Limerick One Shopping Park(formerly known as Childers Road Retail Park), Childers Road, Limerick
Modifications to the KFC restaurant at Limerick One Shopping Park to facilitate drive-through use.
211501 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 29 October 2021
- Reference
- 211501
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 October 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application proposes modifications to the existing KFC restaurant on Childers Road to facilitate drive-through use. Works include installing menu boards, signage, a speaker post, a height restrictor, 6 cycle spaces, and modifying the hard standing, resulting in the loss of 2 car parking spaces.
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
Modifications of the existing kfc restaurant located in the southern part of the car park, including the installation of 2no. Leader boards c. 1.805m high x c. 0.34m wide, a free standing menu board c. 2.250m high x 2.400m wide, a banner sign c. 2.200m high x 5.000m wide, a speaker post outside of the kfc unit c. 1.200m high x c. 0.600m wide, 4 entry/exit signs c. 1.805m high x 0.4m wide, and 1no. Vehicle height restrictor c. 3.000m high x c. 3.900m wide, the installation of 6 cycle spaces outside of the kfc unit, and modifications to the existing hard standing outside of the kfc unit to facilitate drive through use of the restaurant(resulting in the loss of 2no. Car parking spaces). Minor enhancements to the main internal site access road in the central area of the car park to enhance the priority afforded to traffic entering the limerick one shopping park from the childers road and ancillary development to include all works above and below ground to facilitate the development
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for retail warehouse development.”
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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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received29 October 2021
- Further information requested17 December 2021
- Further information received18 February 2022
- Decision due17 March 2022
- Decision issued16 March 2022
- Appeal submitted11 April 2022
- Appeal decided16 November 2023
- Permission expiry15 November 2028
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