Numbers 14/15 Lower Hartstonge Street
Internal alterations to create meeting rooms and fire safety upgrades in two protected buildings.
16197 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 14 March 2016
- Reference
- 16197
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 March 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe application proposes internal alterations to the second and third floors of two protected structures to provide four meeting rooms. Works also include installing fire lobbies, blocking a rear window, and adding roof-level automatic opening vents.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(1) internal alterations to the second and third floors to provide 2 no. Meeting rooms per floor, (2) fire lobbies at basement and first floor levels, (3) blocking up of one window on rear elevation, (4) inclusion of two no. Automatic opening vents at roof level over stairways, repairs to the building fabric and all ancillary site works (these are protected structures rps numbers 127/128 respectively and both are on the niah, numbers 21517094/21517093 respectively)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 2, 3 Lower Mallow St, Limericknot full market price | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 85 m |
| Apt 1, 3 Lower Mallow St, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 85 m |
| The Basement, 3 Lower Mallow Street, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 85 m |
| The Ground Floor, 3 Lower Mallow Street, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 85 m |
| 510 Richmond Court, Mount Kennett Court, Dock Rd | Aug 2025 | €170,000 | 97 m |
| 416 Glenlara House, Mount Kenneth Place, Limerick | Feb 2025 | €156,000 | 103 m |
| 110 Glenlara House, Mountkenneth, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €135,000 | 103 m |
| 505 Glenlara House, Mount Kennett, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €167,000 | 103 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received14 March 2016
- Further information requested26 April 2016
- Application withdrawn20 October 2016
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