Limerick County Council grants permission for 74-home scheme at Rivers, Annacotty, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 77 housing scheme applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 17 February 2026. 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 74no. residential units, (44 no. terrace houses, 6 no. duplex units, 24 no. apartments in two 3 storey blocks, construction of all associated roads, site entrance, boundary treatments, footpaths, car parking, street lighting, landscaping and all ancillary site development works