Permission granted for 99 new homes in Limerick development

LIMERICK City and County Council has afforded planning permission to the first phase of a new housing development on the city’s northside.

Riverpoint Construction has secured permission to build 99 homes in the townland of Clonconane, between Old Cratloe Road and Pass Road which leads to Meelick in south-east Clare.

The development will see a mix of different types of houses on the land, which is currently green-space.

According to the application, there will be 12 four-bedroom, two-storey semi-detached units, 16 four-bedroom, two-storey semi-detached homes, and 46 three-bedroom, two-storey semi-detached houses in various different designs.

On top of this, there will be 13 two-bedroom, two-storey mid-terrace homes, and an apartment block.

This complex will see 12 apartments over three-storeys, and will comprise of both one and two-bedroom flats.

The permission for almost 100 homes is part of an overall development planned by Riverpoint for the area which will eventually see hundreds of living spaces in the area north of the river Shannon.

Five other applications for housing development in the area are currently before the local authority, with planners seeking more information from the developer.

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Council gave planning permission for this phase subject to 25 conditions.

It includes a stipulation the developer pays the authority €201,238 for public infrastructure work.

No work will be allowed to take place outside the hours of 8am and 8pm on weekdays, and 8am and 4pm on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.

Some 36 people wrote to council in relation to the project.

Many of the submissions centred around the potential for localised flooding as a consequence of the scheme, alongside the proposed design of the estate, and the changes in the surface layout of the road through it.