Engine, Upper Cecil St., Limerick.
A four-storey extension to the Engine Building in Limerick to provide digital collaboration and office space.
208001 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 17 June 2020
- Reference
- 208001
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 17 June 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a 1,254 sqm extension to the existing Engine Building to provide digital collaboration space, offices, and a meeting suite across four floors. The project includes a roof plant room, garden area, and courtyard landscaping within an Architectural Conservation Area.
- Storeys
- 4
- Floor area
- 1,254 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(a) extension to existing engine building to consist of the provision of 1254 sqm. Of digital collaboration space facing onto dominick street, (b) comprising of collaboration space on ground and first floor, office accommodation on second floor and meeting/conference suite on third floor, (c) plant room and garden area at roof level of existing building on cecil street, (d) hard and soft landscaping to rear courtyard, (e) connection to existing site services, (f) all associated site works. The site is located within an architectural conservaion area aca 1a south city centre & newtown pery
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Tait Corner, Baker Place, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €187,000 | 82 m |
| 14 Taits Corner, Glentworth St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €213,000 | 97 m |
| Apt 24 Taits Corner, Baker Place, Limerick | Jul 2026 | €195,000 | 97 m |
| 22 Taits Corner, Upper Glentworth St, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €210,000 | 97 m |
| Apt. 1 Woolworths Lane, Off Catherine Street, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €70,000 | 99 m |
| Unit 1, 15 Upper Cecil St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €550,000 | 99 m |
| 44 Catherine St, Limerick, Limerick | Nov 2025 | €200,000 | 112 m |
| Apt 4 5, Augustiniane Lane, Roches St | Apr 2025 | €132,500 | 119 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 June 2020
- Decision due11 August 2020
- Decision issued17 September 2020
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