{"id":3124,"date":"2025-08-16T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/3124\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:53:29","slug":"planners-give-go-ahead-to-major-new-apartment-complex-in-limerick-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/3124\/","title":{"rendered":"Planners give go-ahead to major new apartment complex in Limerick city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLANNERS have given the go-ahead to a major new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/231\/planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">apartment<\/a> complex opposite Limerick Colbert Station and it\u2019s anticipated work could commence on the new homes in the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>Cadima Holdings have been afforded planning permission to build a six-storey apartment complex at 47 to 50 Parnell Street.<\/p>\n<p>Up until last year, a number of derelict units were on the site, before these were knocked. In their place will be a six-storey mixed-use development.<\/p>\n<p>On the ground floor will be two commercial units, with the living spaces on the upper levels. Thirty-seven apartments are planned, the majority, 26, being single-bedroom homes. The remainder will be two bedroomed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/environment\/1860297\/multi-million-euro-solar-farm-planned-at-limerick-kerry-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Multi-million euro solar farm planned at Limerick-Kerry border<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time development has been proposed on this site. In 2021, permission was given for 34 new apartments &#8211; meaning there are three extra living spaces this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Kearney, of AK Planning, who acted as the agent for Cadima Holdings, stated there is a \u201cstrong demand\u201d for one-bedroom units in the city, something which was made clear to him at pre-planning meetings with council staff.<\/p>\n<p>In documents provided to the local authority, he added that building apartments is now an \u201cestablished response to the housing crisis and the shortage of residential accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the development, apartments at levels five and six will be set back from Parnell Street. \u201cThis site is a brownfield site in close proximity to Limerick city centre. The proposed mixed-use residential and commercial scheme put forward is a positive response to the ongoing need for public and private sector regeneration of the city and its environs,\u201d added Mr Kearney.<\/p>\n<p>Permission was given subject to 14 conditions.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANNERS have given the go-ahead to a major new apartment complex opposite Limerick Colbert Station and it\u2019s anticipated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,3524,18,19,17,3525],"class_list":{"0":"post-3124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-colbert-station","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-planning-permission"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}