well what about the developments popping up in the shannonside ?
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@CologneMike wrote:
Have you heard anything more for the former Hanratty’s Hotel on Glenthworth Street? The planning application extends into the whole core of that block, including a building on Cecil Street on the other side.
Theres been some alterations to the original plan which simply involved the conversion of the hotel into offices. The developer is now seeking to demolish the hotel and replace it with a retail and office building. Further information was requested back in August but according to the council website, the developer hasnt yet responeded! It would be more appropriate imo if the building was restored to its original state, ie. exposing its original brickwork and replacing the plastic windows.
As you say, there is a fairly large site to the rear of the hotel, beyond the mews lane. This site would appear to have changed hands in the last couple of years. Back in 2003/4 ABP turned down an application for a multi storey car park:rolleyes: on the site which would have involved the demolition of an old quaker meeting house. Incidentally there are 2 fairly interesting features forming the entrances to this site from Cecil Street.
Hartigans Horse Respository NIAH
Red Cross, Art Deco gateway NIAH
An interesting but highly unlikely concept for O Connell Street!
Councillor keen for full pedestrianisation of the city’s main thoroughfare
By Petula Martyn
THE full pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street would bring more retailers and shoppers to the heart of Limerick, according to a City Councillor.
The city council originally planned to pedestrianise the city’s main thoroughfare from Sarsfield Street to Roches Street and Cllr Joe Leddin wants these plans to be fully implemented. He believes the scale of the works planned should not be reduced in size by the local authority.Limerick City Council revealed an ambitious €50m pedestrianisation plan for O’Connell Street in 2007 once the construction of a proposed orbital route around the city centre is complete.
A major change in the flow of traffic will be required in order for the plan to work. As a designated gateway city, Limerick is entitled to funding from the National Development Plans Gateway City initiative.
Cllr Leddin said: “I have fully supported from the beginning the pedestrianisation plans which were brought before the council and the benefits in terms of the visual attractiveness of the city centre are now clearly evident on Bedford Row and Thomas Street.
“People and families can now walk freely and safely around these pedestrianised areas without having to negotiate traffic,” he said.
“Traders on these streets have stated openly how their business has increased and more importantly these pedestrianised streets have brought new retailers and shops into the heart of the city,” he added.
The proposed inner orbital route will circle the city in a clockwise direction, from Mallow Street, Henry Street, Arthurs Quay, Charlottes Quay, Clare Street, Cathedral Place, Sexton Street, Parnell Street and back onto Mallow Street.
Cllr Leddin said this orbital route can adequately deal with the traffic implications of pedestrianising O’Connell Street.
The matter is due to be raised at the next roads SPC meeting on January 14.
The Limerick Post have included the planning permission for the Cresent Shopping centre extension in this weeks edition.
Limerick PostThe following is what i made of the description in the planning permission
It doesnt actually say where the carpark will be so that is just a guess on my part.
Crescent Shopping Centre to expand (Limerick Post)
By John O’Shaughnessy
Overtures to demolish and relocate Omniplex Cinemas turned down.
Road realignment planned.
A MULTI-MILLION euro extension is planned for the Crescent Shopping Centre, which, if granted, will accommodate not only a free standing Marks & Spencer, but the creation of a new street, nine additional units, an increase in car parking spaces, as well as replacement of the existing roundabout at St Nessan’s Road and Dooradoyle Road.
The Limerick Post has also learned that overtures made to the owners of the Omniplex Cinemas to relocate to another site in the area, to allow for demolition of their existing building to facilitate the proposed new development, were turned down.
Said one local auctioneer. “This planning application submitted to Limerick County Council is of major significance and will enhance the Crescent’s image as one of the most attractive shopping centres in the country. It will really transform that side of the city, adding a whole new dimensionâ€.
The application, in the names of Stapleyside Company Ltd. and Derenburg, is for:1: A new free-standing three storey anchor retail unit/department store accommodating approx 10,338 sq m of gross floor area on the existing surface car park to the southeast of the site opposite the Garryowen entrance to the Crescent Centre.
2: A new landscaped street between the anchor retail unit/department store and the existing Crescent Shopping Centre, which shall be predominantly pedestrian with restricted vehicular access.
3: A multi-storey car park (7 no storeys) over basement level providing
881 no additional car parking spaces.4: Nine own door mixed use units located along the north side of the new street, directly facing the anchor retail/apartment store, and adjoining phase three of the existing Crescent Shopping Centre and the proposed multi-storey car park.
5:An extension of the existing basement car park beneath phase two and three, and extending under the proposed element detailed above, containing 407 car parking spaces and a new ramp exit onto the internal distributor road.
6. Temporary car park areas to the eastern corner of the site/adjacent to Mungret rail line (80 spaces) and southwest of the site, adjacent to the Dooradoyle entrance to the site (56 spaces). Both areas will be returned to passive landscape use on completion.
7:All associated site works, including advertising, signage and landscaping, and two additional ESB substations located within the service yard to anchor retail unit/department store.
The proposed development with a total gross floor area of 52,498 sq m., will take place on a site of c 4.7 hectares in area which forms part of an overall combined land holding of both applicants of 13.8 ha in area to the soutwest of the Mungret rail line.
The Crescent Shopping Centre is within Dooradoyle designated main retail centre which also includes County Hall.
The proposed development, taken in conjuntion with the existing Crescent Centre (32,100 sq.m), will result in a total 44,171 sq meres gross floor area at this location, and an increase in car parking from 2,330 to 2,860 car parking spaces.
There is also to be a reconfiguration of internal vehicular circulation routes within the Crescent Shopping Centre, and an additional fourth arm at the roundabout providing access to the centre, with a new bus stop on Dooradoyle Road.
A quick glance at a map of the area and it would reveal the woeful planning mistakes of the Limerick County Council and the NRA. Especially the link road between the old N20 St Nessan’s Road and the new N20 Dual-Carriageway as this runs in part right through a housing estate!
In my opinion this link road won’t be able to cope with future traffic volumes. I’m sure the original intention for this road was to serve only the local needs of the vast sprawling Raheen housing estates.
If the Crescent Shopping succeeds in its ambition of becoming one of the top shopping centres in the country, then it won’t have any problems in filling it’s 2,860 car parking spaces. Coupled with the traffic needs for the County Council Offices and the 1.000 student Crescent school next door.
I would not be surprised if this link road will be the preferred route for cars exiting from the N20 dual carriageway to enter the city centre. Especially as the Childers Road Link is to be curtailed and the Dock Road Junction option just adds a few more kilometres onto the journey.
High-rise at Cement Plant (Limerick Post)
THERE are plans for further development at Irish Cement, Castlemungret.
An application has been lodged with Limerick County Council for
- One no. clinker silo, (max height 67.90 metres, max diameter 37 metres)
- Transfer station (39.44 x 7.68 x 12.04 metres high)
- One no. cement silo (max height 51.29 metres, max diameter 12.21 metres)
- Two no adjoining canopy structures (5.92 x 6.76 x 6.97 metres high)
- Associated conveyors and site works
to be located within the existing Limerick Cement Works boundary, in the townland of Castlemungret.
Interesting that one of the arguments against the use of a suspension bridge for the new Shannon N18 crossing at Castlemungret, were its negative visual impact!
Hmm…. nice panoramic view from the City Hall of Limerick’s mini Manhatten i.e. River-Point, Clarion and the Cement Silos! :rolleyes:
@CologneMike wrote:
Hmm…. nice panoramic view from the City Hall of Limerick’s mini Manhatten i.e. River-Point, Clarion and the Cement Silos! :rolleyes:
That picture was taken from City Hall? :confused:
@PoxyShamrock wrote:
That picture was taken from City Hall? :confused:
City Hall has been de-centralised.
@PoxyShamrock wrote:
That picture was taken from City Hall? :confused:
Your right, sorry about the lack of clarity for my two remarks above.
The first remark “negative visual impact†for a suspension bridge and the image belong together. The works (cranes) on the tunnel construction can be seen to the very left.
The second remark “nice panoramic view from the City Hall†is missing a word.
It should have been “Hmm…. imagine the nice panoramic view from the City Hall of Limerick’s mini Manhatten i.e. River-Point, Clarion and the Cement Silos! :rolleyes:
According to the Limerick Post, BMG have just submitted their planning application for a Private Hospital on the grounds of the regional…Has anyone seen the plans?
Planning submitted for co-located hospital
THE Mid-West Regional Hospital and Beacon Medical Group (BMG) have announced that a planning application has been submitted for a co-located hospital to be built on the grounds of Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick.
The new facility will represent an investment of almost 250m euro by BMG. When completed the new hospital is to employ over 456 staff, with additional indirect employment of approximately 702. The new hospital is planned for completion within 30 months from the start date.
Theres no sign of the application on the County Council website, although it dosent appear to have been updated since January 4th.
Murray O’Laoire are the architects behind the project and according to their website it will feature:
- An Admissions / Assessment Unit comprising of six Treatment / Examination bays
- Six new Operating Theatres; a Critical Care department
- An Interventional Cardiology Unit comprising of two Intervention suites and full Recovery area
- A Treatment / Examination area including Echo, ECG, Stress Testing and Pulmonary Function areas
- Seven 25 bed in-patient wards providing a total complement of 175 in-patient beds
- An Ambulatory Surgery Unit
- An Endoscopy Suite
- A Physiotherapy department comprising of a small gym area together with six Treatment areas
- A Medical Oncology department comprising of ten Treatment cubicles set out in a large open planned bright space
- A Diagnostic Imaging department with CT, MRI, PET Scanning and Angiography facilities
- A Pharmacy
- A Consultants Suites comprising of 10 no. Consulting / Examination rooms
Limerick Private Hospital (Dock Road)
Meanwhile not far from the mid western regional hospital, work is continuing on another private hospital beside the blackberry business park on the dock road. According to their website,this 92 bed hospital should be operational by the Autumn of this year.
Crescent Shopping Centre Planning Application
Limerick County Council
Development at this site of c. 2.77 hectares at St. Nessan’s Road and Dooradoyle Road, Dooradoyle, Limerick, County Limerick. The proposed development comprises replacement of the existing roundabout at the junction of St. Nessan’s Road and Dooradoyle Road with a new signalised cross road junction with; (a) An additional fourth arm providing access to the Crescent Shopping Centre, (b) An associated slip lane (northbound) on the west side of St. Nessan’s Road, (c) A new left-in only lane off St. Nessan’s Road to replace existing left-in only lane, (d) Associated reconfigured lane provision and layout on all linking arms of the new cross road junction, including new cycle paths, footpaths and pedestrian crossings, (e) 1 no. new bus stop on the Dooradoyle Road near existing Dooradoyle Mall entrance and minor realignment of 2 no. bus stops on St. Nessan’s Road (from location permitted under An Bord Pleanala Reference 13.ER2024, (f) Reconfiguration of internal vehicular circulation routes within the Crescent Shopping Centre including the removal of 165 no. car parking spaces and (g) Associated site development and landscape works. The new junction layout and all proposed works shall tie into the ongoing road improvements to the St. Nessan’s Road overbridge and the Limerick Southern Ring Road Phase (II) (permitted under An Bord Pleanala reference 13.ER2024)
St. Nessan’s Road & Dooradoyle Road
DooradoyleNo confirmation on the exact nature or location of the additional retail space but the new junction layout at St. Nessan’s Road/Dooradoyle road is an interesting one. Up until now, the responce to traffic problems in Limerick was to stick in yet another roundabout, its certainly no harm to see that mentality changing. I think a well signed signalised junction with dedicated turning lanes could work well at this location.
Work on new Adare hospital to begin soon (RTE)
Work is to begin in two months time on a new €100m private hospital on a site at Adare, Co Limerick.
The committee behind the venture said today that planning permission for the project had been granted and construction will begin in eight weeks.The new Adare hospital and clinic is scheduled to open in late 2009 and will employ 380 staff.
It will include 100 beds, 30 consultation offices, six operating theatres, as well as MRI and CT scanner services and a mammography suite.The group behind the venture includes Chairman Dr Ed Walsh, founding President of the University of Limerick, Tom Kane, owner of Adare Manor, Professor Paul Finucane who heads up the new Post Graduate Medical Degree programme at the University of Limerick, and six other medical experts.
Developers in new plan for 400 homes at Ballykeeffe
PLANS for a multi-million euro housing development in Ballykeeffe have been lodged with Limerick County Council.
The planning application was lodged earlier this week by Crescent Ridge Properties.The developer is proposing to build a total of 426 homes on a 35-acre site near the Father Russell Road. The site is bounded by the rail line to Irish Cement and the new Southern Ring Road approach route to the Shannon Tunnel will also run adjacent to the site.
According to the planning application which was lodged with the local authority, Crescent Ridge Properties is seeking permission to build 294 houses, 66 duplexes and 66 apartments. The provision of car parking, landscaping and public lighting are also included in the application and it is also proposed that a creche will be built within the development.
If planning permission is granted, the existing Ballykeeffe boreen, which links father Russell Road and the Dock Road, will also be widened to facilitate the increased traffic flow and it is proposed that an existing house, located on the site, will be demolished..
Theres a fairly extensive landbank between Ballykeeffe estate and the dock road and with the 2nd phase of the ring road on its way its bound to attract even more attention in the future. Incidentally the same company had a similar application for basically the same site dismissed as “premature” back in 2006. I wonder is the recently constructed Ballykeeffe boreen overbridge itself, wide enough to facilitate the proposed improvements?
Here are a few photographs i took today of the new development at Coonagh Cross.
And a few more of the recently constructed Jetland Shopping Centre.
@billy the squid wrote:
just to clarify, that image was submitted to us by Maruice Quinlivan
Anyhoo heres one or two I took of riverpoint and the apartments beside the hilton yesterday[
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Picture i took today Jan 16th from a similar location to Billy’s.
@CologneMike wrote:
On the map legend, purple denotes future building (indicative only).
Hard to see what one can achieve here with Jackman Park (Highlighted Blue) as it is really hemmed in. Potential 8000 capacity venue, raises in my opinion a safety issue with just one entrance through a narrow lane on Carey’s road?
The red highlighted buildings are the Limerick City Council 3 storey flats (built in the 1940’s?). Those facing the people’s park have great potential for re-development.
A photograph i took last year of the corporation flats on Lower Careys Road being demolished.
Irishjon25, looking at it now, it seems the Limerick City Council had already plans for Ballinacurra Weston in advance of it been made part of the Fitzgerald’s regeneration report. It will be interesting to see as to what will be developed on this prime site.
Your River Point image shows the fresh green painted railings of the bridge, can’t say that the colour compliments its surroundings. I would have preferred a black tone similar in the image from DerHur below. Green is o.k. to denote a park but not a bridge.
@Irishjon25 wrote:
Here are a few photographs i took today of the new development at Coonagh Cross.
Looking at that drab exterior of the tesco outlet I thought the architects were after toning down their plans for the elaborate wing-like entrance features seen in earlier drawings! However I see an application has recently been submitted for the addition of a new shopping mall. Irishjon25 would I be right in thinking that there is also another mall under construction at the moment? I think I remember reading somewhere that it was due to be completed by March of this year!
Received Date: 04/01/2008
Development Description:
an addition of a south mall to the previously approved Coonagh Cross Shopping Centre (ref. no. 03/2050) as follows: additional of 1 no. comparison anchor and 121 no. line shops. Omission of line shops 18,19 & 20 from the original approval. Additional kiosks, plant areas, service passages, stairs, lifts, management offices, public toilets and storage. Demolition of the existing Fortune Flooring retail unit. Vertical and horizontal realignment of car parking and lorry circulation roads. Provision of 239 underground car parking spaces. 1 no. additional loading yard plus ESB substations. Total provision of 1800 car parking spaces with associated lighting, access roads, underground services and landscaping. Overall additional floor area applied for is 27,830m2 gross (11,034m2 net retail floor area). Total site area of the overall Coonagh Cross development has increased to 16.45ha(40.64 acres)Development Address: Clondrinagh, Clonconare, Ennis Road
@Tuborg wrote:
Looking at that drab exterior of the tesco outlet I thought the architects were after toning down their plans for the elaborate wing-like entrance features seen in earlier drawings! However I see an application has recently been submitted for the addition of a new shopping mall. Irishjon25 would I be right in thinking that there is also another mall under construction at the moment? I think I remember reading somewhere that it was due to be completed by March of this year!
Tuborg,
The mall under construction is that underneath the Coonagh Cross signage. Only Tesco (to the right of the signage) is currently open to the public. The remainder of the complex of which the main entrance will be under the Coonagh Cross signage is still currently under construction.
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