Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar, Ennis Road Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick
Amendments to a permitted development at Ardhu House and Bar, including a new extension, internal modifications, and partial demolition.
2560244 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 25 March 2025
- Reference
- 2560244
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 March 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application proposes amendments to a permitted Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) specifically relating to Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar. Works include constructing a single-storey extension to the bar, modifying the internal layout, reducing the courtyard canopy footprint, and demolishing a first-floor link corridor.
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Official record
Development description
- Amendments to the permitted large-scale residential development (lrd) limerick city & county council reference 23/557; an bord pleanála reference abp-319721-24. The proposed amendments to the lrd relate solely to ardhu house and ardhu bar as follows
- Construction of a new single storey extension to the existing ardhu bar to accommodate toilets and cold room within the existing courtyard of the ardhu bar
- Modifications to the existing ardhu bar layout by removal of ground floor toilet, removal of hall enclosure to reinstate the archway access to the courtyard. Replace the first-floor open plan bar area with the construction of accommodation stairs, ancillary office and staff rooms
- Reduction to the footprint and modifications to the roof of the existing courtyard canopy to the ardhu bar
- Demolition of first floor link, currently providing the toilet accommodation, from ardhu bar to ardhu house with associated modifications to the roof of the ardhu bar, construction of a slated hipped roof over the ground floor stone outbuildings, an increase in the height of walls of the existing fire escape stairwell annexed to ardhu house and construction of new hipped roof overhead of the existing fire escape stairwell
- All associated site works above and below ground
- The resulting floor area of the ardhu bar licenced premises shall be 290m². Ardhu house is a protected structure, rps reg. No. 3281
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of social and physical infrastructure.”
National zoning type: New/proposed residential
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, 61 62 Clare St, Limerick | Nov 2025 | €318,417 | 124 m |
| 3 Hazeldine Dr, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €395,000 | 139 m |
| 2 Highfield, Ennis Rd, Limerick | Apr 2026 | €475,000 | 148 m |
| Realt Na Mara, 32 Oaklands Dr, Greystonesnot full market price | Sept 2025 | €85,000 | 180 m |
| 28 Highfield, Ennis Road, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €455,000 | 181 m |
| 5 Shannonville, Ennis Rd, Limerick | May 2025 | €400,000 | 202 m |
| 4 Knockhill, Ennis Rd, Limericknot full market price | Mar 2025 | €230,000 | 203 m |
| 2 Oakland Drive, Greystones, Limerick | Aug 2025 | €375,000 | 209 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 March 2025
- Decision due19 May 2025
- Decision issued13 May 2025
- Grant issued16 June 2025
- Permission expiry22 August 2029
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