to be amended to a pedestrian and fire tender only entrance, (iii) omission of 1 no. 1-bed apartment and provision of 1 no. 2-bed apartment all at ground floor level of Block 5 to provide for revised vehicular access route to the approved car park. There is no change to the overall number of apartments permitted in the LRD scheme, (iv) re-location of bike store. Ardhu House is a Protected Structure, RPS Reg. No. 3281 / 0.1 km away / 16 September 2025Granted
- 22386The demolition of rear two-storey extension and construction of a new two-storey rear extension, modifications to previously granted works in planning reference 21/1114 to include an increase in the ground floor living room area and increase in the first floor area to provide a further bedroom to the side extension with associated elevational changes, changes in window and door design generally and modifications to the single-storey external storage area, including ancillary site works both above and below ground / 0.1 km away / 25 May 2022Granted
- 2460301The development that will consist of, demolition of rear two-storey extension and single storey side extension, the construction of a new two-storey rear and side extension, the construction of a storey and a half shed to the rear of the site, including ancillary site works both above and below ground / 0.1 km away / 29 May 2024Granted