GrantedInfrastructureDecided 13 November 2019

Towlerton, Bloodmill Road & Groody Road, Ballysimon Co. Limerick.

Construction of a new 637m public road with cycle tracks, footpaths, and demolition of existing buildings.

19546 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 6 June 2019

Reference: 19546
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 6 June 2019

Summary

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A major infrastructure project consisting of a new 637-metre public road with cycle tracks, footpaths, and public lighting. The works include the demolition of a two-storey house and sheds, installation of underground attenuation tanks, and watermain diversions.

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Official record

Development description

A new public road, 637m in length, with footpaths and cycle tracks, public lighting, landscaping and ancillary main services within the roadway, from the city east roandabout on groody road across the 'towlerton development lands' to the north-western boundary of the lands; surface water drainage system for the new road consisting of 3 no. Underground attenuation tanks and ancillary services, and disposal to 2 existing streams and to an existing surface water manhole adjacent to city east roundabout; new foul gravity rising mains and new watermain along the length of the new road; abandonment of existing 800mm asbestos cement watermain on the development lands and provision of new watermain in lieu; demolition of existing buildings on the development lands comprising a two-storey house and associated sheds and out-buildings; relocation of an existing bus stop from the south to the north of city east roundabout on groody road and associated diversion of existing cyclepaths and footpaths; new cyclepaths and footpaths to accommodate future widening of groody road; widening of southern entrance to and northern exit of city east roundabout on groody road and amendment of road markings at the roundabout. All works to occur on the public domain or on the ‘towlerton development lands’ only. The planning application is accompanied by a natura impact statement

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed UseRE

“To provide for a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1-15 Ballysimon Road, Ballysimon, Limerickprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€5,293,733	492 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 received6 June 2019
Further information requested30 July 2019
Further information received18 October 2019
Decision due14 November 2019
Decision issued13 November 2019
Grant issued17 December 2019
Permission expiry16 December 2024

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