Limerick County Council grants permission for 7.4-hectare solar farm at St. Joseph's Hospital Campus, Mulgrave Street, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 21 solar farm applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 nationally. Of the 573 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% 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 24 November 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 new four storey (7,370 m²) Primary Care Centre (PCC) building to include entrance foyer, waiting areas, GP service, BreastCheck Clinic, Community Care Services, Clinical Diagnostics, Dental, Orthodontic & Restorative surgeries, Chronic Disease Management, consulting rooms, retail café and all associated administration and ancillary spaces, roof mounted plant area and photovoltaic panels. Widening of the existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance along Mulgrave Street and localised widening of existing campus road along with provision of new access road to serve the development site, 110 no. parking spaces, including 7 no. accessible parking bays and 110 no. bicycle parking spaces. New drainage connections (including new foul pumping station), attenuation and associated site services. Landscaping, boundary treatments, external lighting, and all related site development works. The proposed development is within the curtilage of the St. Joseph’s Hospital a Protected Structure (RPS 3363)