Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Application.

Application details

Planning reference

23557

Council

Limerick City and County Council

Proposal description

Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Application. Tribeca Asset Management Limited (trading as Tribeca Holdings) intends to apply for planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site: Ardhu House, Ennis Road, Roses Avenue and North Circular Road, Limerick. Ardhu House is a Protected Structure, RPS Reg. No. 3281 (Former Limerick Ryan Hotel, Ennis Road, Roses Avenue). The application site includes an area of public road/footpaths to facilitate a watermain diversion via North Circular Road, Roses Avenue and Ennis Road. The development site area and watermain diversion works provide a total planning application site area of 2.19 hectares approx. The site is bound by Ennis Road (R857) to the north, Roses Avenue (L10053) to the west, North Circular Road (L10059) to the south-east, residential properties at The Elms to the south and the Woodfield House Hotel, Bar & Restaurant commercial property to the west. This proposed development will replace all un-built and incomplete elements of the development permitted under the planning permission Register Reference 15/645, An Bord Pleanála Reference PL 91.246960 (extended under Register Reference 21/7025). The un-built and incomplete elements to be replaced comprise (i) the change of use of Ardhu House from commercial use to residential use to provide 4 no. apartments (i) the demolition of extensions to the front, rear and side of Ardhu House (i) the construction of 7 no. detached two-storey dwelling houses (iv) vehicular access via the existing entrance on Roses Avenue (v) internal roadways, surface car parking, cycle parking, driveways and entrances (vi) service connections and (vi) ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary treatment works. In summary, the proposed development will consist of the construction of 167 no. new residential units in 5 new residential buildings ranging in height from 3 storeys to 5 storeys (Blocks 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05), a creche; the refurbishment of Ardhu House (Protected Structure RPS Reg. No. 3281) to provide ancillary residential amenity uses, and the refurbishment of the Ardhu Bar licenced premises. The refurbishment of Ardhu House and Ardhu Bar will entail the demolition of modern extensions to each building. The detailed description of the proposed development is as follows: (1) Block 01 is a 5-storey building comprising 46 apartments with 17 no. 1-bed units and 29 no. 2-bed units. Private balconies/terraces for the apartments are pro

Location / address

Ardhu House , Ennis Road , Roses Avenue and North Circular Road

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

17 Nov 2023

Council status

APPLICATION FINALISED

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

19 Apr 2024

Appeal lodged

14 May 2024

Appeal decision

Grant permission with revised conditions

Appeal decision date

23 Aug 2024

Planning and construction timeline

Key dated milestones from planning, appeal and official building-control records.

1. Application received

   17 Nov 2023

2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

   19 Apr 2024

3. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   14 May 2024Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

4. Appeal decision: Grant permission with revised conditions

   23 Aug 2024Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

5. Works commenced (phase 1 of 5)

   4 Sept 2025Official NBCO/BCMS data

6. Works commenced (phase 3 of 5)

   17 Oct 2025Official NBCO/BCMS data

7. Works commenced (phase 1 of 5)

   24 Nov 2025Official NBCO/BCMS data

8. Works commenced (phase 1 of 5)

   15 Jan 2026Official NBCO/BCMS data