GrantedApartmentsDecided 10 December 2025

The Former Limerick Gasworks Site, Dock Road, Limerick.

A large-scale development of 285 apartments, retail units, and a childcare facility at the former Limerick Gasworks site.

2560780 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 7 August 2025

Reference: 2560780
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 7 August 2025
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²

Summary

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This large-scale residential development on a 1.26-hectare site includes 285 apartments, two retail units, and a childcare facility across three blocks ranging from one to eight storeys. The site contains protected structures, and the project involves the demolition of vacant offices and partial boundary wall removal.

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Storeys: 8

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Official record

Development description

A large-scale residential development on a site of approx. 1.26 ha at the ‘former limerick gasworks site’, dock road, limerick, co. Limerick (v94 ae00). The subject site contains a freestanding wall (a protected structure rps no. 3326) and is generally bounded by dock road to the north; the power station building (a protected structure rps no. 3261) and residential development at saint james mews to the south and south west; o’curry street to the east; and no. 2 and no. 3 dock road, the rear of no. 4 and no. 5 dock road and other commercial premises at saint alphonsus street to the west. The proposed development will consist of a mixed-use large-scale residential development comprising 285 no. Residential apartment units, 2 no. Retail units and a childcare facility, all in 3 no. Blocks (blocks a – c) ranging in height from 1-8 storeys with associated car parking, bicycle parking, public plaza and communal open spaces and all ancillary works. The development will consist of: a) the demolition of the vacant former gas networks ireland offices (total gfa approx. 612 sqm). B) partial removal of an existing boundary wall at dock road and o’curry street; the removal of railings from the top of the existing boundary wall at o’curry street; the removal of entrance gates at o’curry street; and the removal of entrance piers and gates at dock road. C) the demolition of an existing esb sub station at o’curry street. D) the removal of an existing buttress section (approx. 8 sqm) and rear elevation of flanking gable (approx. 12 sqm) of the freestanding limestone site boundary wall at dock road (a protected structure rps no. 3326) and the reinstatement of all associated openings and arches. The proposed development will dismantle and relocate 3 no. Existing vermiculated arches from the flanking gable wall within the subject site as part of the overall landscape design. E) the construction of 285 no. Residential apartment units in 3 no. Blocks (a-c) ranging in height from 1-8 storeys in the form of 142 no. 1 bed apartments, 22 no. 2 bed (3-person) apartments, 105 no. 2 bed (4-person) apartments and 16 no. 3 bed apartments, each with associated private open space in the form of balconies / terraces as follows: (i) block a ranging in height from 1 to 7 storeys will contain 114 no. Apartments in the form of 70 no. 1 bed apartments, 22 no. 2 bed (3-person) apartments and 22 no.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

City CentreUC

“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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 3, 50 Curry St, Limerick	Nov 2025	€185,000	74 m
15 Riverdock House, Dock Rd, Limerick	Oct 2025	€225,000	99 m
23 Riverdock, Dock Road, Limerick	May 2025	€100,000	99 m
24 Riverdock House, Dock Road, Limerick City	Apr 2026	€224,000	99 m
1 Crosley House, Dock Rd, Limerick	Aug 2025	€200,000	101 m
Apt 8, Crossley House, Dock Rd	May 2026	€167,500	101 m
9 Wellesley House, Steamboat Quay, Limerick	Feb 2025	€175,000	111 m
4 Ocurry Place, Limerick, Limerick	Feb 2025	€216,000	115 m

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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 received7 August 2025
Further information requested30 September 2025
Further information received13 November 2025
Decision due10 December 2025
Decision issued10 December 2025
Grant issued11 February 2026
Permission expiry10 February 2031

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