11 Glentworth Street & 11 Glentworth Mews, Limerick.
Conversion of former offices and a mews building into a hostel with bedrooms, shower rooms, and associated works.
25282 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 19 August 2025
- Reference
- 25282
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 August 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to convert former offices into a hostel across five floor levels, including bedrooms, separate WCs, and shower rooms. It also includes converting the rear mews building to include a disability-access bedroom, reinstating traditional windows, and converting a basement cellar into a services plant room.
- Storeys
- 5
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Official record
Development description
Change of use of former offices into hostel at basement, ground floor, first floor, second floor, and third floor levels into bedrooms, and separate wcs and shower rooms: and to carry out some necessary modifications at all floor levels. Installation of conservation-type rooflight (smoke vent) to rear roof slope over the existing stairwell. Permission is sought to convert the existing mews building rear, including new first floor, with disability access bedroom and shower room at ground floor level with bedroom including ensuite at first floor level including new staircase. Reinstatement of 2no. Traditional type windows within original bricked up window openings in external walls to glentworth mews, installation of 3no. Conversion type rooflights to rear and slope of mews roof. Permission is sought for conversion of existing cellar at basement level (glentworth st) into services/plant room incl. New metal door screen to existing cellar opening. This services/plant cellar room is to replace former internal plant room at basement level. The proposal also includes all other ancillary services and drainage works necessary to facilitate the proposed development at 11 glentworth st. & 11 glentworth mews. Limerick (a protected structure rps reg no. 4022)
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.
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What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Catherine St, Limerick, Limerick | Nov 2025 | €200,000 | 13 m |
| 14 Taits Corner, Glentworth St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €213,000 | 71 m |
| 22 Taits Corner, Upper Glentworth St, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €210,000 | 71 m |
| Apt 24 Taits Corner, Baker Place, Limerick | Jul 2026 | €195,000 | 71 m |
| Unit 1, 15 Upper Cecil St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €550,000 | 96 m |
| Apt. 1 Woolworths Lane, Off Catherine Street, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €70,000 | 96 m |
| Apt 1, Floor 2, 8 Parnell Street | Aug 2025 | €125,000 | 114 m |
| Apartment 1, 3 Cecil St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €220,000 | 122 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 received19 August 2025
- Decision due13 October 2025
- Decision issued10 October 2025
- Grant issued13 November 2025
- Permission expiry12 November 2030
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