59-home scheme proposed at Newtown, Monaleen Road, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 78 housing scheme applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,577 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 20 September 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.

a development consisting of 59no. residential units comprising 42no. houses, 2no. duplex’s and 15no. apartments. The houses will consist of 2no. detached houses, 24no. semi-detached houses and 16no. terrace houses. The duplex’s will consist of 1no. 2 bed and 1no. 1 bed units in a two-storey block. The apartments will consist of 9no. 2 bed units and 6no. 1 bed units in a four-storey block. The development will also include construction of all associated roads, site entrance, boundary treatments, retaining walls, footpaths, car parking, bicycle shed, street lighting and all ancillary site development works including connection to services