No. 66, O'Connell Street, Limerick
Conversion of a protected office building into seven apartments.
2460151 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 23 February 2024
- Reference
- 2460151
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 23 February 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to change the use of a basement, ground, first, and second floor office building into seven apartments. The works to this protected structure include replacing PVC windows with timber sash windows, removing a flat-roofed lift structure, and associated site works.
- Residential units
- 7
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Official record
Development description
The change of use of basement, ground, first and second floors, and the two storey return building from offices into 3 no one-bed apartments and 1 no studio apartment in basement and first floor, 3 no two-bed apartments each on ground floor, second floor and two storey return building; replacement of two windows with patio doors on rear return building, removal of existing flat roofed lift structure and its machinery, removal of steel ladder from third floor, external flue pipes from rear return building with consequent elevational changes; replacement of all inappropriate pvc windows with timber up and down sash windows to correct configuration, removal of structure housing oil tank and associated site works. This is a protected structure rps no 3215, on the niah reg no 21517210 and in limerick aca 1a
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, consolidate and facilitate the development of the City Centre commercial, retail, educational, leisure, residential, social and community uses and facilities.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, Floor 2, 8 Parnell Street | Aug 2025 | €125,000 | 62 m |
| 4 Hartstone Mews, Hartstone St, Limericknot full market price | Sept 2025 | €140,000 | 81 m |
| 1 Catherineplace, Limerick | Feb 2025 | €790,000 | 84 m |
| The Ground Floor, 3 Lower Mallow Street, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 89 m |
| The Basement, 3 Lower Mallow Street, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 89 m |
| Apt 1, 3 Lower Mallow St, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 93 m |
| Apt 2, 3 Lower Mallow St, Limericknot full market price | Sept 2025 | €100,000 | 93 m |
| 702 Newtown House, Henry St, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €271,000 | 168 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 received23 February 2024
- Further information requested11 April 2024
- Further information received21 June 2024
- Decision due18 July 2024
- Decision issued18 July 2024
- Grant issued20 August 2024
- Permission expiry19 August 2029
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