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Ardhu House, Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road

Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at a site containing Ardhu House, a protected structure.

23557 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 17 November 2023

Reference: 23557
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 November 2023

Summary

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This is a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) application on a 2.19-hectare site. The development will replace unbuilt elements of a previously permitted scheme. The site includes Ardhu House, which is a protected structure.

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Official record

Development description

Large-scale residential development (lrd) application. Tribeca asset management limited (trading as tribeca holdings) intends to apply for planning permission for a large-scale residential development (lrd) at this site: ardhu house, ennis road, roses avenue and north circular road, limerick. Ardhu house is a protected structure, rps reg. No. 3281 (former limerick ryan hotel, ennis road, roses avenue). The application site includes an area of public road/footpaths to facilitate a watermain diversion via north circular road, roses avenue and ennis road. The development site area and watermain diversion works provide a total planning application site area of 2.19 hectares approx. The site is bound by ennis road (r857) to the north, roses avenue (l10053) to the west, north circular road (l10059) to the south-east, residential properties at the elms to the south and the woodfield house hotel, bar & restaurant commercial property to the west. This proposed development will replace all un-built and incomplete elements of the development permitted under the planning permission register reference 15/645, an bord pleanála reference pl 91.246960 (extended under register reference 21/7025). The un-built and incomplete elements to be replaced comprise (i) the change of use of ardhu house from commercial use to residential use to provide 4 no. Apartments (i) the demolition of extensions to the front, rear and side of ardhu house (i) the construction of 7 no. Detached two-storey dwelling houses (iv) vehicular access via the existing entrance on roses avenue (v) internal roadways, surface car parking, cycle parking, driveways and entrances (vi) service connections and (vi) ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary treatment works. In summary, the proposed development will consist of the construction of 167 no. New residential units in 5 new residential buildings ranging in height from 3 storeys to 5 storeys (blocks 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05), a creche; the refurbishment of ardhu house (protected structure rps reg. No. 3281) to provide ancillary residential amenity uses, and the refurbishment of the ardhu bar licenced premises. The refurbishment of ardhu house and ardhu bar will entail the demolition of modern extensions to each building. The detailed description of the proposed development is as follows: (1) block 01 is a 5-storey building comprising 46 apartments with 17 no. 1-bed units and 29 no. 2-bed units. Private balconies/terraces for the apartments are pro

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

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“To provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of social and physical infrastructure.”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
3 Hazeldine Dr, Ennis Rd, Limerick	Mar 2025	€395,000	137 m
Apt 1, 61 62 Clare St, Limerick	Nov 2025	€318,417	174 m
5 Shannonville, Ennis Rd, Limerick	May 2025	€400,000	175 m
2 Highfield, Ennis Rd, Limerick	Apr 2026	€475,000	191 m
Realt Na Mara, 32 Oaklands Dr, Greystonesnot full market price	Sept 2025	€85,000	196 m
28 Highfield, Ennis Road, Limerick	Sept 2025	€455,000	222 m
2 Oakland Drive, Greystones, Limerick	Aug 2025	€375,000	228 m
Apt 4 St Luas, Iona Dr, North Circular Rd	Jan 2026	€365,000	230 m

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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 November 2023
Further information requested18 January 2024
Further information received29 February 2024
Decision due24 April 2024
Decision issued19 April 2024
Appeal submitted14 May 2024
Appeal decided23 August 2024
Permission expiry22 August 2029

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