Great Gas, Dublin Road, Limerick.
Change of use of a detached tyre garage to a retail unit and café at an existing petrol station.
19345 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 10 April 2019
- Reference
- 19345
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 10 April 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposes changing the use of an existing detached tyre garage into a convenience shop and ancillary café. The works will include amending the front façade, adding new windows, and constructing a roadside dwarf wall with landscaping.
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Official record
Development description
The change of use of existing detached tyre garage to a retail unit (convenience shop) and café ancillary to existing petrol station, permission to amend front façade to suit proposed development, additional windows at side and rear ground floor, construction of dwarf wall and landscaping to roadside boundary and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for and improve general enterprise, employment, business and commercial activities.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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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What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 Kilmurry Rd, Garryowen, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €250,000 | 66 m |
| 9 Keating St, Pennywell, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €200,000 | 104 m |
| 10 Kilmurry Park, Garryowen, Limericknot full market price | May 2025 | €120,000 | 112 m |
| 86 Keane St, Kilallee, Co Limerick | Nov 2025 | €220,000 | 141 m |
| 84 Keane St, Killalee, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €218,000 | 145 m |
| 50 Clare St, Limerick City, Limerick | Mar 2026 | €230,000 | 148 m |
| 61 Flood St, Pennywell, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €180,000 | 166 m |
| 56 Clare St, Dublin Rd, Limerick City | May 2025 | €220,000 | 187 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 received10 April 2019
- Further information requested31 May 2019
- Further information received9 January 2020
- Decision due5 February 2020
- Decision issued5 February 2020
- Grant issued10 March 2020
- Permission expiry9 March 2025
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