Truckbreak Ltd., Main Street, Patrickswell
Retention of a vehicle recycling facility and truck storage and display area in Patrickswell.
16341 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 25 April 2016
- Reference
- 16341
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 25 April 2016
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for changing the use of part of a warehouse and external storage area to process and recycle end-of-life vehicles. The application also covers the external storage of de-polluted trucks and the display of trucks for sale and lease.
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
For the change of use of part of an existing warehousing premises, external storage and display area. Also retention is sought for the change of use of part of the existing building to a unit for the processing and recycling of end of life vehicles (elv's) and waste vehicles (other than elv's) and for the external storage of de-polluted trucks within the curtilage of the site and for the displaying of trucks for sale and lease on site (the proposed development will be subject to a waste facility permit)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the development and enhancement of town/village centre core uses including a mix of retail, residential, commercial, civic and other uses.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Patrickswell Local Area Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planPreviously zoned
- Mixed Use · 2015–2024 plan
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €361,233 | 88 m |
| 36 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €396,476 | 90 m |
| 34 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €352,423 | 98 m |
| 37 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €363,436 | 100 m |
| 33 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €343,612 | 109 m |
| 33 Belgard Grove, Patrickswell, Limerick | May 2026 | €275,000 | 111 m |
| 99 -102 An Tobar, Patrickswellnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Jan 2026 | €1,129,476 | 130 m |
| 110 An Tobar, Patrickswellprice excludes VAT | Mar 2026 | €387,665 | 130 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 received25 April 2016
- Further information requested15 June 2016
- Further information received6 September 2016
- Decision due3 October 2016
- Decision issued29 September 2016
- Grant issued3 November 2016
- Permission expiry2 November 2021
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