GrantedApartmentsDecided 30 July 2020

Singland, Limerick.

Large mixed-use development in Limerick including 245 residential units, office blocks, a hotel, and a public park.

2025 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 17 January 2020

Reference: 2025
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 January 2020
Residential units: 160
Floor area: 17078 m²

Summary

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A 10-year planning permission is sought for a major mixed-use development integrating parts of an unfinished shopping centre structure. The scheme includes 245 residential units (122 duplexes and 123 apartments) in buildings up to 14 storeys, four office blocks, a 152-bed hotel, a commercial building, and a 1.12-hectare public park.

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Storeys: 14

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Official record

Development description

10 year planning permission is sought for the proposed development which will consist of
Reuse and integration of parts of the existing structure on site into the proposed development including retaining walls, slab and foundations as constructed and permitted under a previous planning permission for a shopping centre (04/3700, 06/3211 & 07/1024)
Construction of a mixed use residential, commercial and community development
Provision of a 1.12 ha public park with walkways, associated parking; and
Ancillary site works. The mixed-use development comprises (i) 245 no. Residential units across a range of building blocks ranging in height from three stories to fourteen stories including 122 no. Duplex units and 123 no. Apartments comprising 76 no. 1 bed units; 127 no. 2 bed units; and 42 no. 3 bed units; (ii) 4 no. Four storey office blocks over basement car parking with a max floor area of 12,262sqm; (iii) 152 no. Bed hotel over four stories with two levels of basement car parking and ancillary services including associated café/ bar with a max floor area of 5,012sqm; (iv) 1 no. Two storey commercial building with a max floor area of 694 sqm and a substation of 33 sqm and provision for 2 no. Restaurants with provision of hot food for consumption off the premises and drive thru facilities; (v) 1 no. Petrol filling station with retail sales area not exceeding 100sqm and associated food sales sit down area; (vi) 1 no. Three storey community building with a gross floor area of 2,103sqm providing for crèche, community facilities building and a multi-use games area (muga) facility. A public park of 1.12 ha and associated parking is to be provided as part of the development. Site works includes surface & basement car parking, esb substations, pumping station, signage, attenuation tank, landscaping and ancillary site development works. The site will be accessed via the existing access and roundabout arrangement to the parkway retail park with improvements to the r445 adjacent to the site. A pedestrian and cycle links is also provided to the boundary of the adjoining residential development to the west of the site (chesterfield grove/castletroy view). Demolition works do not form part of the planning application as the works are being undertaken separately in response to a section 11 notice issued under the derelict sites act 1990. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) & natura impact statement (nis) accompanies this planning application

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

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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Built & sold

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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
28 Devon Close, Castletroy View, Limerick	Sept 2025	€326,000	280 m
Villa Maria, Dublin Rd, Limerick	Oct 2025	€305,000	377 m
62 Carn Na Ree, Old Singland Rd, Limerick	Mar 2025	€370,000	405 m
4 Castletroy View, Singland, Limerick	Jun 2025	€352,500	479 m
Sandybrook House, Singland Rd, Ballysimon	May 2026	€800,000	497 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 received17 January 2020
Further information requested11 March 2020
Further information received8 June 2020
Decision due2 August 2020
Decision issued30 July 2020
Appeal submitted25 August 2020
Appeal decided17 February 2022

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