{"id":51616,"date":"2025-09-08T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/51616\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:06:07","slug":"planners-make-decision-over-new-shopping-centre-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/51616\/","title":{"rendered":"Planners make decision over new shopping centre in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NATIONAL planners have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/231\/planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">refused<\/a> permission for a new commercial development in the heart of Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>Developers were planning to build a two-storey shopping mall at a site in the city centre vacant since the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plans, Multi-Storey (Limerick), a firm headquartered on the city\u2019s riverside, was seeking to build nine units over two floors at the junction of Anne Street and Thomas Street.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/planning\/1885625\/planning-permission-granted-to-restore-prominent-shannon-landmark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Planning permission granted to restore prominent Shannon landmark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The site was once home to Finucane\u2019s Electrical, which moved to the suburbs in 2006, with its old city centre premises demolished a year later.<\/p>\n<p>The area has been largely unused since.<\/p>\n<p>According to a blueprint submitted to council, the new retail units would have measured between 44 square metres and 75 square metres.<\/p>\n<p>Four units would have been on the first floor, five on the ground floor, and these would have been built next to an existing retail unit which houses a hairdresser.<\/p>\n<p>It was envisaged that a mall would link the first floor units.<\/p>\n<p>Council rejected the application, with its planners pointing to policies which support \u201chigh quality mixed-use developments which include residential uses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They added the proposal does not meet national, local or regional planning objectives.<\/p>\n<p>However, Multi-Storey (Limerick) appealed this decision to An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la, formerly An Bord Pleanala.<\/p>\n<p>They pointed to the fact the firm owns the adjacent buildings in Anne Street and Thomas Street which are fully occupied.<\/p>\n<p>The firm also stated providing a larger development would be very high, with the proposal not \u201csustainable or cost-effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a family business and do not have the resources to provide a four to five multi-storey development on this small site,\u201d a summary published by the An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la adds.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant insisted there would be strong demand for the small units.<\/p>\n<p>Its representatives stated the firm is constantly being contacted for smaller units for \u201cmore indigenous local business which should be encouraged by the council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe applicant knows what is viable in Thomas Street,\u201d it is added.<\/p>\n<p>One of the other reasons the council refused permission was because the proposed shopping centre did not have a residential element to it.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this, Multi-Storey (Limerick) altered the design so one of the units would house a two-bedroom apartment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the Commission upheld the decision made by Limerick City and County Council.<\/p>\n<p>They stated the development would be \u201ccontrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.\u201d<\/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":"NATIONAL planners have refused permission for a new commercial development in the heart of Limerick. 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