57-home scheme proposed at Toppins Field between O'Donoghue, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 21 February 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

1. Construction of 57 no. residential dwellings on 3 no. main plots, with associated ancillary roads, pedestrian pathways, hard and soft landscaping and site services infrastructure as follows; a. 15 no. 2 storey 3bed terraced houses b. 4 no. 2 storey 4 bed terraced houses c. 1 no. 3 bed duplex apartments d. 18 no. 2 bed duplex apartments e. 1 no. 2 bed apartment and f. 18 no. 1 bed apartments. 2. Development of an access road to the proposed development via an East West Link Road from John Carew Link Road. 3. Provision of public open space areas (to include for play spaces), private open space areas, bicycle parking, footpaths, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping. 4. Provision of car parking to include for 20% EV parking and ducting to the remainder of all the spaces for future electric charging points. 5. Proposed connection to existing mains and water infrastructure. 6. Proposed on-site surface water drainage arrangements and connection to existing storm sewer network. 7. Proposed connection to sewer network, together with all associated site works and services. The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment Screening in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment under the EIA Directive 2011/92/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU. In accordance with Article 81 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001, as amended, the Planning Authority has made a determination and concluded that: (a) the proposed development, either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, is not likely to have a significant effect on any European site(s) and therefore a Stage 2 Appropriate Assessment is not required. (b) There is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and that the proposed development is not of a class set out under Schedule 5 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001, as amended, and therefore does not require an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of publication of this notice, apply to An Coimisúin Pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effect on the environment. Such a submission should be addressed to The Secretary, An Coimisúin Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 V902