Eir carpark, Roches Street, Limerick

A) the removal of existing eir surface car park(and single storey switchroom/shed c. 32.6 sq. M) and its replacement with the construction of a discount foodstore(to include off licence use) with a gross retail floor area of 2,434 sq. M(net retail area 1,250 sq. M) at ground floor level(with ancillary areas at first and second floor levels) all within a part three, part four storey building of c. 8,748 sq. M(including parking); b) 151 no. Car parking spaces in 3 no. Levels of multi-storey carparking(73 no. Aldi customer car parking at 1st and 2nd floor level, 69 no. Car parking at rooftop level[eir 67 no. Spaces and aldi 2 no. Spaces]), 9 no. Surface car parking spaces(for eir) to rear as well as provision of 2 no. Disabled parking spaces and 1 no. Electric vehicle parking space on roches street; c) 2 no. Vehicular access points from roches street(1 no. Service access with gates and 1 no. Vehicular access to multi-storey car park); d) existing access at the corner of cecil and dominick street is to be retained as service access; e) provision of 432sqm of office space f) erection of 2 no. Single-sided internally illuminated gable signs on the north elevation, 1 no. Single-sided, glass identification sign at entrance door(north elevation) and 2 no. Double-sided, internally illuminated display signs(north elevation); g) all lighting, boundary treatment, engineering and site development works(including external plant with gantry) all on a site of c. 0.38ha hectares

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.

1. Application received18 May 2020
2. Further information requested16 July 2020
3. Further information received17 December 2020
4. Decision due22 January 2021
5. Decision issued21 January 2021
6. Appeal submitted16 February 2021
7. Appeal decided17 May 2021
8. Permission expiry16 May 2026

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