Limerick improvement projects

Vanquished

kilburn wrote: »

I can't comment as I have commercially sensitive information but there are plans in place for a big development close to that site

Why even bother mentioning it so?! Just so you could proclaim that you had "commercially sensitive information?"

Cookiemunster

Vanquished wrote: »

Why even bother mentioning it so?! Just so you could proclaim that you had "commercially sensitive information?"

And how commercially sensitive can it actually be when estate agents are already mentioning it in their blurb.

dashoonage

I know something you dont know! na na na na na

kilburn

Right won't comment on it again some of you would argue with your shadows.

Cookiemunster

kilburn wrote: »

Right won't comment on it again some of you would argue with your shadows.

So you can't see that mentioning something and then saying I can't talk about it when asked for more information winds people up? It's not arguing with shadows. If it's sensitive and you can't talk about it, then you shouldn't mention it on the first place.

kilburn

Vanquished wrote:

Why even bother mentioning it so?! Just so you could proclaim that you had "commercially sensitive information?"

Nope because it's an exciting development for the city when it's announced

Unlike others in this forum I won't disclose information that is confidential but you can keep following me Around threads picking up what I post.

I am sure An Taisce will object anyway.

kilburn

Cookiemunster wrote:

So you can't see that mentioning something and then saying I can't talk about it when asked for more information winds people up? It's not arguing with shadows. If it's sensitive and you can't talk about it, then you shouldn't mention it on the first place.

Not intending to wind anyone up people post confidential information in this thread all the time which is wrong

Cookiemunster

kilburn wrote: »

Not intending to wind anyone up people post confidential information in this thread all the time which is wrong

I have to say, I've not seen anything posted on here that couldn't already be found in the public domain.

Mc Love

kilburn wrote: »

Not intending to wind anyone up people post confidential information in this thread all the time which is wrong

Why not post it? Nobody knows who you are on here?

If there are grounds for An Taisce to object, then surely thats a good thing

Vanquished

The only sites in the vicinity with redevelopment potential are the Garda station, the AIB car park and at a push the Limerick Youth Service building and the adjoining former Smyths toys premises.

James Bond Junior

Vanquished wrote: »

The only sites in the vicinity with redevelopment potential are the Garda station, the AIB car park and at a push the Limerick Youth Service building and the adjoining former Smyths toys premises.

I think a tile shop has gone into smyths?

mart 23

Has this Butler developer started work on the Savoy Hotel project yet.

source

Vanquished wrote: »

The only sites in the vicinity with redevelopment potential are the Garda station, the AIB car park and at a push the Limerick Youth Service building and the adjoining former Smyths toys premises.

Smyths toys is now a church, not sure if they own or are leasing it but they've spent a lot of money renovating it.

AIB car park isn't big enough for that number of apartments.

Garda station would need to be replaced before any construction could take place there. That would be a number of years in itself between site acquisition, design, planning and construction. Any new building going on there wouldn't even begin demolition of what's there for another 5 to 7 years. That's not even taking into consideration the fact that there's a list of stations needing replacement ahead of Henry St, which isn't even on the list.

Vanquished

mart 23 wrote: »

Has this Butler developer started work on the Savoy Hotel project yet.

I believe the residents are being kicked out at the end of June so I presume it'll start soon after that.

mdmix

If the 180 apartments is not bishops quay, then can we start to assume that the lack of movement on the bishops quay project means they couldn’t secure funding and is now dead?

Cookiemunster

mdmix wrote: »

If the 180 apartments is not bishops quay, then can we start to assume that the lack of movement on the bishops quay project means they couldn’t secure funding and is now dead?

I've been told that they don't want to proceed with the office element, because they don't think that they can fill it. I don't know how true that is, but it would tie in with the rumours of them wanting to revert to their original plans of it being all residential.

geotrig

source wrote: »

Smyths toys is now a church, not sure if they own or are leasing it but they've spent a lot of money renovating it.

AIB car park isn't big enough for that number of apartments.

Garda station would need to be replaced before any construction could take place there. That would be a number of years in itself between site acquisition, design, planning and construction. Any new building going on there wouldn't even begin demolition of what's there for another 5 to 7 years. That's not even taking into consideration the fact that there's a list of stations needing replacement ahead of Henry St, which isn't even on the list.

I'm almost certain the smyths building was bought by whatever church that went into it ,was raging as I thought it had potential to be a great space for something !

Phileas Frog

Mc Love wrote: »

If there are grounds for An Taisce to object, then surely thats a good thing

An Taisce would object to a squirrel building a tree house.

dominatinMC

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I've been told that they don't want to proceed with the office element, because they don't think that they can fill it. I don't know how true that is, but it would tie in with the rumours of them wanting to revert to their original plans of it being all residential.

Might be better in the long term. With the Hanging Gardens and the upcoming Opera Centre, not to metion the new UL campus, there seems to be plenty of office capacity in the city. More high quality apartments are badly needed to complement all this new office space imo.

Cookiemunster

The full application has gone into ABP for the residential development on Pa Healy Rd. and Park Rd. Decision is due 25/7/19 http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/304530.htm

30 no. houses, 303 no. apartments, 64 no. student bedspaces and associated site works.

EDIT. Nope it's another consultation application. I should have read it properly

topcat72

Cookiemunster wrote: »

The full application has gone into ABP for the residential development on Pa Healy Rd. and Park Rd. Decision is due 25/7/19 http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/304530.htm

30 no. houses, 303 no. apartments, 64 no. student bedspaces and associated site works.

EDIT. Nope it's another consultation application. I should have read it properly

Think its this one - http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/304523.htm

Cookiemunster

topcat72 wrote: »

Think its this one - http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/304523.htm

Yeah wrong link.There was an original consultation application from April. They've reapplied for another consultation.ruling, so when I saw this I thought that it was the actual full application.

Cookiemunster

The planning application for the Punches Cross development has gone into ABP.

https://twitter.com/JLeddin/status/1141004424959156226

CosmicFool

Cookiemunster wrote: »

The planning application for the Punches Cross development has gone into ABP.

https://twitter.com/JLeddin/status/1141004424959156226

They'll sell vey quick with the Primary school opposite it and the crescent down the road.

Mc Love

CosmicFool wrote: »

They'll sell vey quick with the Primary school opposite it and the crescent down the road.

Primary school will be moving back to its original location soon

Cookiemunster

CosmicFool wrote: »

They'll sell vey quick with the Primary school opposite it and the crescent down the road.

Unless they've changed the original plans it's mainly student accommodation for Mary I.

OfTheMarsWongs

Via Leader Editor Eugene Phelan on Twitter:

“TOMORROW:

■A snail held up the Trump empire in Doonbeg & now in Limerick rare species of bats look set to delay a multi-million euro project “

Anybody know which project they are talking about?

Poxyshamrock

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Via Leader Editor Eugene Phelan on Twitter:

“TOMORROW:

■A snail held up the Trump empire in Doonbeg & now in Limerick rare species of bats look set to delay a multi-million euro project “

Anybody know which project they are talking about?

Opera Centre I reckon. Place must be full of bats.

bazz26

Monorail.

Cookiemunster

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Via Leader Editor Eugene Phelan on Twitter:

“TOMORROW:

■A snail held up the Trump empire in Doonbeg & now in Limerick rare species of bats look set to delay a multi-million euro project “

Anybody know which project they are talking about?

The front page of the Leader says it's the Opera site, but I haven't read the article so I don't know the details,


The EIA report didn't find any rare or protected bats though.

Fauna (bats)

A common pipistrelle roost, determined to be of Local Importance (Higher value) was identified at 9 Rutland Street within the proposed development site. The maximum of six common pipistrelle bats were observed exiting and re-entering an open window at this property during three of the emergence/re-entry surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018. This suggests it is a transitory male roost or non-breeding female roost (i.e. non-maternity roost). No other buildings containing roosting bats were identified

A ‘hotspot’ of elevated bat activity valued at the scale of Local Importance (Higher) value, dominated by common pipistrelle bats was recorded in an unlit vegetated courtyard in the interior of the proposed development site, behind houses on Ellen Street. Three species of bat (common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle and Leisler’s bat) were observed feeding and/or commuting through the proposed development site.

There were no lesser horseshoe bat (which is the only bat in Ireland listed on Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive) recorded foraging or roosting within the zone of influence of the proposed development site.