Limerick County Council grants permission for 523-home scheme at Monaleen Road, Castletroy, 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 28 April 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 Large-scale Residential development on these lands at Monaleen Road, Castletroy, Limerick. The development will consist of the provision of a total of 523no. residential units along with the provision of a creche. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works. (b) The provision of a total of 214no. 2-3 storey residential dwellings which will consist of 10no. 2 bed units and 204no. 3 bed units. (c) The provision of a total of 309no. apartments units consisting of 159no.1 bed units, 141no.2bed units and 9no. 3bed units to be provided within 10no. apartment buildings. Apartment buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 are 5 storeys in height and apartment buildings 6 and 7 are part 4 to part 5 storeys in height. (d) Provision of a creche at ground level in apartment building no. 10 and associated outdoor play space along with bin and bicycle storage. (e) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the creche and apartments. (f) Provision of a basement for apartment blocks 6-9 which incorporates parking, plant area, storage rooms and bicycle storage. (g)Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site. (h) Provision of associated bicycle storage facilities at surface level throughout the site. (i) Provision of associated open space areas, residential communal open space areas to include formal play areas along with all hard and soft landscape works for private gardens and amenity spaces along with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings & fencing. (j) Provision of an entrance and associated upgrade works from the Monaleen road for vehicles and pedestrians with a separate pedestrian access provided from the Dublin Road. (k) Provision of associated ESB substations. (l) Provision of ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water and ESB networks to include for provision of a wastewater pumping station within the site and provision of a new wastewater connection along Monaleen Road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the pro