Towlerton, Ballysimon, Limerick
Replacing ground-floor commercial units with eight apartments, increasing the total residential count to 48.
2560063 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 29 January 2025
- Reference
- 2560063
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe applicant is seeking revisions to a permitted development at Building D. The proposal replaces the ground-floor commercial units with eight new residential units, bringing the total number of apartments in the building from 40 to 48.
- Residential units
- 8
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Official record
Development description
Revisions to the development permitted under planning reference no. 23/60740, which was a revision to permission 22/950 (the "parent permission") comprising of alterations to the permitted building d at ground floor level, consisting of the omission of the ground floor commercial units and their replacement with 8no. Additional residential units. This will result in a net increase in total number of units from 40 to 48 residential units. The proposed works also include minor alterations to the area immediately adjacent to the building such as the remodelling of pavements and the addition of landscaped strips and other such associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
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 325 Brookfield Hall, Castletroy, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €202,000 | 403 m |
| 181 Caislean Na Habhainn, Castletroy, Limerick | Jun 2025 | €440,000 | 414 m |
| 104caislean Na Habhann, Castletroy, Limerick | Jun 2025 | €410,000 | 423 m |
| 175 Caislean Na Habhann, Brookfield, Limerick | Mar 2026 | €420,000 | 438 m |
| 48 Caislean Na Habhann, Castletroy, Limerick | Dec 2025 | €297,000 | 450 m |
| 223 Brookfield Hall, Castletroy, Limerick | Oct 2025 | €208,000 | 452 m |
| Apt 331, Brookfield Hall Student Acc, Castletroy | Apr 2026 | €225,000 | 458 m |
| Apt 311, Block 3, Brookefield Hall Castletroy | Aug 2025 | €190,000 | 458 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 January 2025
- Decision due25 March 2025
- Decision issued25 March 2025
- Grant issued30 April 2025
- Permission expiry4 September 2028
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