3-4 Robert Street, Prior's Land, Limerick
Conversion of a protected six-storey stone warehouse into 12 apartments and a ground-floor shop.
2560365 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 25 April 2025
- Reference
- 2560365
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 25 April 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves converting a protected six-bay, six-storey stone corn warehouse into a mixed-use building. It will contain 12 apartments and a ground-floor shop, requiring re-roofing, new floors, a lift, and thermal upgrades.
- Residential units
- 12
- Storeys
- 6
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Official record
Development description
- The conversion of existing 'six-bay six-storey stone corn warehouse' structure into a mixed use building, containing a total of 12 no. Apartments comprising 6 no. One-bed and 2 no. Two-bed apartments and 4 no. Three-bed apartments; with part commercial ground floor, a shop, facing the street. The work involves re-roofing the structure; providing new floors, staircase and lift; providing new doors with juliette balconies on the north and south elevations at each level; repointing the building externally; new cill treatment to all the windows; upgrading the building thermally for its new use, with new mechanical & electrical services, and ancillary site works at no 3
- 4 robert street, limerick v94 fyo6, which is a protected structure no 3062
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 10 Block 5, Cruises St, Limerick | Mar 2026 | €185,000 | 64 m |
| Apartment 1, 22 William Street, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €170,000 | 103 m |
| 6 Cornmarket Row, Gerald Griffin St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €202,000 | 108 m |
| 302 Market Court, High St, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €150,000 | 131 m |
| 102 Market Court, High St, Limerick | Sept 2025 | €150,000 | 131 m |
| Apt 1, 54 William St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €26,690 | 132 m |
| Apt 5, 54 William St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €26,687 | 132 m |
| Apt 3, 54 William St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €26,687 | 132 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 April 2025
- Further information requested16 June 2025
- Further information received3 October 2025
- Decision due30 October 2025
- Decision issued30 October 2025
- Appeal submitted7 November 2025
- Appeal decided16 June 2026
- Permission expiry15 June 2031
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