GrantedRetentionDecided 4 June 2025

Bon Secours Hospital Limerick, Bloodmill Road and Groody Road, Towlerton Ballysimon Limerick

Retention of minor height and elevation changes to a hospital under construction in Limerick.

2560324 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 11 April 2025

Reference: 2560324
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: RETENTION
Received: 11 April 2025

Summary

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Retention permission is sought for minor alterations to a permitted 99-bed hospital. This includes increases to the parapet heights of the main hospital building and energy centre, addition of louvres, and reconfiguration of car parking.

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Development description

The minor alterations to development permitted under lccc reg. Ref. 21/1740 and amended under reg. Ref. 24/60133, which allowed for the development of a 99 no. Bed hospital (ranging in 2 to 4 no. Storeys), with both in-patient and out-patient facilities and treatment facilities, with the site being under active construction. Retention works relate to minor changes to the north, east, south and west elevations of the main hospital building permitted building parapet height (the increase in height ranging from 100 mm to 340 mm). The new maximum building height is 34.8 m od; retention works also relate to addition of louvres to curtain walling on north elevation of main hospital building. Retention works also relate to the north, east, south and west elevations of the energy centre building as follows: increase of permitted height from (increase in height ranging from 310 mm to 1,650 mm). The new maximum building height is 19.86 m od. Retention works also relate to amendments to louvre scale and layout to all elevations of the energy centre building. In addition, other retention works which relate to the site layout include reconfiguration of permitted car parking facilities (with no change to overall parking quantum), to facilitate traffic barrier installation; omission of 3 no. Front gates (1 no. Vehicular and 2 no. Pedestrian) and reorganisation of permitted pedestrian layouts and associated changes to the permitted landscaping plan; relocation of parking pay station in carpark; changes in level; revised layout to permitted gas skid and omission of traffic barriers to southern boundary

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“To provide for a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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Key dates

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Application received11 April 2025
Decision due5 June 2025
Decision issued4 June 2025
Grant issued9 July 2025
Permission expiry16 June 2027

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