Appeal lodged against permission for 182-home scheme at Mungret Park Road, Caheranardrish, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 81 housing scheme applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,597 nationally. Of the 3,043 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 15 September 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 Largescale Residential Development (LRD), comprising of 182no. residential dwellings as follows: 141no. houses consisting of 104no. detached/semi-detached dwellings (24no. 4-beds, 78no. 3-beds and 2no. 2-beds), 37no. townhouses (18no. 3-beds and 19no. 2-beds) and 41no. apartment units across 1no. triplex unit (2no. 2-beds and 1no. 1-bed) and a five-storey apartment building (13no. 2-beds and 25no. 1-beds) with a crèche with capacity to accommodate 70no. children at ground floor level. The proposed development will include the provision for car parking, including EV charging points and bicycle parking. The proposed development will also include the provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new vehicular and pedestrian access onto the Mungret Park Road; public lighting; substations; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works including a pumping station and connections to the existing networks and nature-based suds measures. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application and has been submitted to the Planning Authority. The application and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) may be inspected online at the following website: www.caheranardrishlrd.ie