Con Colbert Street, Athea, Co. Limerick
Change of use of a commercial building to community facilities with a first-floor apartment and a workshop.
2461156 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 25 November 2024
- Reference
- 2461156
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 November 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert a retail building into community facilities with residential accommodation. The project involves the partial demolition of a rear return to provide ground-floor administration and meeting rooms, a two-bedroom apartment on the first floor, and a rear parish workshop.
- Residential unit
- 1
- Storeys
- 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
A change of use of existing commercial building from retail to community facilities with residential accommodation on the first floor. The development will consist of the partial demolition of a two-storey return to the rear of the existing two-storey building to provide: administration space, meeting rooms, wc facilities, tea point on the ground floor; 1 no. 2-bedroom apartment on the first floor, with a two-storey parish workshop to the rear of the site and ancillary site works
Built & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigkerry, Athea, Co Limerick | Oct 2025 | €150,000 | 38 m |
| Gortnagross, Athea, Co. Limerickprice excludes VAT | Sept 2025 | €345,815 | 38 m |
| 1 Knockfinisk, Athea, Co Limerick | Apr 2026 | €150,000 | 38 m |
| 3 Meadow View, Gortnagross, Atheaprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €75,000 | 38 m |
| Gortnagross, Atheaprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €415,000 | 38 m |
| Gortnagross, Athea, County Limerick | May 2025 | €50,000 | 38 m |
| Templeathea, Athea, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €250,000 | 38 m |
| Gortnagross, Athea, Co Limerick | Jul 2025 | €145,000 | 172 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 received25 November 2024
- Decision due28 January 2025
- Decision issued28 January 2025
- Grant issued5 March 2025
- Permission expiry4 March 2030
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