Knocklong East, Co. Limerick
Redevelopment of the protected Knocklong Railway Station into a visitor centre, community office, and a first-floor apartment.
20532 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 19 June 2020
- Reference
- 20532
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 June 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves alterations and extensions to the protected station building to create a ground-floor visitor/exhibition centre, community office, and a first-floor apartment. It also includes a new site entrance, public toilets, a ticket sales office with refreshments, a community playground incorporating part of the former footbridge, and public car parking.
- Residential unit
- 1
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Official record
Development description
Re-development of knocklong railway station building, a protected structure(pps 187) and associated grounds. The development will consist of alterations and extensions to the station building so as to provide a ground floor visitor/exhibition centre and community office together with a first floor apartment, construct a new site entrance and access road, construct a public toilet/storage building, construct a ticket sales office incorporating refreshments sales and seating, along with standalone shelter canopy structure. Permission is also sought to develop the site curtilage into a community playground and landscaped area, incorporating part of the stations former footbridge, a protected structure (m40m30) complete with public car parking, connection to public services including all associated site development works. This application relates to protected structures
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment, 6 Church Road, Knocklong | May 2025 | €75,000 | 70 m |
| 4 Baker Place, Bridge Street, Knocklongnot full market price | May 2025 | €350,000 | 97 m |
| 3 Baker Place, Bridge Street, Knocklongnot full market price | May 2025 | €280,000 | 103 m |
| 2 Baker Place, Bridge Street, Knocklongnot full market price | May 2025 | €303,000 | 111 m |
| 1 Baker Place, Bridge Street, Knocklongnot full market price | May 2025 | €312,000 | 119 m |
| 6 Church Rd, Knocklong, Limerick | May 2025 | €200,000 | 160 m |
| The Cross, Knocklong | Nov 2025 | €200,000 | 171 m |
| 4 Sutton Square, Knocklong, Limerickprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €255,506 | 232 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 received19 June 2020
- Further information requested12 August 2020
- Further information received21 October 2020
- Decision due17 November 2020
- Decision issued13 November 2020
- Appeal submitted9 December 2020
- Appeal decided3 June 2021
- Permission expiry2 June 2026
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