The Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 was adopted by the Elected Members of Limerick City and County Council at a Special Meeting on 17th June 2022 and came into effect on 29th July 2022.
Variation No. 3
Planning and Development Act 2024 (As amended) Notice of Making of Variation No.3 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 - 2028 (As Varied).
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 58(18)(a) of the above Act, that Limerick City and County Council, being the Planning Authority for Limerick, at their Full Council Meeting on 28th September 2026, resolved to make Variation No. 3 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022 – 2028 (as varied). The Variation is effective immediately.
Variation No. 3 facilitates the accelerated delivery of housing and ensures consistency with recent changes in national planning policy, specifically the National Planning Framework First Revision and the relevant Section 28 Ministerial Guidelines.
The Limerick Development Plan 2022 – 2028 incorporating Variation No. 3 and associated documents will be available to view on Limerick City and County Council’s website www.limerick.ie/council, and may also be inspected at Limerick City and County Council offices at Merchant’s Quay and Dooradoyle no later than 30th October 2026.
The documents relating to Variation No. 3 are also available for purchase from the Forward Planning Section – Planning, Heritage and Ryder Cup Directorate, Limerick City and County Council, Merchants Quay, Limerick.
As is required by Regulation 12 “Information on decision” of the European Union (Land Use Planning – Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2025 a statement, “the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Statement”, will also be available alongside the Variation, summarising:
(a) how environmental considerations have been integrated into the Variation,
(b) how the SEA Environmental Report prepared for the Variation; and submissions and observations made to the Council during the public consultation on the Proposed Variation, the Proposed Material Alterations to the Proposed Variation and all associated documents, have been taken into account during the preparation of the Variation,
(c) the reasons for choosing the Variation, as adopted, in light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with, and
(d) the measures decided upon to monitor the significant environmental effects of implementation of the plan, as varied.
Notice of Determination in Respect of Appropriate Assessment of Variation No. 3 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, as varied.
On the basis of a screening for Appropriate Assessment (AA), the Council has determined that: pursuant to Section 202 of Part 6 of the Planning and Development Act 2024, as amended, and for the purposes of Article 6(3) of the European Habitats Directive, as amended, that it can be excluded, on the basis of objective information, that Variation No. 3 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 (as varied), individually, or in combination with other plans and projects, does not have a likelihood for having any significant effect on any European site. Therefore, Stage 2 AA was not required for the Variation. The Screening for AA Determination was informed by a Screening for AA Report – both documents detail the reasons for the determination and accompany the Variation as made, on www.limerick.ie and at the offices of the Council.
Stephane Duclot
Director of Services – Planning, Heritage and Ryder Cup
Variation No.1
Variation No. 1 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022 – 2028 was adopted by the Elected Members on the 22nd of May 2023 comprising an amendment to Policy TR P11 Road Safety and Carrying Capacity of the non-national Road Network and Objective TR O37 Land Uses and Access Standards.
Variation No.2
Variation No. 2 to the Limerick Development Plan 2022 – 2028 (as varied) was adopted by the Elected Members on the 30th March 2026 comprising an amendment to Objective TR O37 regarding access to substandard roads.
A link to the Limerick Development Plan 2022–2028 and associated Environmental Reports are provided below.
