GrantedHousing estateDecided 30 April 2019

Newtown, Castletroy, Co. Limerick.

Construction of 89 residential units, including houses, apartments, duplexes, and a creche.

181104 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 14 November 2018

Reference: 181104
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 November 2018
Residential units: 43
Floor area: 4911.2 m²

Summary

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This large-scale residential development comprises 89 units, featuring 20 semi-detached houses, various terraced and semi-detached buildings with apartments and duplexes, and two 5-storey apartment blocks. The plans also include a creche and associated site works.

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Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

A residential development comprising 89 no. Residential units, ((i) 20 x no. Semi-detached dwellings units, (ii) 5 x no. Semi-detached buildings (which comprise of a semi-detached dwelling combined with a two bedroom ground floor apartment and a one bed first floor apartment); (iii) 2 x no. Terraced buildings (which comprise 10 x no. Terraced units; 4 x no. Ground floor apartments and 4 x no. 3 x bedroom duplex units over head; (iv) 4 x no. Ground floor apartments & 4 x no. 3 x bedroom duplex units overhead; (v) 1 x no. 5 storey apartment block with 19 x no. 2 bedroom apartments and 1 x no. 1 bedroom apartment; (vi) 1 x no. 5 storey apartment block with 16 x no. 2 bedroom apartments (vii) creche accessed via an existing entrance onto the castletroy college road and all ancillary site works. Ancillary site development works include a new connection to the public water main, foul and surface water drainage, access roads, footpaths, vehicle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“To provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of social and physical infrastructure.”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
66 Newtown Avenue, Castletroyprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€356,608	27 m
No 48 Newtown Avenue, Castletroy, Limerickprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€333,025	32 m
45 Newtown Avenue, Castletroyprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€374,449	43 m
70 Newtown Avenue, Castletroyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€356,608	45 m
137 Newtown Meadows, Castletroy, Limerickprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€440,529	51 m
76 Newtown Avenue, Castletroyprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€380,396	53 m
138 Newtown Meadows, Castletroy, Limerickprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€405,286	59 m
No. 169, Newtown Meadows, Castletroyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€462,555	80 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 received14 November 2018
Further information requested17 January 2019
Further information received3 April 2019
Decision due30 April 2019
Decision issued30 April 2019
Grant issued4 June 2019
Permission expiry3 June 2024

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