34 O'Connell Street & 57 Roches St, O'Connell / Roches St, Limerick City
Conversion of upper floors of two city centre buildings into a new four-bedroom townhouse.
2560471 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 21 May 2025
- Reference
- 2560471
- Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 May 2025
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 221 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of the first, second, and third floors from offices to a residential townhouse. It includes elevational alterations with new sash windows, roof access modifications, and works to a ground-floor shop unit. The site contains a protected structure.
- Storeys
- 4
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(a) proposed residential townhouse combining first, second, third floors of both properties to create a new 4-bedroom dwelling with access on the ground floor. This will involve a change of use from office use to residential for existing ground floor entrance and hallway, first, second and third floors at 34 o’connell st, and second floor at 57 roches st, limerick city, (b) elevational alterations to include for new sash windows to both existing elevations, (c) new roof access to replace existing roof access on flat roof at 34 o’connell st. , (d) proposed new single wc to ground floor shop unit at 34 o’connell st and associated site works, (e) all ancillary site works above and below ground. The application site contains a protected structure – niah ref no 21517029
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.
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 2 Augustiniane Lane, Roches St, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €132,500 | 47 m |
| Apt 1 Augustiniane Lane, Roches St, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €132,500 | 47 m |
| Apt 3 Augustiniane Lane, Roches St, Limerick | Apr 2025 | €132,500 | 52 m |
| Apartment 1, 3 Cecil St, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €220,000 | 57 m |
| Floor 2, 17 Shannon Street, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €20,000 | 78 m |
| Floor 1, 17 Shannon Street, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €20,000 | 78 m |
| Floor 3, 17 Shannon Street, Limerick | Jul 2025 | €20,000 | 78 m |
| Apartment 1, 15a Catherine Street, Limerick | Mar 2025 | €173,000 | 107 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 received21 May 2025
- Further information requested8 July 2025
- Further information received3 November 2025
- Decision due30 November 2025
- Decision issued27 November 2025
- Grant issued7 January 2026
- Permission expiry6 January 2031
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- Granted50 m away
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