Worralls Inn, Main Street & Bruach na Sionna, Castleconnell Co. Limerick.
Conversion of Worralls Inn into two office suites and nine apartments in Castleconnell.
17954 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 18 October 2017
- Reference
- 17954
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 18 October 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves a change of use of a protected public house to provide two office suites and two apartments in the existing building, plus a rear extension containing seven additional apartments. The works include alterations, extensions, and ancillary development such as parking and storage.
- Residential units
- 9
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
- Proposed works to provide 2 office suites & 9 no. Apartments, as per 1 & 2 below
- (1) change of use from public house to offices (commercial) & apartments (residential). (2) (a) alterations, (b) extension & (c) ancillary development works. (a) alterations to the worralls inn to provide 2 no. Self-contained office suites on the ground floor & 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments on the first floor of the protected structure with associated works. (b) extension at the rear of the worralls inn, providing 7 apartments on ground & first floor together with rear access stairs to the protected structure & the proposed extension. (c) ancillary development works includes bin, bicycle & general storage areas, services, gardens, landscaping, car-parking, walls & associated site works. Worralls inn is a protected structure (rps 1092)
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 Castleconnell Local Area Plan 2023-2029 (2023–2029). 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 9 13 22 38 45 47 53 61 63 66 69, Bruach Na Sionna, Castleconnellnot full market price | Nov 2025 | €3,320,000 | 38 m |
| 8 16 42 62 And 64, Bruach Na Sionna, Castleconnellnot full market price | Nov 2025 | €1,410,000 | 72 m |
| Castle St, Castleconnell, Limerick | Feb 2025 | €349,000 | 86 m |
| Forge Rd, Castleconnell, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €513,000 | 86 m |
| Coolready, Castleconnell, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €205,000 | 86 m |
| 10 Meadowbrook, Castleconnell, Limerick | Jan 2025 | €273,000 | 126 m |
| 14 Maple Grove, Castleconnell, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €457,000 | 155 m |
| 46 Bruach Na Sionna, Castleconnell, Limericknot full market price | Jul 2025 | €280,000 | 156 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 received18 October 2017
- Decision due12 December 2017
- Decision issued8 December 2017
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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- RefusedAt this site
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