Land at corner of Ballysimon Road/Woodlawn Park, Co. Limerick.
Demolition of a vacant retail unit to build a three-storey social housing scheme with 15 apartments.
211257 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 9 September 2021
- Reference
- 211257
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 9 September 2021
- Residential units
- 6
- Floor area
- 434.22 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves demolishing a vacant retail unit and ruins to construct a three-storey building containing 15 social housing apartments for older persons or people with disabilities. It includes parking, a courtyard, and landscaping.
- Storeys
- 3
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
Demolition of the existing single storey vacant retail unit and other structures (in ruin) on the site and the construction of a purpose-built housing scheme for older persons and/or persons with disabilities consisting of 15 no. Social housing apartments, with a mix of 6no. One bed units and 9 no. Two bed units, all in a single building of 3 storeys. The apartment building includes balconies on the north and east elevations and ground level private gardens to the north and east. The development also comprises of 6 no. Surface car parking spaces, 3 no. Of which are accessible spaces, 15 no. Bicycle parking spaces, refuse storage, hard and soft landscaping including a landscaped courtyard to the rear, lift and stairs access to the rear, private and communal open space, new boundary treatment and all associated and related works including site engineering and civil works. Proposed new vehicular access to proposed development will be from woodlawn park, with pedestrian entrances proposed from both woodlawn park and ballysimon road. The gross floorspace is 1050 sq. M
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for residential development, protect and improve existing residential amenity.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ita's, Ballysimon Road, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €230,000 | 36 m |
| 117 Woodlawn Pk, Ballysimon Rd, Limericknot full market price | Sept 2025 | €130,000 | 53 m |
| 24 Lynwood Park, Ballysimon Road, Limerick City | Nov 2025 | €341,000 | 123 m |
| 68 Woodlawn Park, Ballysimax, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €295,000 | 145 m |
| 119 Lynwood Park, Ballysimon Rd, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €230,000 | 194 m |
| 8 Evergreen, Ballysimon Rd, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €306,000 | 198 m |
| 37 Lynwood Park, St Patricks Rd, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €280,000 | 205 m |
| 49 Bengal Terrace, Limerick, Limerick | Mar 2026 | €189,000 | 208 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 received9 September 2021
- Further information requested2 November 2021
- Further information received28 February 2022
- Decision due8 May 2022
- Decision issued6 May 2022
- Appeal submitted30 May 2022
- Appeal decided25 September 2023
- Permission expiry24 September 2028
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