GrantedCommercialDecided 10 May 2022

Bloodmill Road & Groody Road, Towlerton, Ballysimon Limerick

Construction of a new 79-bed hospital spanning two to four storeys with an energy centre.

211740 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 15 December 2021

Reference: 211740
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 15 December 2021

Summary

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The development on a 3.29-hectare site consists of a new 19,405sqm hospital building ranging from two to four storeys, featuring a roof plant and a two-storey energy centre. The facility will provide 79 beds, in-patient and out-patient treatment rooms, laboratories, and a restaurant.

Commercialhospitalhealthcareinfrastructure

Floor area: 19,405 m²

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Development description

Development at this c. 3.29ha site, located at bloodmill road and groody road. The site is bounded by bloodmill road to the south-west, the garryglass roundabout to the south, the newly constructed lin road(permitted under limerick city & county council ref. 19/546) to the north-east and groody road to the south-east. The development will consist of a new c. 19,405sqm hospital over 2 to 4 no. Storeys, with plant(c. 3,100sqm) at roof level and associated c. 504sqm 2no. Storey energy centre. The proposed development will provide a 79no. Bed hospital, with both in-patient and out-patient facilities and treatment rooms. The principal access and egress to the site will be from groody road to the south-east. Service access is proposed from the newly constructed link road in the north-east corner of the site with associated service egress point to the south-west onto bloodmill road. Pedestrian and cyclist access is provided from groody road and from the new link road. The development will also include ancillary administration offices, laboratories, patient pharmacy, oratory, operating theatres, staff and patient facilities including a staff and patient restaurant, car park at surface level with motorbike and cycle parking spaces, ev charging facilities, payment kiosks and security barriers. The development will also include signage, including 3no. Signage totems, internal wayfinding, c. 13sqm security cabin, public lighting, plant and associated screening, including gas infrastructure tank and vacuum insulated evaporator compound, all piped infrastructure and ducting, 1no. Esb substation, 3no. Attenuation tanks, rainwater harvesting tanks, suds including green roof provision, services provision, boundary treatments, waste marshalling compound storage area, hard and soft landscaping, changes in level, internal roads and paths including vehicle set down areas, and all associated site development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed UseRE

“To provide for a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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

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Application received15 December 2021
Further information requested16 February 2022
Further information received14 April 2022
Decision due11 May 2022
Decision issued10 May 2022
Grant issued14 June 2022
Permission expiry13 June 2027

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