Limerick County Council grants permission for 63-home scheme at Barnakyle, Patrickswell, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 77 housing scheme applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 14 July 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Limerick County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

a residential development comprising 63 no. residential units, (4 no. detached houses, 50 no. semi-detached houses, 9 no. terrace houses), a Creche, new entrance onto the existing R526 road and all ancillary site development works. Ancillary site development works include a new connection to the public water main, foul and surface water drainage, access roads, footpaths, vehicle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works above and below ground. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).