GrantedCommercialDecided 5 July 2017

Childers Road, Rosbrien Road, Limerick

Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new Lidl discount foodstore with corporate signage.

1760 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 26 January 2017

Reference: 1760
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 26 January 2017

Summary

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The development involves the demolition of an existing Lidl store and a disused bulky goods retail unit. A new mono-pitched Lidl discount foodstore of 2,838 sqm gross floor area will be constructed, featuring a retail sales area, bakery, staff facilities, roof terrace, and corporate signage.

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Floor area: 2,838 m²

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of 1 no. Building and ancillary structures (totalling 3,308.5 sqm gross floor area) comprising the existing childers road lidl licenced discount foodstore unit and disused bulky goods retail unit (former chadwicks builders providers), and the construction of a new mono-pitched licenced discount foodstore; the proposed new licenced discount foodstore (2,838 sqm gross floor area comprises of : a retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use (net retail sales area of 1,250 sqm), entrance area, bakery, public facilities (incl. Lobby and toilets), office, plant room, storage (incl. Cold storage), delivery area, stairs and lift to first floor, all at ground floor level; staff welfare (incl. Toilets, changing rooms and staff room), roof terrace, office, it room, internal plant room, and stairs and lift from ground floor, all at first floor level; corporate signage consisting of 2 no. Building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. Free standing internally illuminated totem pole signs, 3 no. Wall mounted corporate internally illuminated poster panel display, 1 no. Wall mounted externally illuminated information display board, 2 no. Finger post directional signs; 1 no. Trolley bay covered structure (33 sqm gross floor area); 164 no. Surface car parking spaces (9 no. Disabled, 5 no. Parent and child, and 150 no. Regular); 29 no. Bicycle parking spaces; primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the development will be via the existing enhanced site entrance from rosbrien road and a repositioned enhanced site entrance from childers road; and boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping, services (including 1 no. Below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary site development works above and below ground level with ancillary infrastructure (all totalling 2,871 sqm gross floor area and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) and all associated site development works, all at this site of approximately 1.28 hectares

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Local CentreDC

“To protect and provide local centre facilities to serve the needs of new/existing neighbourhoods and residential areas.”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
54 Oakview Dr, Ballinacurra, Limerick	Oct 2025	€269,000	124 m
71 Oakview Dr, Ballinacurra, Limerick	Sept 2025	€338,750	138 m
Dun Aongus, Rosbrien Rd, Limerick	Oct 2025	€492,000	150 m
26 Oakview Dr, Ballinacurra, Limerick	Sept 2025	€245,000	165 m
Knock Grena, Ballinacurra Rd, Limerick	Mar 2026	€392,050	170 m
2 St Marys Tce, Ballinacurra, Limerick	Oct 2025	€300,000	199 m
105 Portland Ave, Ballinacurra Gardens, Limerick	Aug 2025	€352,000	218 m
30 Ballinacurra Gardens, Limerick, Limerick	Mar 2026	€362,000	249 m

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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 received26 January 2017
Further information requested21 March 2017
Further information received8 June 2017
Decision due5 July 2017
Decision issued5 July 2017
Appeal submitted1 August 2017
Appeal decided17 January 2018

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