The Castletroy Park Hotel, Dublin Road, Castletroy Limerick.
Expansion and renovation of Castletroy Park Hotel, including a new leisure centre, meeting rooms, and a split-level car park.
17655 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 7 July 2017
- Reference
- 17655
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 7 July 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a new first-floor leisure centre built over the existing swimming pool, reconfiguration of conference rooms, and a new glazed breakout area. It also includes a new split-level parking area providing 140 additional spaces, and the change of use of an unused crèche and vacant commercial space to integrate into the hotel complex.
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
- Developments to existing hotel consisting of: (a) construction of a new first floor hotel leisure centre with separate entrance over existing swimming pool to replace existing leisure centre. To include revisions to existing swimming pool area at ground floor to incorporate new sauna and steam rooms in existing enclosed external yard, and revised dressing room layouts. (b) reconfiguration of existing conference meeting rooms/business hub and leisure centre area to accommodate additional meeting rooms to this area together with construction of new glazed breakout area and walkway facing existing courtyard area to rear/south west of hotel. (c) construction of new entrance and glazed area to existing restaurant area facing courtyard together with internal modifications. (d) construction of new split level storey parking area adjacent to hotel, accessed from existing parking area, to provide 140 additional parking spaces. (e) minor internal variations to layouts
- Change of use of existing unused crèche facility and vacant commercial space adjacent and to the east of the hotel bedroom suites to form part of existing hotel complex. To include all ancillary associated site works, services, and utilities with connections to existing services on site
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Halcyon Place, The Park Village, Castletroy | Jun 2025 | €230,000 | 137 m |
| 14 Halcyon Place, The Park, Castletroy | Jun 2025 | €250,000 | 152 m |
| 93 Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €356,000 | 161 m |
| 92 Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €436,000 | 162 m |
| 29 Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €313,000 | 302 m |
| 8 Iona Close, College Court, Castletroy | Jul 2025 | €280,000 | 302 m |
| 165 Curragh Birin, Castletroy, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €296,000 | 327 m |
| Hillcrest, Castle Rd, Castletroynot full market price | May 2026 | €100,000 | 330 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 received7 July 2017
- Further information requested25 August 2017
- Further information received24 October 2017
- Decision due20 November 2017
- Decision issued9 November 2017
- Grant issued13 December 2017
- Permission expiry12 December 2022
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