The former AIB Building, High Street, Croom
Conversion of a former bank building and outbuilding into two apartments within a protected structure.
2460522 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 29 May 2024
- Reference
- 2460522
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a change of use of the ground floor of the former AIB Building in Croom from medical services to an apartment, including replacing a front door with a window. It also proposes converting and extending an existing outbuilding into a second apartment. The building is a protected structure.
- Residential units
- 2
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
The change of use of the ground floor from health/medical services suite (granted under planning permission ref. No. 18/535) to an apartment, to include changing the door on the front elevation to a window and to convert the existing outbuilding (to include constructing an extension) to an apartment and all ancillary site works. This building is a protected structure.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for the development and enhancement of town/village centre core uses including a mix of retail, residential, commercial, civic and other uses.”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Croom Local Area Plan 2020-2026 (2020–2026). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Street, Croom, Co Limerick | Apr 2026 | €325,000 | 99 m |
| Main Street, Croom | Jul 2025 | €190,000 | 147 m |
| 8 Bridge St, Croom, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €142,000 | 150 m |
| 22 Main St, Croom, Limerick | Jun 2026 | €120,000 | 158 m |
| 20 Main St, Croom, Limerick | Jun 2025 | €125,000 | 172 m |
| 25 Main St, Croom, Limerick | May 2025 | €120,000 | 178 m |
| 25 Main St, Croom, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €150,000 | 178 m |
| 12 Elm Park, Croom, Co Limerick | Jan 2025 | €266,000 | 192 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 May 2024
- Decision due23 July 2024
- Decision issued23 July 2024
- Grant issued26 August 2024
- Permission expiry25 August 2029
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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the Former AIB Building , High Street , Croom Co. Limerick.
18535LimerickLodged 31 May 2018Apartments
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211198LimerickLodged 25 Aug 2021Change of use
- Awaiting decision80 m away
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19370LimerickLodged 17 Apr 2019New dwelling
- Granted110 m away
A new storage warehouse adjoining a retail unit and all ancillary site works
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19607LimerickLodged 21 Jun 2019Commercial
- Granted120 m away
An extension to retail unit and change of use from a Bank to Retail Unit, elevation changes, signage and all…
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2026LimerickLodged 17 Jan 2020Change of use
- Granted120 m away
(a) construction of a new single storey building, incorporating the existing remaining front façade of…
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191248LimerickLodged 17 Dec 2019Commercial
- Granted130 m away
Part demolition of existing single storey and two storey buildings on site, the construction of 3 no. retail…
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