GrantedChange of useDecided 10 April 2026

12 Glentworth Street, Limerick

Subdivision and conversion of a building into offices and apartments with structural alterations.

2561062 · Limerick County Council · Lodged 20 October 2025

Reference: 2561062
Authority: Limerick County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 October 2025

Summary

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This application seeks to subdivide the ground floor and basement of a building on Glentworth Street. It includes changing the ground floor from restaurant to office use, converting the first floor to an apartment, altering existing upper-floor apartments, and making significant structural and window alterations.

Change of useoffice conversionapartmentsrenovation

Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

A) subdividing the existing ground floor and basement levels, b) the change of use of the ground floor from restaurant use to office use and part of the ground floor to use as a bicycle store, c) the change of use of the first floor from office use to a residential apartment and alterations to the floor playout plan to accommodate the proposed residential use, d) alterations to the floor layouts of the second and third floor apartments, e) extension and alterations at ground floor level to provide a bin store and a new entrance to the proposed ground floor office both of which shall be accessible from catherine street, f) fitting new georgian style up and down sliding sash windows to the existing period window openings on the glentworth street and catherine street elevations of the structure and as indicated on the architects drawings, g) alterations to the floor levels to provide a larger floor plate on the ground floor, first floor, second floor and third floor, h) alterations to the roof level and parapet height to permit a higher floor to ceiling on the third floor apartment, i) alterations to rear windows on the north west elevation to accommodate the change in floor levels and forming new window openings and fitting new windows in the proposed new window openings on that same elevation, j) internal alterations to the protected structure to accommodate the new apartment and office layouts and k) alterations to utility and waste water services and surface water services and associated site works and utility services to facilitate the development. The structure 12 glentworth street is a protected structure with the record of protected structures (rps) register no. 4023

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
44 Catherine St, Limerick, Limerick	Nov 2025	€200,000	10 m
14 Taits Corner, Glentworth St, Limerick	Jul 2025	€213,000	67 m
22 Taits Corner, Upper Glentworth St, Limerick	Oct 2025	€210,000	67 m
Apt 24 Taits Corner, Baker Place, Limerick	Jul 2026	€195,000	67 m
Apt. 1 Woolworths Lane, Off Catherine Street, Limerick	Mar 2025	€70,000	93 m
Unit 1, 15 Upper Cecil St, Limerick	Jul 2025	€550,000	93 m
Apt 1, Floor 2, 8 Parnell Street	Aug 2025	€125,000	120 m
Apartment 1, 3 Cecil St, Limerick	Jul 2025	€220,000	123 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 received20 October 2025
Further information requested9 December 2025
Further information received20 March 2026
Decision due16 April 2026
Decision issued10 April 2026
Grant issued18 May 2026
Permission expiry17 May 2031

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