Coonagh Cross Shopping Centre Retail & Entertainment Park, Clondrinagh & Clonconane, Ennis Road
Extension of duration for converting shopping centre retail space into an education and training facility.
227016 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 29 July 2022
- Reference
- 227016
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Received
- 29 July 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to extend the duration of permission for a major redevelopment at Coonagh Cross Shopping Centre. The project includes demolishing 95sqm of space and converting over 7,300sqm of unoccupied retail space into an education, training, and enterprise facility with an ancillary café.
- Floor area
- 10,179 m²
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Official record
Development description
Extension of permission for planning ref. 16/1 : the demolition of 95sqm. Of unoccupied floor space and the demolition of entrance structures and canopies; the change of use of unoccupied floor space (7,328sqm. ) (in addition to part of the existing car park) from retail and related used to education and training use with related ancillary enterprise and innovation uses and ancillary café use (140sqm. ). The development will also consist of the following: additional floor space at ground level (100sqm. ) and at first floor level, within the existing building envelope (2,751sqm. ) for education and training use with related ancillary enterprise and innovation uses; bike storage areas (58sqm. ); storage area (44sqm. ); elevational amendments, including new opes and signage; revised internal layouts; alterations to existing roof profile (without increasing the maximum height of the building); provision of roof plant; new service yard to the south; bus shelter; all hard and soft landscaping; revisions to existing car park; external lighting; boundary treatments; changes to levels; and all associated development above and below ground. The gross floor space of the new educational facility (including ancillary café use and external storage areas) will be 10,281sqm.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and provide for educational, training and adult learning, community, healthcare, childcare, civic, religious and social infrastructure.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 Ferndale, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Mar 2026 | €405,000 | 309 m |
| 6 Ferndale, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €420,000 | 400 m |
| 80 Ferndale, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Jun 2025 | €422,000 | 405 m |
| 2 Ferndale, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €419,000 | 438 m |
| 20 Amharc Abhann, Knockhill, Ennis Roadprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €395,000 | 465 m |
| 5 Knock Hill, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €246,000 | 487 m |
| 35 Amharc Abhann, Knockhill, Ennis Roadprice excludes VAT | Feb 2025 | €440,528 | 496 m |
| 3 Meadow Close, Caherdavin Park, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €444,000 | 499 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 received29 July 2022
- Decision due22 September 2022
- Decision issued20 September 2022
- Permission expiry8 July 2027
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
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- Granted120 m away
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